History Manga / Pluto

* ArcWords: "500 zeus a body."

A manga by NaokiUrasawa, the man behind ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' and ''TwentiethCenturyBoys''. The story is an UltimateUniverse reimagining of an old ''Manga/AstroBoy'' story arc.

* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Dr. Tenma is Leonard Bernstein. Mr. Mustachio is Wilford "Diabeetus" Brimley ([[{{Monster}} in his second role in a NaokiUrasawa production]]).

* MythologyGag: Several. The various jabs about the doggy cop cars, KimbaTheWhiteLion's brief cameo & more. The most brilliant one, though comes from the North #2 mini-arc. Paul Duncan mentions his life was saved by a famous Japanese doctor. But since the doctor's name & face are never shown, we're left wondering whether he's [[Manga/BlackJack the famous Japanese doctor created by the original author]], [[Anime/{{Monster}} or the author of the remake]]. Although the latter would have probably saved the kid without remuneration.

* NamesTheSame: The Dr. Tenma in this series has no relation to [[Anime/{{Monster}} a certain other Dr. Tenma]].

* PlayingAgainstType: A ReusedCharacterDesign version. Urasawa gives Epsilon the same character design as Johan from ''Anime/{{Monster}}''.

* HairOfGold: Epsilon.

No relation to the former planet, [[ClassicDisneyShorts nor the]] [[PlutoThePup cartoon bloodhound]], , nor the [[SailorMoon Sailor Senshi]], nor the [[ClassicalMythology Roman god of the Underworld]]. [[spoiler:Okay, maybe that last one.]]

No relation to the former planet, [[ClassicDisneyShorts nor the]] [[PlutoThePup cartoon bloodhound]], nor the [[ClassicalMythology Roman god of the Underworld]]. [[spoiler:Okay, maybe that last one.]]

A manga by NaokiUrasawa, the man behind ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' and ''TwentiethCenturyBoys''. The story is an UltimateUniverse reimagining of an old ''AstroBoy'' story arc.

* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:Abullah/Goji is actually a combination of three different ''AstroBoy'' characters. The original Abullah/Goji from the classic ''Strongest Robot On Earth'' story; a one-shot character from another classic manga story entitled ''The Blast Furnace Mystery'', a robot whose creator had raised him to believe he was really Human; and Shadow, an original character from the 2003 series who was created by Dr. Tenma and replaced Abullah and the Sultan in that version in order to fit it better with the series' MythArc.]]

** Speaking of "full circle", ''Pluto'''s version of Professor Tenma is strongly reminiscent of [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]] -- who isn't entirely unlike the original version of Tenma from ''AstroBoy''. (He's actually drawn off of [[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein Leonard Bernstein]] in his younger days, of all people.)

* ChekhovsBoomerang:[[spoiler:Zeronium Cluster Cannons.]]

* CannotTellALie: Invoked as part of the [[ThreeLawsCompliant Three Laws of Robotics]] , but ultimately averted in several ways. [[spoiler:The more advanced an A.I., the more capable it is of emulating humanity, including ''lying'']]. Most importantly, [[spoiler:Goji lying to ''himself'' that he was Abullah, and therefore human. This, according to Dr. Tenma, marks him as the Greatest A.I. ever.]]

* Chekhov'sBoomerang:[[spoiler:Zeronium Cluster Cannons.]]

* ArmCannon: Gesicht's [[MorphWeapon left hand can transform]] into two different non-lethal weapons: one that shoots knockout gas, and a version that can shoot a "stun" beam]]. His right arm, however, transforms into an incredibly dangerous Cluster Cannon complete with Zeronium Missiles.

* ArmCannon: Gesicht has two: a pistol built into his left hand that shoots knockout gas, and his right arm which fires a missile.

No relation to the former planet, [[ClassicDisneyShorts nor the]] [[PlutoThePup cartoon bloodhound]], nor the [[ClassicalMythology Roman god of the Underworld]].[[spoiler: Okay, maybe that last one.]]

German robot detective Gesicht (German word for 'face'), who is so advanced as to be nearly indistinguishable from a normal human, investigates the killings in an effort to learn the secret link between the advanced robots and humans being murdered. This is an especially urgent matter for Gesicht, since he's one of the scheduled murder victims...

German robot detective Gesicht, who is so advanced as to be nearly indistinguishable from a normal human, investigates the killings in an effort to learn the secret link between the advanced robots and humans being murdered. This is an especially urgent matter for Gesicht, since he's one of the scheduled murder victims...

