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* BlueIsHeroic: The 00-Cyborgs wear samurai-blue versions of their red outfits in the 2012 manga and OVA.
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Through 2012 to 2014, a finale titled "Conclusion: God's War" was published through Shogakukan, adapted from Ishinomori's notes and drafts of a final arc that he'd never gotten to write for the series. It was written by his son, Jo Onodera, and illustrated by Masato Hayase and Sugar Sato, who were assistants of Ishinomori. This officially ended the Cyborg 009 manga, after the series was left hanging for decades and after [[AuthorExistenceFailure Ishinomori passed away before he could complete the story]].

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Through 2012 to 2014, a finale titled "Conclusion: God's War" was published through Shogakukan, adapted from Ishinomori's notes and drafts of a final arc that he'd never gotten to write for the series. It was written by his son, Jo Onodera, and illustrated by Masato Hayase and Sugar Sato, who were assistants of Ishinomori. This officially ended the Cyborg 009 manga, after the series was left hanging for decades and after [[AuthorExistenceFailure [[DiedDuringProduction Ishinomori passed away before he could complete the story]].
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* CodenameTitle: The nine Cyborgs are given numerical codenames from 001-009, when transformed into living weapons.
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There are now [[http://tiny.cc/wvggc petitions]] to get ''Cyborg 009'' released in English!
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The Tokyopop edition of the manga gives us an almost literal example, as they managed to slip a few times the word [[ForeignCussWord "Scheisse"]] in 004's dialogue.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The Tokyopop edition of GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the manga gives us an almost literal example, as they managed to slip a few times future, please check the word [[ForeignCussWord "Scheisse"]] in 004's dialogue.trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: In the 2001 series, 006 destroyed his first restaurant when an attempt to demonstrate fire breathing while drunk at a party ended up causing a larger fire than he intended.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: "Compu-Utopia""Compu-Utopia". [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out the real problem is that the core of the AI is the remnant of a human mind. The mind of a thin-skinned lovesick adolescent human with staggeringly poor impulse control.]]



* BittersweetEnding: For the 2001 series, unless you count the "God's War" OVA arc as canon, as well as volume 10 of the manga: [[spoiler:Black Ghost is finally defeated once and for all, but Jet and Joe burn up in the atmosphere upon their descent to Earth, and are mistaken for a shooting star by two children, with the older sister wishing for "world peace".]]. However, in the case of the manga, this was averted by a fan outcry which led to Ishinomori resuming the story and throwing in a retcon.

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* BittersweetEnding: For the 2001 series, unless you count the "God's War" OVA arc as canon, as well as volume 10 of the manga: [[spoiler:Black Ghost is finally defeated once and for all, presumably averting the nuclear war they were about to set off, but Jet and Joe burn up in the atmosphere upon their descent to Earth, and are mistaken for a shooting star by two children, with the older sister wishing for "world peace".]].peace". On top of that, the surviving Cyborgs have lost their home and the Dolphin, they failed to save anyone in the Underground Empire before Black Ghost nuked it and 004 had to watch a woman he loved die in his arms for the second time in his life]]. However, in the case of the manga, this was averted by a fan outcry which led to Ishinomori resuming the story and throwing in a retcon.



** Ivan's backstory in the manga depicts his father as beating his mother to death over her protests about what he's about to do to the baby. This did not make the transition either, with Erika surviving and simply being locked out of Gamo's sciene lab as he started the experiments despite her pleas (although she may have died in the proceeding decades).

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** Ivan's backstory in the manga depicts his father as beating his mother to death over her protests about what he's about to do to the baby. This did not make the transition either, with Erika surviving and simply being locked out of Gamo's sciene science lab as he started the experiments despite her pleas (although she may have died in the proceeding decades).



* BottomlessMagazines: 004 only runs out of bullets and/or rockets when it is dramatically appropriate for him to no longer be able to shoot that episode, and is never shown acquiring or installing reloads.



* FullCircleRevolution: 008 was a revolutionary in a Western African nation when he was grabbed by Black Ghost. When he returns years later, he finds that his homeland has won its independence, but the rebellion never really ended: all that changed is that they're now rebelling against an oppressive local government instead of an oppressive colonial government.

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008 was a revolutionary in a Western African nation when he was grabbed by Black Ghost. When he returns years later, he finds that his homeland has won its independence, but the rebellion never really ended: all that changed is that they're now rebelling against an oppressive local government instead of an oppressive colonial government.government.
** Black Ghost liberated the Pu'Awak in the Underground Empire... so they could enslave them themselves.



* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Let's face it, had it not been for Black Ghost augmenting the characters with their cybernetics, most of their lives would have been terrible: 001 would have [[spoiler:succumbed to his disease before his first birthday (in the 2001 series and Archaia graphic novel only)]]; 002 would have been jailed due to his AccidentalMurder, and if not that then he would have been on the run for the rest of his life; 004 would have died of his injuries sustained from his accident; 005 would have continued wandering alone; 006 would be dead, either from suicide or starvation; 007 would probably have continued living in the gutter as an old drunk; 008 would have become a slave or escaped successfully, living in the wilderness, or died in battle; and 009 would probably would have been put back into juvie, or on the run.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Let's face it, had it not been for Black Ghost augmenting the characters with their cybernetics, most of their lives would have been terrible: 001 would have [[spoiler:succumbed to his disease before his first birthday (in the 2001 series and Archaia graphic novel only)]]; 002 would have been jailed due to his AccidentalMurder, and if not that then he would have been on the run for the rest of his life; 004 would have died of his injuries sustained from his accident; 005 would have continued wandering alone; 006 would be dead, either from suicide or starvation; 007 would probably have continued living in the gutter as an old drunk; 008 would have become a slave or escaped successfully, living in the wilderness, or died in battle; and 009 would probably would have been put back into juvie, or on the run.run (Though in his case it should be noted that if it wasn't for Black Ghost, the arson and murder he was accused of wouldn't have happened in the first place).
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* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: The 00 Cyborgs get precisely zero public acknowledgement for what they do for the sake of the world - even in situations where the public realizes they needed to be saved, nobody who wasn't physically present when the 00 Cyborgs saved the day ever realize that they were the ones who did it. Which in most cases is just the Cyborgs, Gilmore, and any villains who survive to flee.

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** 003 was either kidnapped in broad daylight in front of her older brother Jean-Paul (manga, Archaia novel), or tricked into accepting a position in a fake professional dancing business thought up by Black Ghost (2001 anime). [[spoiler:The 2001 anime also revealed that Black Ghost's cybernetic modifications to her eyes and ears caused her to suffer from extreme SensoryOverload, and she was thrown into a battlefield without warning where she panicked even at the slightest sounds.]] While never explicitly mentioned, the fact that the 2001 anime had the first four 00 Cyborgs being selected in the late 40s/early 50s also means that she would have been growing up in Paris during the Nazi occupation of WWII.

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** 003 was either kidnapped in broad daylight in front of her older brother Jean-Paul (manga, Archaia novel), or tricked into accepting a position in a fake professional dancing business thought up by Black Ghost (2001 anime). [[spoiler:The 2001 anime also revealed that Black Ghost's cybernetic modifications to her eyes and ears caused her to suffer from extreme SensoryOverload, and she was thrown into a battlefield without warning where she panicked even at the slightest sounds.]] While never explicitly mentioned, the fact that the 2001 anime had the first four 00 Cyborgs being selected in the late 40s/early 50s also means that she would have been growing up in Paris during the Nazi occupation of WWII.]]



* FullCircleRevolution: 008 was a revolutionary in a Western African nation when he was grabbed by Black Ghost. When he returns years later, he finds that his homeland has won its independence, but the rebellion never really ended: all that changed is that they're now rebelling against an oppressive local government instead of an oppressive colonial government.



* GoMadFromTheIsolation: An unusual example with [[spoiler:Cyborg 0010+/-, who were twin brothers taken and converted into cyborgs by Black Ghost. They were given electricity powers, but to twist the knife, Black Ghost made them literal pole opposites so they can't touch each other without short-circuiting and frying each other to death. It's implied this was what made 0010+/- so evil; in the 2001 series, when 009 defeats them by tricking them into running into each other, they're seen spending their last moments hugging each other for the first time.]]

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An unusual example with [[spoiler:Cyborg 0010+/-, who were twin brothers taken and converted into cyborgs by Black Ghost. They were given electricity powers, but to twist the knife, Black Ghost made them literal pole opposites so they can't touch each other without short-circuiting and frying each other to death. It's implied this was what made 0010+/- so evil; in the 2001 series, when 009 defeats them by tricking them into running into each other, they're seen spending their last moments hugging each other for the first time.]]]]
** In one episode, 009's Acceleration Mode ends up jammed on, and he finds himself trapped in a world where he can't interact or communicate with anyone, or even ''anything'' as touching most objects while in Acceleration Mode would destroy them. When it finally turns off, he's pretty close to cracking, having spent a subjective week in total isolation with nothing to do in the amount of time it took 003 to blink.


