History MazingerZ / TropesPToR

* RevengeBeforeReason: Hell's motivation to TakeOverTheWorld is having revenge on everybody who abused him or mocked him when he was young (or people he ''believes'' abused him and mocked him). Nevertheless, he was seventy-years old when the series begins, so everyone or most of them will have been deceased. Yet will he let that insignificant detail stop him? [[IncrediblyLamePun Hell]], no!

* RealityEnsues:
** In the first chapter/episode, Kouji did not believe that FallingIntoTheCockpit of a [[HumongousMecha huge, dangerous and powerful war machine]] that he had absolutely no idea of how handling was a bad idea. Needless to say, it was a bad idea. He trashed half city because he kept punching random buttons in order to figure out how driving the damned thing (bonus points for playing baseball with cars -with the driver inside- and smashing down a school), and when Sayaka showed up he almost cried because someone had come to save him. In the anime it was not SO bad, but he still: nearly got his head cut off by the cockpit glass shield; blew up his grandfather's manor and remodelated part of the landscape; and almost stomped Shiro -his little brother, who had warned him it was not a good idea- flat.
** It turns out that, when two HumongousMecha duel in a city, NoEndorHolocaust does not happens. Actually, buildings crumble down and cacht fire, and people dies. And the survivors tend to blame to whoever they can get their hands on. Including the heroes.
** Kouji and Sayaka were a BattleCouple whose BelligerentSexualTension made them highly ineffectual in battle. [[TheDragon Baron Ashura]] exploited this in an episode where Kouji got badly injured because he got a ''serious'' fight with Sayaka and she refused to sortie.
** In episode 48 Boss cajoles Prof. Yumi assistants in building him a giant robot with scraps. He wanted a mecha was more powerful than Mazinger-Z itself. What he got instead was a {{Deconstruction}} of the HumongousMecha: Boss Borot is goofy-looking, slow, clumsy, heavy, breaks easily, if it falls over it takes ages to stand up again, it lacks awesome weapons (Boss asked if it would have a RocketPunch and Prof. Moremori's reply was along the lines of "Are you out of your mind? It is too fragile. The fist would shatter upon impact."), and it is largely useless to anything other than cannon fodder. This is the consequence of the Boss Borot being built without the exceedingly strong Chogokin Z Alloy and the Photon Power energy systems.
** In one episode Kouji could not use Mazinger-Z so he destroyed the MonsterOfTheWeek with landmines. GiantEqualsInvincible, huh?

* RodandReelRepurposed: In episode 52, Shiro's toy ends up in Sayaka's bathroom while she's in there brushing her hair fresh out of the shower wearing only a ModestyTowel on. Not wanting to alert her, he tries using a fishing rod to get back his toy, but [[AccidentalPervert accidentally]] ends up hooking her towel instead and ends up [[StrippingSnag snagging it off her]] (The audience only sees her [[ToplessnessFromTheBack bare back]] before she [[HandOrObjectUnderwear covers herself]]). Shiro flees while she's having a NakedFreakOut and she comes to the WrongAssumption that Koiji did it, and [[UnprovokedPervertPayback pays back by using the rod to beat him up]], much to his confusion]].

* PowerCrystal

* RadialAssKicking: Although the anime used a MonsterOfTheWeek approach most of time, in the original manga Dr. Hell was smart enough to send a lot Mechanical Beasts at once, and Kouji constantly found himself in the center of a ring of enemies. It also happened a lot in the movies (''Mazinger-Z vs Manga/{{Devilman}}'' and ''Mazinger-Z vs Great General of Darkness'').

* RedShirt: In the last Go Nagai manga arc, the Japanese army created the Mazinger army -a squad of mass-production Mazingers- to try and defeat BigBad Dr. Hell once and for all. Since the robots needed trained pilots, several new characters were introduced -like the blonde twins Lori and Loru. However, as Kouji was performing test flights with the [[MidSeasonUpgrade Jet Scrander]], Dr. Hell threw a ''massive'' attack involving several mobile fortresses and several dozens of [[{{Robeast}} Mechanical Beasts]]. Main character, LoveInterest and BattleCouple Sayaka Yumi and the Mazinger army flew to meet the Hell's army. Only one of them survived, and you will never guess who. [[spoiler:Sayaka.]]

** RedShirtArmy

* RestrainingBolt: It was implied in the original series and outright shown in ''Manga/ShinMazingerZero'' that Mazinger Z has a RestrainingBolt: its pilot. If Mazinger has a pilot at its controls and restrains its power, it simply becomes a demon that destroys the world. ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' showed if the HumongousMecha is not controlled, it simply goes berserker and destroys all it meets. ''Manga/ShinMazingerZero'' elaborated further on this, showing that [[spoiler:if it is not piloted or it is piloted by someone who is dominated by negative emotions (sadness, hurt, fury, hatred, helplessness...), Mazinger-Z evolves into an EldritchAbomination and destroys the world.]]

* [[RodandReelRepurposed Rod-and-Reel Repurposed]]: In episode 52, Shiro accidentally steals Sayaka's towel with a fishing rod while he tries to get back his toy that ended up in the bathroom.

* RuleOfCool: Creator/GoNagai [[WordOfGod explicitly said]] that this is the reason ''Anime/MazingerZ'' (and as a result the SuperRobotGenre) is what it is. He DID his research about science and technology, but ultimately he did what he thought seemed cooler. Thus, we got a MadeOfIndestructium eighteen-meter-tall humanoid war machine [[spoiler:and EldritchAbomination]] created by a MadScientist, piloted from within, powered with AppliedPhlebotinum, equiped with [[RocketPunch punches can be thrown at the enemy]], [[EyeBeams optical weaponry]], [[BreathWeapon corrosive gusts of wind]] and [[ChestBlaster heat blasts]] capable to melt at seconds a monster made of metal, capable to [[IfItSwimsItFlies fly, swim]] and to withstand a nuclear blast and be dunked in magma for a short while, and [[MonsterOfTheWeek constantly fights]] robotical gladiators capable to [[ShockAndAwe shot lightning bolts]] and make 3-D mirages in thin air without a screen, flying medieval knights, whales loaded with nukes, three-headed dragons, giant crabs capable to set off earthquakes, TransformingMecha capable turning into giant landmines, {{Ninja}}s, archerians, snipers and humanoids capable fly at Match 6 speed. And that is without getting into the HomeBase equipped with a BeehiveBarrier, the zombie cyborg {{Mook}}s, the [[AbusivePrecursors ancient civilizations]] capable to [[LostTechnology build superweapons]], one of the CoDragons that is a half-tiger cyborg, or the SuperVillainLair that in reality is a humongous HumongousMecha disguised like an IslandBase.
* RuleOfThree: The Mazinger series used this trope over and again, starting with the fact of the original series formed a trilogy. The titular HumongousMecha is a CombiningMecha formed by three parts: Mazinger-Z, the Hover Pilder and the Jet Scrander. The Photon Atomic Power Research Institute is protected by three HumongousMecha: Mazinger-Z, Aphrodite-A and Boss Borot. Throughout the series three {{FemBot}}s show up: Aphrodite A, Minerva-X and Diana-A. Prof. Yumi is aided by three scientists (Profs. Morimori, Sewashi and Nossori). The Boss' gang is formed by three members: Boss, Nuke and Mucha. Dr. Hell never had more than three CoDragons at once, and several times he sent three-mecha teams to take down his enemies (Aeros B1, B2 and B3; Megaron P1, P2 and P3). Baron Ashura kidnapped three workers of the Institute in one episode (Kasuya, Kata and Yokoi). A Mechanical Beast could split in three parts could act and attack independiently...