** To give you an idea on just how far this trope goes: [[spoiler:Gesicht, ''the main character'' in this, dies at least a dozen chapters before the end.]] Though if you've seen the original 'Greatest Robot on Earth' story anywhere else you could pretty much see that coming.

* [=~Name's The Same~=]: The Dr. Tenma in this series has no relation to [[Anime/{{Monster}} a certain other Dr. Tenma]].

* PlayingAgainstType: A StarSystem version. Urasawa gives Epsilon the same character design as Johan from ''Anime/{{Monster}}''.

* InstantDeathBullet: [[spoiler: Averted with Gesicht, it takes him a while to realize he's been shot with a ''Cluster Cannon'']].

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: There's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it one for BlackJack in the arc about North #2.

* MythologyGag: Several. The various jabs about the doggy cop cars, KimbaTheWhiteLion's brief cameo & more. The most brilliant one, though comes from the North #2 mini-arc. Paul Duncan mentions his life was saved by a famous Japanese doctor. But since the doctor's name & face are never shown, we're left wondering whether he's [[BlackJack the famous Japanese doctor created by the original author]], [[Anime/{{Monster}} or the author of the remake]]. Although the latter would have probably saved the kid without remuneration.
** It's almost certainly BlackJack, as what we can see of him has him wearing his characteristic long black coat.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Averted for the most part. Even human-killer Brau 1589 has no malfunctions in his programming (that is, there's nothing ''inherently'' wrong with him - he's pretty obviously insane, but that's not due to the way he was built). Several characters openly wonder if that willingness and ability to kill is, rather, the self-''perfection'' of A.I.

* PosthumousCharacter: Montblanc

* TeachHimAnger: [[spoiler: Tenma does this to Atom to awaken him from his coma.]] It works, but not quite in the way everyone expected, as in the end [[spoiler: Atom isn't relying on anger and hatred to win, and in fact realized the futility of those emotions instead]].

* AdaptationDistillation: While it mostly focuses on expanding a single story arc, it also incorporates elements from the greater AstroBoy mythos at large. For instance, Astro's death & return were taken from the tail-end of the ''Blue Knight'' saga & the idea of Darius trying to legitimize his dictatorship by claiming descent from an ancient ruler from antiquity comes from the ''Cleopatra's Heart'' storyline.

** To give you an idea on just how far this trope goes: [[spoiler:Gesicht, ''the main character'' in this, dies at least a dozen chapters before the end.]]
*** Though if you've seen the original 'Greatest Robot on Earth' story anywhere else you could pretty much see that coming.

* BigDamnVillains: [[spoiler: Brau 1589. It says a lot when a barely functioning robot somehow escapes a high-security prison and pretty much ''crawls'' to the rescue of the President of Thrace while having a giant spear stuck in him.]]

* ChekhovsGun: Astroboy and his sister are frequently misidentified as human, even by other robots. This ability becomes an important plot point later.

* CreepyChild: Astro falls into this occasionally - he seems to like being a normal kid, but doesn't hesitate to shed that persona when things get serious. Wassily too, although he's suffering from some form of PTSD.
* CurbStompBattle: Astro vs. Pluto: If you can even call it that...

*** And speaking of Gendo Ikari and Tenma, is there a DisappointedDad trope? These guys are the textbook definition.

* GovernmentConspiracy: [[spoiler:The Bora Investigation was part of a setup to establish the United States of Thrace as the world's main superpower.]]

* OutDamnedSpot: Happens to a robot that served with Herakles.

* PerspectiveFlip: Essentially this is the original Atom story from the POV of a (previously) minor character.

* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:Abra is in fact the robot Goji, who Dr. Tenma created.]]

** And [[spoiler:Abulah/Goji/Shadow, though this may not technically count, since he apparently [[TomatoInTheMirror believed himself to be human]].]]

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Mont Blanc. (The story takes pains to flesh him out in flashbacks, and it's clear he was a very good guy.)

* XanatosRoulette: At the end of the series [[spoiler:it is revealed that the Dr. Roosevelt (the [[CreepyChild robot teddy]]) had Thracia invade Persia, causing Abulhah to lose his family, and thus create Pluto to attack Thracia and the world's five most advanced robots. Doing so would insure Thracia's dominance in the world once its disadvantage in robotics was made moot -- and activate a [[EarthShatteringKaboom very large bomb]] that [[ApocalypseHow would kill most of humanity]] and establish robots as the dominant species on the planet.]] He gets very close: [[spoiler: however, Atom is repaired and enhanced with the emotions from Gesicht's memory chip, and manages to not only beat Pluto, but then convince him to stop the bomb. Roosevelt also doesn't count on Brau escaping and coming to kill him personally.]]