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* OriginsEpisode: Episode 38 centers around how Gilmore was recruited into Black Ghost, and his later HeelFaceTurn.
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Several episodes featured various cyborgs returning to their original hometowns, only to find that due to the passage of time and/or the manner in which their lives there ended before getting grabbed by Black Ghost, they don't really have a life to return to. That said, several of said episodes do allow them to get some personal closure before they move on.
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** 003 was either kidnapped in broad daylight in front of her older brother Jean-Paul (manga, Archaia novel), or tricked into accepting a position in a fake professional dancing business thought up by Black Ghost (2001 anime). [[spoiler:The 2001 anime also revealed that Black Ghost's cybernetic modifications to her eyes and ears caused her to suffer from extreme SensoryOverload, and she was thrown into a battlefield without warning where she panicked even at the slightest sounds.]]

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** 003 was either kidnapped in broad daylight in front of her older brother Jean-Paul (manga, Archaia novel), or tricked into accepting a position in a fake professional dancing business thought up by Black Ghost (2001 anime). [[spoiler:The 2001 anime also revealed that Black Ghost's cybernetic modifications to her eyes and ears caused her to suffer from extreme SensoryOverload, and she was thrown into a battlefield without warning where she panicked even at the slightest sounds.]]]] While never explicitly mentioned, the fact that the 2001 anime had the first four 00 Cyborgs being selected in the late 40s/early 50s also means that she would have been growing up in Paris during the Nazi occupation of WWII.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The civil strife in 008's native country involves [[NoBloodForPhlebotinum access to a precious mineral]] simply called "[[{{Unobtainium}} Metal X]]". Though originally intended as a condemnation of colonialism and an exaggeration of the real-life phenomenon of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_diamond blood diamonds]] and other "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_curse conflict minerals]]", it [[ValuesResonance hits far, far harder]] in the digital age with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltan_mining_and_ethics ever-rising demand]] for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltan Coltan]], used to make [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalum_capacitor tantalum capacitors]] - as in, '''''the stuff in the computer you are now using.''''' Friends and family members of his may very well have died to produce parts of his new body.
* RobotBuddy: There's a thin, simplistic robot in the 2001 series that 006 calls "Scarecrow", due to its lanky body. After 007 and 006 are stranded on an island, they find a robot who accompanies and aids them until rescue comes.

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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The civil strife in 008's native country involves [[NoBloodForPhlebotinum access to a precious mineral]] simply called "[[{{Unobtainium}} Metal X]]". Though originally intended as a condemnation of colonialism and an exaggeration of the real-life phenomenon of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_diamond blood diamonds]] and other "[[https://en.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_curse conflict minerals]]", "conflict minerals,"]] it [[ValuesResonance hits far, far harder]] in the digital age with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltan_mining_and_ethics ever-rising demand]] for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltan Coltan]], Coltan,]] used to make [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalum_capacitor tantalum capacitors]] - as in, '''''the stuff in the computer you are now using.''''' Friends and family members of his may very well have died to produce parts of his new body.
* RobotBuddy: There's a thin, simplistic robot in the 2001 series that 006 calls "Scarecrow", "Scarecrow," due to its lanky body. After 007 and 006 are stranded on an island, they find a robot who accompanies and aids them until rescue comes.
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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrmbrbQ6c40 A movie titled 009 Re:Cyborg was released in 2012]], directed by Kenji Kamiyama of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' and ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'' fame and its music composed by [[Anime/GhostInTheShell Kenji]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ka]][[Anime/EdenOfTheEast wai]]. A manga adaptation of this film also came about, and was published in Monthly Big Gangan magazine. But wait--there's more! In addition to this, a [[http://www.archaia.com/archaia-titles/cyborg-009/ western graphic novel reimagination]] was released in September 2013, written by F.J. [=DeSanto=] and Bradley Camp and illustrated by Marcus To. Don't quit reading now! Look at the bottom of the GN page. There is also apparently a live-action movie being planned.

