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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: The Bat telling Kevin Yamagata that he was destined to die to save JFK. [[ILied He was meant to save Kevin Goodman instead]], he still gets killed eventually after his role has been completed and now the new protagonist is [[ChekhovsGunman Kevin Goodman]].]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** [[spoiler: The Bat telling Kevin Yamagata that he was destined to die to save JFK. [[ILied He was meant to save Kevin Goodman instead]], he still gets killed eventually after his role has been completed and now the new protagonist is [[ChekhovsGunman Kevin Goodman]].]] ]]
** Looking back, it was probably a bad sign that [[spoiler:Timmy Sanada was friends with a Neo Nazi gang. Then it turns out his father was working for the Nazis, and that he intends to fulfill his father's role of taking the bat and ultimately destroying the world.]]
** [[spoiler: The Bat telling Kevin Yamagata that he was destined to die to save JFK. [[ILied He was meant to save Kevin Goodman instead]], he still gets killed eventually after his role has been completed and now the new protagonist is [[ChekhovsGunman Kevin Goodman]].
** Looking back, it was probably a bad sign that [[spoiler:Timmy Sanada was friends with a Neo Nazi gang. Then it turns out his father was working for the Nazis, and that he intends to fulfill his father's role of taking the bat and ultimately destroying the world.]]
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* GainaxEnding: Although more hopeful than most. [[spoiler: In a BadFuture casued by Timmy Sanada, two enemy soldiers settle on a truce on the battlefield and save a little kid after discovering that they all love Kevin Goodman's Billy Bat. The kid is then inspired by Billy Bat's last comic to save the world, which is what Billy wanted all along.]]
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* GainaxEnding: Although more hopeful than most. [[spoiler: In a BadFuture casued caused by Timmy Sanada, two enemy soldiers settle on a truce on the battlefield and save a little kid after discovering that they all love Kevin Goodman's Billy Bat. The kid is then inspired by Billy Bat's last comic to save the world, which is what Billy wanted all along.]]
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* WhamShot: The bat doodle on the moon [[spoiler: which is eventually revealed to be a sound stage on earth]]
** Jackie Momochi in the World Trade Center plaza just after the reveal that the last number sequence includes 9.11.2001[[spoiler:; unfortunately for the Bat crew it ''is'' 9/11 and they're too late]]
** Jackie Momochi in the World Trade Center plaza just after the reveal that the last number sequence includes 9.11.2001[[spoiler:; unfortunately for the Bat crew it ''is'' 9/11 and they're too late]]
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* WhamShot: The bat doodle on the moon [[spoiler: which is eventually revealed to be a sound stage on earth]]
Earth]].
** Jackie Momochi in the World Trade Center plaza just after the reveal that the last number sequence includes 9.11.2001[[spoiler:; unfortunately for the Bat crew it ''is'' 9/11 and they're toolate]]late]].
** Jackie Momochi in the World Trade Center plaza just after the reveal that the last number sequence includes 9.11.2001[[spoiler:; unfortunately for the Bat crew it ''is'' 9/11 and they're too
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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: InUniverse, the "Gazura" movie is so amazing even [[spoiler:the US government]] is impressed. [[spoiler:That's why they hired him to direct a faked landing on the Moon.]]
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* JediTruth: The Bat will employ this at times.
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* MetaphoricallyTrue: The Bat will employ this at times.
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- CIA Evil FBI Good: The CIA is not portrayed in a particular positive light in the book, with guards outside its headquarters gassing and attacking non-violent protesters. It's Director, Carlton Blackburn, is later revealed to be a member of the Holist Council and carrying out illegal psychotropic drug experiments on people. In contrast, the FBI is shown to be valiant, loyal and friendly, with President Haugen relying on FBI Director Peter Dirksma to gather intel on the treacherous Blackburn and later arrest him.
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* CIAEvilFBIGood: Inverted, Captain Finney works for GHQ (The Military) and Agent Smith works for the CIA.
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''Billy Bat'' is a {{seinen}} thriller manga written by Creator/NaokiUrasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, with the former providing the artwork.
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''Billy Bat'' is a {{seinen}} thriller manga written by Creator/NaokiUrasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, with the former providing the artwork.
artwork. It was serialized in ''Morning'' from 2008 to 2016.
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---> '''Radio Announcer''' (paraphrased): [[spoiler: The US president has enacted the Neo-[[UsefulNotes/JamesMonroe Monroe Doctrine]] and recalled all US troops abroad to create [[TheGreatWall a defensive wall]] between the US and Mexico, Japan and China are at war over a tiny island, China is also at war with Uygurs in Tibet, [wherever Timmy is, apparently southern California] is going to have [[ClimateChange a severe sandstorm]], and UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion has collapsed due to overwhelming numbers of refugees. [[MoodWhiplash And now for some happy news]]: Billyland UsefulNotes/{{Somalia}} has opened to great acclaim!"]]
