History Characters / SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration

* TheGhost: Kinda. While he had an expanded role in ''The Inspector'', canonically he's only made one appearance in the games. Most of what is known about him comes from the Shadow-Mirror faction, and even they didn't know much about him. (Note: His association with the Einst has never been canonically confirmed, but it is ''heavily'' implied)

** Amusingly, the first music track Ratsel was unable to override was because an enemy from the anime [[Anime/GoShogun Go Shogun]] was playing ''The Blue Danube'' with gigantic external speakers mounted on the ship. Think about that for a moment.

* ThemeMusicPowerUp: "Trombe!" overrides all...except maybe [[GoShogun Bundol's]] "Blue Danube"

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* BadassCape: Aussenseiter has one; in the "Sturm Angriff" attack for ''Original Generations'', the cape is thrown at an enemy to conceal its vision before being blasted to shreds. During the Earth Cradle event in ''The Inspectors'', the cape is used as an AttackReflector.

* BGMOverride[=/=] MusicalisInterruptus: His trademark; in fact, the ''Second Original Generation'' makes it clear you ''cannot change his default BGM to anything else''. However, the game downplays this as Ratsel is unable to override certain {{Leitmotif}}s such as "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Despair]]", "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Twin Icon]]" and "[[spoiler:Ultra One]]", as well as the orchestrated version of "Destinies" [[spoiler:and the vocal versions of "Victory", "Skill" and "Wings of Legend"]].

Lefina functions nearly as a DistaffCounterpart to Tetsuya: both are quite easily startled and teased, only she has more potential for MoeMoe. She embodies these tropes:

* RocketPunch: Compatible Kaiser's "Spiral Knuckle"; the G Compatible Kaiser's version clasps both hands as the "Double Spiral Knuckle". Interestingly, the latter resembles the same named attack the {{Dangaioh}} has.

* GotMeDoingIt: Due to Ryusei's {{Otaku}}ness, putting her into other mecha will result in her CallingYourAttacks. As the plot has progressed, it's leaked into her attacks in her default mecha. She does it fairly often in the Schnabel.

* ShoutOut: Aside from the ''Wink'' reference, there is a chance for Shine referring to the Fairlion's "Sonic Driver" as "[[GetterRobo Shine Spark]]". To further the joke, Shine paraphrases the ''actual'' Shine Spark dialogue spoken by [[GetterRobo Ryoma Nagare]].

!!Shouko Azuma (Voiced by HiromiKonno)

!!Nibhal Mubhal (Voiced by KoujiIshii)

!!Cuervo Cero (Voiced by KojiYusa)

!Wodan Ymir (Voiced by KenichiOno)

!!Ing Egret (Voiced by HiroshiOkamoto)

* TheGhost: Kinda. While he had an expanded role in ''The Inspector'', canonically he's only made one appearance in the games. Most of what is known about him comes from the Shadow-Mirror faction, and even they didn't know much about him.

* TheGhost: Kinda. While he had an expanded role in ''The Inspector'', canonically he's only made one appearance in the games. Most of what is known about him comes from the Shadow-Mirror faction, and even they didn't know much about him.

!!Daitetsu Minase (Voiced by HidekatsuShibata)

* MortalWoundReveal: The injuries he receives at Langley are fatal, but Daitetsu holds out long enough to ensure a safe retreat for both ships before quietly succumbing.

* {{Leitmotif}}: "TA.CO.NA.GU.RI" translated in english as[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euIdHMrNvHQ Octo H-I-T!]].

* SubordinateExcuse: [[WildMassGuessing Kinda... sorta... maybe...]] {{whatever}}.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: Variation; aside from being TheLancer to Katina full-time, he sometimes doubles as her personal assistant, sparring partner, [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/russel_drinkcarrier.jpg drink carrier]], {{The Smart Guy}} (with his knowledge of Stonehenge in ''Original Generation 2'' being an example), {{The Big Guy}} (visually, he at least appears the tallest out of the Octo Squad) and {{The Quiet One}}).

* CharClone: Primarily more of the {{Trope Maker}}'s [[TheMentor mentor persona]], [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Quattro Bajeena]]. He even gives a massive ShoutOut to Quattro by stating he's "Ratsel Feinschmeker: no more, no less". He also possesses similarities with [[DynastyWarriors Lu Bu]], with whom he shares his voice with.

* deuteragonist: in the second game, she or Arado can be considered this due to their story being the one of with most focus next to Kyousake's.

!!Duvan Org (Voiced by KosukeToriumi)

In ''Original Generation 2'', the ''Hiryu Custom'' is recalled back to Earth initially to investigate the disappearances of random Earth Federation Army squads in the L2 sector. After an attack on Mao Industries by a mysterious alien robot, the ship's assigned to protect the White Star from an alien attack. Lefina orders a full retreat from the White Star after the fleet stationed there is wiped out by the Inspectors. She also assists in the evacuation efforts from Mao Industries and the Tesla-Liecht Institute from the Inspectors, and eventually rejoins the ''Hagane'' in fighting them off. After these events, the ''Hiryu Custom'' is assigned to the Moon's defensive forces. By ''Original Generation Gaiden'', the ''Hiryu Custom'' is once again called back to action against the rampaging Bartolls and the Shura invasion.

* MeaningfulName: "Hiryu" means "soaring dragon". Not only is the meaning supposed to be a reference to it "soaring through space", but also because the battleship's bow was designed to ''look'' like a [[http://i.imgur.com/DDRLG.jpg dragon]].

* MeaningfulName: "Kouryu" is derived from the callsigns of the ''Hagane'' ("Steel 2") and ''Hiryu Custom'' ("Dragon 3") battleships. "Steel" and "dragon" in Japanese are ''koutetsu'' and ''ryu'', respectively, hence ''kouryu''.

* TheSociopath: A textbook case: He's self-absorbed, arrogant, deceitful, and a thrill-seeker who enjoys nothing more than causing pain to others. It's also his biggest [[FatalFlaw Weakness]], as his inability to understand [[EvilCannotComprehendGood things such as empathy, trust, camaraderie, and other virtues]] tends to undermine his schemes.

* DistaffCounterpart: Loosely to [[SuperDimensionFortressMacross Maxmillian Jenius/Sterling]], in order to fill the playable roster in the first game[[note]]Both characters fly [[TransformingMecha transformable fighter planes]], wear glasses, have [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair exotica-colored hair]], very good stats and growths (particularly evasion), yet socially distant from their teammates before opening up[[/note]]. As CharacterizationMarchesOn, this trope becomes less evident.
** Though the ''Second Original Generation'' brings this back a bit, if only because the Wildrauptier Schnabel's strongest attack literally looks like it's lifted frame-for-frame from one of Maximillian's maneuvers in ''SuperDimensionFortressMacross'', straight down to flipping between fighter plane and humanoid mode to stay on her target.