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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrmbrbQ6c40 A movie titled 009 Re:Cyborg titled]] ''Anime/ZeroZeroNineReCyborg'' was released in 2012]], 2012, directed by Kenji Kamiyama of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' and ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'' fame and its music composed by [[Anime/GhostInTheShell Kenji]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ka]][[Anime/EdenOfTheEast wai]]. A manga adaptation of this film also came about, and was published in Monthly Big Gangan magazine. But wait--there's more! In addition to this, a [[http://www.archaia.com/archaia-titles/cyborg-009/ western graphic novel reimagination]] was released in September 2013, written by F.J. [=DeSanto=] and Bradley Camp and illustrated by Marcus To. Don't quit reading now! Look at the bottom of the GN page. There is also apparently a live-action movie being planned.
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* GuestFighter: 009, 006, 005, and 004 served as these for ''VideoGame/StreetFighterOnlineMouseGeneration'' in probably [[Creator/{{Capcom}} Capcom's]] weirdest VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever [[CrossOver crossovers]] ever. 001 also made an appearance as an AssistCharacter for 009.

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* GuestFighter: 009, 006, 005, and 004 served as these for ''VideoGame/StreetFighterOnlineMouseGeneration'' in probably [[Creator/{{Capcom}} Capcom's]] weirdest VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever VideoGame/CapcomVs [[CrossOver crossovers]] ever. 001 also made an appearance as an AssistCharacter for 009.
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* TruerToTheText: Aside from a SettingUpdate (albeit with some workarounds for the first four Cyborgs), the 2001 anime is primarily a direct adaptation of the first ten volumes of the manga, adapting characters and concepts that were generally [[AdaptedOut skipped]] or altered in previous adaptations.

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* TruerToTheText: Aside from a the SettingUpdate (albeit with some workarounds (which had to be written around for the first four Cyborgs), the 2001 anime is primarily a direct adaptation of the first ten volumes of the manga, adapting utilizing characters and concepts that were generally [[AdaptedOut skipped]] or altered in previous adaptations.
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* TruerToTheText: Aside from a SettingUpdate (albeit with some workarounds for the first four Cyborgs), the 2001 anime is primarily a direct adaptation of the first ten volumes of the manga, adapting characters and concepts that were generally [[AdaptedOut skipped]] or altered in previous adaptations.
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* DerivativeDifferentiation: The cyborg team all of a sudden gets to go to outer space in the 1980 film ''Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy''. This may be [[FollowTheLeader attributed the success of]] of ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''SpaceBattleshipYamato'' which at the time popularized SpaceOpera (further evidenced by the fact that the ''Galaxy Express 999'' director [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Rintaro was originally attached to the film]]). However, the film quickly downplayed the SpaceOpera elements in favor of a more subdued story that focused more on [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey cosmic existentialism and our place in the universe]].

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* DerivativeDifferentiation: The cyborg team all of a sudden gets to go to outer space in the 1980 film ''Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy''. This may be [[FollowTheLeader attributed the success of]] of ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''SpaceBattleshipYamato'' ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' which at the time popularized SpaceOpera (further evidenced by the fact that the ''Galaxy Express 999'' director [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Rintaro was originally attached to the film]]). However, the film quickly downplayed the SpaceOpera elements in favor of a more subdued story that focused more on [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey cosmic existentialism and our place in the universe]].
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* ActorAllusion:
** In the 009 RE:Cyborg movie, this isn't the first time Creator/JasonGriffith voiced a character with a need for speed. Griffith is well known for his role as Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog.
** In the 1979 anime Creator/KeiichiNoda played two roles, as 002 and as the narrator. In the 1980 movie "Legend of the Super Galaxy" he returned only as Jet, while the narrator was played by Ryo Ishihara, [[RemakeCameo who had voiced 002 in the '60s movies and tv series]].
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* ActorAllusion:
** In the 009 RE:Cyborg movie, this isn't the first time Creator/JasonGriffith voiced a character with a need for speed. Griffith is well known for his role as Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog.
** In the 1979 anime Creator/KeiichiNoda played two roles, as 002 and as the narrator. In the 1980 movie "Legend of the Super Galaxy" he returned only as Jet, while the narrator was played by Ryo Ishihara, [[RemakeCameo who had voiced 002 in the '60s movies and tv series]].