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---> '''Radio Announcer''' (paraphrased): [[spoiler: The US president has enacted the Neo-[[UsefulNotes/JamesMonroe Monroe Doctrine]] and recalled all US troops abroad to create [[TheGreatWall a defensive wall]] between the US and Mexico, Japan and China are at war over a tiny island, China is also at war with Uygurs in Tibet, [wherever Timmy is, apparently southern California] is going to have [[ClimateChange [[GlobalWarming a severe sandstorm]], and UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion has collapsed due to overwhelming numbers of refugees. [[MoodWhiplash And now for some happy news]]: Billyland UsefulNotes/{{Somalia}} has opened to great acclaim!"]]
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* MockyMouse: Billy Bat, as is evident with his name and the fact that he is a loved cartoon character featured in comic books, television shows, and his own theme park.
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Kevin Yamagata survived his shooting, but lost both arms.]]
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Kevin Yamagata survived his shooting, shooting in 1964, but later lost both arms.]]
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* BookEnds: The series begins and ends with the fictional billy bat comic
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* BookEnds: The series begins and ends with the fictional billy bat comic
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Renamed per TRS
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---> '''Radio Announcer''' (paraphrased): [[spoiler: The US president has enacted the Neo-[[UsefulNotes/JamesMonroe Monroe Doctrine]] and recalled all US troops abroad to create [[TheGreatWall a defensive wall]] between the US and Mexico, Japan and China are at war over a tiny island, China is also at war with Uygurs in Tibet, [wherever Timmy is, apparently southern California] is going to have [[GlobalWarming a severe sandstorm]], and UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion has collapsed due to overwhelming numbers of refugees. [[MoodWhiplash And now for some happy news]]: Billyland UsefulNotes/{{Somalia}} has opened to great acclaim!"]]
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---> '''Radio Announcer''' (paraphrased): [[spoiler: The US president has enacted the Neo-[[UsefulNotes/JamesMonroe Monroe Doctrine]] and recalled all US troops abroad to create [[TheGreatWall a defensive wall]] between the US and Mexico, Japan and China are at war over a tiny island, China is also at war with Uygurs in Tibet, [wherever Timmy is, apparently southern California] is going to have [[GlobalWarming [[ClimateChange a severe sandstorm]], and UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion has collapsed due to overwhelming numbers of refugees. [[MoodWhiplash And now for some happy news]]: Billyland UsefulNotes/{{Somalia}} has opened to great acclaim!"]]
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* Bookends: The series begins and ends with the fictional billy bat comic
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* Bookends: BookEnds: The series begins and ends with the fictional billy bat comic
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Bad Dreams was renamed by TRS due to misuse. IDK if the context here fits the trope so I removed it to be safe.
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* DrowningMySorrows: Kevin, who has become an Alcoholic to stop seeing the [[BadDreams Bat]].
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* DrowningMySorrows: Kevin, who has become an Alcoholic to stop seeing the [[BadDreams Bat]].Bat.
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** [[spoiler: The encrypted scroll has been decoded. It ends with a warning about [[TheWarOnTerror 9/11]]. The Bat had already hinted at it waaaaay early in the series.]]
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** [[spoiler: The encrypted scroll has been decoded. It ends with a warning about [[TheWarOnTerror [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 9/11]]. The Bat had already hinted at it waaaaay early in the series.]]
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** Billy Bat goes from a tough noir detective to an expy of MickeyMouse within 10 years, and to top it off no one remembers the original artist.
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** Billy Bat goes from a tough noir detective to an expy of MickeyMouse WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse within 10 years, and to top it off no one remembers the original artist.
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Irrelevant.
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''Billy Bat'' is a [[Main/{{Seinen}} seinen]] thriller manga written by Creator/NaokiUrasawa (the man behind ''Anime/{{Monster}}'', ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'', and ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'') and Takashi Nagasaki, with the former providing the artwork.
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''Billy Bat'' is a [[Main/{{Seinen}} seinen]] {{seinen}} thriller manga written by Creator/NaokiUrasawa (the man behind ''Anime/{{Monster}}'', ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'', and ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'') and Takashi Nagasaki, with the former providing the artwork.
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How To Write An Example - Do Not Pothole the Trope Name
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* {{Trickster}}: The Bat, probably. Wasn't there two of them? Now there's at least ''three'' of 'em.
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* {{Trickster}}: TheTrickster: The Bat, probably. Wasn't there two of them? Now there's at least ''three'' of 'em.
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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: InUniverse, the "Gazura" movie is so amazing even [[spoiler:the US government]] is impressed. [[spoiler:That's why they hired him to direct a faked landing on the Moon.]]
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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: InUniverse, the "Gazura" movie is so amazing even [[spoiler:the US government]] is impressed. [[spoiler:That's why they hired him to direct a faked landing on the Moon.]]
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dewicking
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* BadassGrandpa: Yajirou
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the entry I put before was already on another category.
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** Kotarou Akechi seems to be a mix between a japanese director and Stanley Kubrik, who according to a conspiracy theory faked the moon landing.
