History MazingerZ / TropesPToR

** 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.

* RecycledTheSeries: In 1975 Creator/ToeiAnimation produced a SuperRobotGenre movie called ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uchu_Enban_Daisenso Uchu Enban Daisenso]]''. Creator/GoNagai, who did the designs of characters and mechas, liked the concept so much that he decided to recycle and improve his designs and create a new series based on the movie and set in the ''Anime/MazingerZ'' universe: ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer''.

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The Mykene. Many of them were warriors highly proud of their skills and eager for testing them, and their {{Robeast}}s were made by grafting into the body of a HumongousMecha the brain of a soldier indoctrinated to fight and exterminate all non-Mykene civilizations.
* PowerArmor: In ''Manga/NewMazinger'' (one of the alternate manga continuities) the characters (including Kouji Kabuto) wore power armor.
* PowerCrystal
* PragmaticAdaptation: Several things were toned down in the anime of ''Anime/MazingerZ''. In the original story, Dr. Kabuto was pretty much another MadScientist with [[GoodScarsEvilScars his face scarred]] who had never met Dr. Hell. In the anime, he was a well-meaning, nice old man who shared a backstory with Hell and built Mazinger Z for defending the world (apparently this was later retconned into manga continuity, since in the ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' manga Kouji claimed Dr. Hell had killed his grandfather). However, Kouji was nicer and less exist -albeit a bigger pervert- in the manga, and Sayaka was a Type B {{Tsundere}} instead of a Type A, and their fights were worst in the anime. Many manga characters (such like Inspector Ankokuji, the twin sisters Loru and Lori or the Gamia assassin androids) and storylines never showed up in the anime, or their story was altered (such like Lorelei's story). Likewise, the anime came up with new characters (such like Professor Gordon and his daughter that modified Mazinger Z to be able to swim, or Viscount Pygman and Archduke Gorgon) developed some situations (such like Mazinger getting its MidSeasonUpgrade and other minor upgrades, or the birth of Boss Borot) and characters (such like the other scientists of the Institute, or Kouji and Sayaka's families) in a greater depth than the manga. On the whole it can be told it was an AdaptationDistillation.

* RedShirt: In the last GoNagai 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.]]

* RuleOfCool: 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.

* PowerGivesYouWings: One of the many {{Mid Season Upgrades}}s that Mazinger-Z gets is the Jet Scrander: a JetPack with huge, red RazorWings.

* PervertRevengeMode: Sayaka took no kindly when she was spied in the anime series. One example happened in the the Mazinger vs Great General of Darkness movie, when Kouji walked into her when she was having a shower, and she slapped him.

* TheProfessor (Sayaka's father, Dr. Gennosuke Yumi. Also the trio composed of Sewashi, Nozori and Morimori. Dr. Kabuto is sometimes this, overlaping with MadScientist in the manga and ''Mazinkaiser''.)

* PeggySue: Both Kouji and Minerva-X become this in ''ShinMazingerZero''.

* PragmaticAdaptation: Several things were toned down in the anime of ''MazingerZ''. In the original story, Dr. Kabuto was pretty much another MadScientist with [[GoodScarsEvilScars his face scarred]] who had never met Dr. Hell. In the anime, he was a well-meaning, nice old man who shared a backstory with Hell and built Mazinger Z for defending the world (apparently this was later retconned into manga continuity, since in the ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' manga Kouji claimed Dr. Hell had killed his grandfather). However, Kouji was nicer and less exist -albeit a bigger pervert- in the manga, and Sayaka was a Type B {{Tsundere}} instead of a Type A, and their fights were worst in the anime. Many manga characters (such like Inspector Ankokuji, the twin sisters Loru and Lori or the Gamia assassin androids) and storylines never showed up in the anime, or their story was altered (such like Lorelei's story). Likewise, the anime came up with new characters (such like Professor Gordon and his daughter that modified Mazinger Z to be able to swim, or Viscount Pygman and Archduke Gorgon) developed some situations (such like Mazinger getting its MidSeasonUpgrade and other minor upgrades, or the birth of Boss Borot) and characters (such like the other scientists of the Institute, or Kouji and Sayaka's families) in a greater depth than the manga. On the whole it can be told it was an AdaptationDistillation.

* PutOnABus: All ''MazingerZ'' characters were PutOnABus in the end of the series, except for Shiro, Boss and his gang -Nuke and Mucha-, that were secondary characters in the sequel.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Kouji JumpedAtTheCall in the original series. In the first timeline seen in ''ShinMazingerZero'', he refused the call and we got to see the outcome. It was not pretty (unless your definition of pretty includes the planet scorched away and the humanity wiped out [[spoiler:by Mazinger-Z]]).

* RestrainingBolt: It was implied in the original series and outright shown in ''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. ''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.]]

* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Minerva-X was conceived by Dr. Kabuto to fight alongside Mazinger-Z since he whole-heartedly believed a man always must fight with a strong woman by his side (he was a big defender of the BattleCouple trope). Her role was devising a battle strategy to help and support Mazinger according information Mazinger's main computer sent. Okay. However, apparently Dr. Kabuto also thought she needed being capable to think independantly, act on her own and feel emotions to carry out her mission. Not only that, but also he programmed her to love Mazinger-Z (he REALLY was a big defender of the BattleCouple trope). This is reinforced in ''ShinMazingerZero'' where she feels happiness, uncertainness, worry, jealousy, doubt, despair (to the point of telling her "heart" was breaking in one ocassion), joy, and sometimes she even blushes.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: Deconstructed in ''ShinMazingerZero''. Kouji and Minerva-X are locked into a GroundhogPeggySue loop. Both of them have RippleEffectProofMemory. However Kouji's memory is faulty, and he only remembers what happened in former timelines through dreams and sudden flashbacks, and they are so vague and so random -and seldom he has them when he needs them- that they are all but useless. On the other hand, Minerva remembers with utter clarity how they failed thousands of times in averting the EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, and how her beloved, her friends and the whole humanity died several thousands of times because she failed.

* RocketPunch: TropeNamer and TropeMaker. "[[{{Engrish}} Roketto Paaaanchi!]]". Anytime anyone says PANCHIE instead of Punch, it's a tribute to MazingerZ...and inexplicably makes said attack more powerful.

* PragmaticAdaptation: Several things were toned down in the anime of ''MazingerZ''. In the original story, Dr. Kabuto was pretty much another MadScientist with [[GoodScarsEvilScars his face scarred]] who had never met Dr. Hell. In the anime, he was a well-meaning, nice old man who shared a backstory with Hell and built Mazinger Z for defending the world (apparently this was later retconned into manga continuity, since in the ''GreatMazinger'' manga Kouji claimed Dr. Hell had killed his grandfather). However, Kouji was nicer and less exist -albeit a bigger pervert- in the manga, and Sayaka was a Type B {{Tsundere}} instead of a Type A, and their fights were worst in the anime. Many manga characters (such like Inspector Ankokuji, the twin sisters Loru and Lori or the Gamia assassin androids) and storylines never showed up in the anime, or their story was altered (such like Lorelei's story). Likewise, the anime came up with new characters (such like Professor Gordon and his daughter that modified Mazinger Z to be able to swim, or Viscount Pygman and Archduke Gorgon) developed some situations (such like Mazinger getting its MidSeasonUpgrade and other minor upgrades, or the birth of Boss Borot) and characters (such like the other scientists of the Institute, or Kouji and Sayaka's families) in a greater depth than the manga. On the whole it can be told it was an AdaptationDistillation.

* PyrrhicVictory: After a long and hard battle, Kouji defeated Dr. Hell with Mazinger Z. However, the Mycene immediately attacks without giving any time to rest and he is unable to do anything to stop them. He's saved by Tetsuya and his Great Mazinger, who claims that Mazinger Z isn't needed anymore.

** In the first chapter/episode, Kouji did not thought that FallingIntoTheCockpit of a [[HumongousMecha huge, dangerous and powerful war machine]] that he has 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.

** Kouji and Sayaka were a BattleCouple whose BelligerentSexualTension made they were 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.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In the Ota's manga, Count Brocken delivers an EPIC one to Dr. Hell. During the final battle Hell ordered Count Brocken go and battle Mazinger... in spite of Brocken was a normal-sized human and he had no weapons to take down a HumongousMecha! Brocken reluctantly agrees... but before leaving he tells EXACTLY what he thinks of Hell, calling him out on all his failures and flaws, blaming him for their defeats, bitterly stating he does not care his troops risk their lives everyday, and making very clear he served Hell out of gratitude -for saving his life- but he never wanted working for such an inept. Then he announces if he survives he will return to Germany before leaving to fight as Hell threw a fit. It was a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Brocken.

* RoleCalled: Named after the HumonngousMecha that the main character pilots.

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** A Mechanical Beast -Dian N4- was equipped with a Rocket Punch variant. Dian used its oversized, flying hands to grab, crush and lift things, or to deflect enemy fire.

* ReforgedIntoAMinion: This is Dr. Hell's favorite trick. This is how he got himself his CoDragons. He found Brocken bleeding to death on the ground and turn him into a headless {{Cyborg}}. While exploring the underground mazes of Bardos he found two mummified bodies. One half of each body was crushed under rocks. So he sewed the intact halves together, relived it like a {{Cyborg}} with a mechanized brain and named it Ashura. And his {{Mook}}s? He -or his henchmen- killed people and he turned the corpses into cybernetic slaves programmed to serve him. Now you know what happened to all people died in the battles between Mazinger-Z and Hell's Mechanical Beasts.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Hell's motivation to TakeOverTheWorld is having revenge in everybody 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 be deceased. Yet will he let that insignificant detail stop him? [[IncrediblyLamePun Hell]], no!

* RestrainingBolt: It was implied in the original series and outright shown in ''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. ''ShinMazingerZero'' elaborated further on this, showing that [[spoiler:if it is not piloted or it is piloted by someone is dominated by negative emotions (sadness, hurt, fury, hatred, helplessness...), Mazinger-Z evolves into an EldritchAbomination and destroys the world.]]
** Minerva-X restraining bolt is her circuit partner located on her midsection. Without it, she would be unable to tell friend from enemy and would go berserker.

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

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