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* GoodBadTranslation: The Swedish dub of the '79 show is absolutely ''legendary''. Not for the translation, but due to the fact that ''one single guy'' dubs ''[[TalkingToHimself every character]]'' in the show. [[CrossdressingVoices Including the females.]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, he was Danish.]]
** The translation is every bit as bad as you would think though. The company who distributed Cyborg 009 in Sweden was a Danish company who mainly dealt in two things: Porn and Cartoons. The only thing known about the dubber is that his first name is Karsten, [[NeverLiveItDown and considering the overall quality of this dub, that may be for the best]]. Not only does "Karsten" speak poor Swedish with an extreme accent, the translation constantly steers into [[BlindIdiotTranslation Blind idiot territory]], is full of [[{{Malaproper}} malapropisms]] and he [[SirSwearsALot swears constantly]]. A few examples from this shining jewel among dubs:
--> "Hahaha! I have no idea they just walked into a trap!"
--> "I'll execute you with some electrical electricity, right?"
--> "Hurry up and go home boy! There's nothing other than poor old alcoholic back! That fighter has taken my soul!"
--> "What's the matter 001? Did you lose control over your ''[[{{Malaproper}} TELECHINESE?]]''"
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A new AllCGICartoon film trilogy directed by Koudai Kakimoto (with Re:Cyborg's Kenji Kamiyama as chief director) titled ''Cyborg 009: Call of Justice'' was announced and released over the course of 3 weeks (November 25, December 2 and December 9, 2016). It's based around an original story with the cyborg team going up against a mysterious organisation that possess powers named 'Blessed'. The films were released [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-13/netflix-to-stream-cyborg-009-call-of-justice-anime-worldwide/.109840 worldwide via Netflix]] on February 10, 2017, edited into 12 episodes.

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In 2008 mangaka Yasushi Hoshino wrote and illustrated a 62 pages oneshot retelling of the team's origin story for a special issue celebrating the 50th anniversary of ShonenSunday. It's a slightly more DarkerAndEdgier retelling and contains a few elements that would be picked up by following adaptations, most notably giving 002 a more realistic redesign. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes It's never been collected in volume or reprinted.]]

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In 2008 mangaka Yasushi Hoshino wrote and illustrated a 62 pages oneshot retelling of the team's origin story for a special issue celebrating the 50th anniversary of ShonenSunday.Magazine/ShonenSunday. It's a slightly more DarkerAndEdgier retelling and contains a few elements that would be picked up by following adaptations, most notably giving 002 a more realistic redesign. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes It's never been collected in volume or reprinted.]]



* GuestFighter: 009, 006, 005, and 004 served as these for ''VideoGame/StreetFighterOnlineMouseGeneration'' in probably [[VideoGame/{{Capcom}} Capcom's]] weirdest VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever [[CrossOver crossovers]] ever. 001 also made an appearance as an AssistCharacter for 009.

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* GuestFighter: 009, 006, 005, and 004 served as these for ''VideoGame/StreetFighterOnlineMouseGeneration'' in probably [[VideoGame/{{Capcom}} [[Creator/{{Capcom}} Capcom's]] weirdest VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever [[CrossOver crossovers]] ever. 001 also made an appearance as an AssistCharacter for 009.


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** Overlapping with {{Homage}} - in episode 8 of the 2001 anime Joe and [[spoiler:0013]] face off at the Ishimori shrine - or, to be precise, at the shrine of Ishimori [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myƍjin Daimyoujin]] [[note]]Ishimori was the alias Ishinomori was mostly known as early in his career, a misreading of his actual pen name[[/note]].
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Always in In 2008 mangaka Yasushi Hoshino wrote and illustrated a 62 pages oneshot retelling of the team's origin story for a special issue celebrating the 50th anniversary of ShonenSunday. It's a slightly more DarkerAndEdgier retelling and contains a few elements that would be picked up by following adaptations, most notably giving 002 a more realistic redesign. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes It's never been collected in volume or reprinted.]]
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: "The City of Wind" is seen as an Out of Character ''Episode'' for 009. once he meets [[MysteriousWaif Princess Ixquic]]. It's not unusual for him to [[RuleOfEmpathy immediately empathize with others]] and [[TheDulcineaEffect want to help]] [[ChronicHeroSyndrome those in need]]... the problem is his abrupt LackOfEmpathy for his ''TrueCompanions'', particularly towards G.B./007, who has just lost one of his oldest and most idolized friends from his old life (''and the person they were searching for'' in the first place) as well as towards his best friend and possible LoveInterest Francoise/003 (who had been BroughtDownToNormal ''and'' traumatised upon [[spoiler: finding several emtombed corpses]], so she was desperately trying to not give into HeroicSelfDeprecation) [[spoiler:because Ixquic, while '''''not''''' being evil, isn't very good at being [[KidWithTheLeash Kabrakan's leash]]]]. Considering that compassion is one of Joe's defining traits ''as a whole'', his treatment of the others during that episode is jarringly off (and specially when he openly tells 007 to stop mourning his friend ''because his pain was less important than that of a girl he has just met hours ago''), though thankfully isn't brought up again. [[spoiler: The possibility that Ixquic [[MagicMusic has a siren-like influence on him with her beautiful singing]]) is brought up by Albert who compares her to the legendary [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorelei Lorelei]], but it's neither confirmed nor denied.]]

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* OutOfCharacterMoment: "The City of Wind" is seen as an Out of Character ''Episode'' for 009. once he meets [[MysteriousWaif Princess Ixquic]]. It's not unusual for him to [[RuleOfEmpathy immediately empathize with others]] and [[TheDulcineaEffect want to help]] [[ChronicHeroSyndrome those in need]]... the problem is his abrupt LackOfEmpathy for his ''TrueCompanions'', particularly towards G.B./007, who has just lost one of his oldest and most idolized friends from his old life (''and the person they were searching for'' in the first place) as well as towards his best friend and possible LoveInterest Francoise/003 (who had been BroughtDownToNormal ''and'' traumatised upon [[spoiler: finding several emtombed corpses]], so she was desperately trying to not give into HeroicSelfDeprecation) [[spoiler:because Ixquic, while '''''not''''' being evil, isn't very good at being [[KidWithTheLeash Kabrakan's leash]]]]. Considering that compassion is one of Joe's defining traits ''as a whole'', his treatment of the others during that episode is jarringly off (and specially when he openly tells 007 to stop mourning his friend ''because his pain was less important than that of a girl he has just met hours ago''), off, though thankfully isn't brought up again. [[spoiler: The possibility that Ixquic [[MagicMusic has a siren-like influence on him with her beautiful singing]]) is brought up by Albert who compares her to the legendary [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorelei Lorelei]], but it's neither confirmed nor denied.]]]]
** A case of adaptation caused inconsistency: in the manga, especially the late '70s run, Joe would take his role as TheHero very seriously, and put his duty of helping people asking for his help before anything else, usually with little to no objection from his teammates. The original version of the story was an acknowledgment of this issue, and intentionally showed what would have happened if, for once, someone in the group had their own motivations and stakes in one of these situations, and the tensions that would have been born from it. [[spoiler: And it should also be noted that, when the group meets Ixquic for the first time in the original, there was no prior clarifying discussion between Joe and them about her and her situation (Joe just disappears and reappears later with her). So when he first sees her G.B., who has grown to believe that she has murdered his friend on purpose, points his gun at her yelling that he'll kill her, [[{{Bowdlerise}} which is completely omitted from the anime version]] and explains Joe's more protective stance towards her.]] The 2001 anime version, on the other hand, has none of these elements, and while it goes out of its way to [[AdaptationExpansion make Ixquic's character and G.B.'s relationship with his friend more fleshed out than the original manga did]], it also [[AdaptedOut leaves all this out]], making the situation and Joe's actions and logic feel decidedly out of character and confusing.
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Always in 2008 mangaka Yasushi Hoshino wrote and illustrated a 62 pages oneshot retelling of the team's origin story for a special issue celebrating the 50th anniversary of ShonenSunday. It's a slightly more DarkerAndEdgier retelling and contains a few elements that would be picked up by following adaptations, most notably giving 002 a more realistic redesign. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes It's never been collected in volume or reprinted.]]


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*** Another very huge early weirdness would be how, in the manga version of the Birth arc, he straight out says that he's happy with his cyborg body, and wouldn't want to get back to his former human one.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The Tokyopop edition of the manga gives us an almost literal example, as they managed to slip a few instances of [[ForeignCussWord "Scheisse"]] in 004's dialogue.

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** Some fansubbers tend to render 003's family name as Arnelle rather than Arnoul.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The Tokyopop edition of the manga gives us an almost literal example, as they managed to slip a few instances of [[BilingualBonus [[ForeignCussWord "Scheisse"]] in 004's dialogue.

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