History Trivia / ZeroWing

** The ''Toaplan Arcade Garage'' / ''M2 [=ShotTriggers=]'' CompilationRerelease, which includes this game and several ports thereof, was released only in Japan.

* NoExportForYou: The ''Toaplan Arcade Garage'' / ''M2 [=ShotTriggers=]'' CompilationRerelease, which includes this game and several ports thereof, was released only in Japan.

** A post-launch update for the PC port of the arcade game features the European Mega Drive version's intro as a video clip.

* MemeAcknowledgement: The intro cutscene including the infamous "All your base..." meme has been acknowledged by the game's later creators and rights owners (due to rights issues with Toaplan's catalog, this took about 20 years):

* MemeAcknowledgement:

** In the CompilationRerelease ''Zero Fire'', when going from the title screen to choosing ''Zero Wing'' to play and highlighting the cursor over the European Mega Drive version, the description references the "All your base..." line, including a screenshot of it as well. The Direct Menu, which lists all titles available for play, uniquely has the CATS ambassador as the graphic for the European MD version, while the other versions of the game are represnted by sprites of the ZIG fighter instead.

** In the CompilationRerelease ''Zero Fire'', when going from the title screen to choosing ''Zero Wing'' to play and highlighting the cursor over the European Mega Drive version, the description references the "All your base..." line, including a screenshot of it as well.

** In the CompilationRerelease ''Zero Fire'', when choosing ''Zero Wing'' to play and highlighting the cursor over the European Mega Drive version references the "All your base..." line, including a screenshot of it as well.

* MemeAcknowledgement: More than half of this game’s segment in the Nintendo Switch Online trailer is its infamous intro, stopping at the ever famous line to show a scant few seconds of gameplay. Nintendo's official PR statement about the game also ends with "ForGreatJustice!"

* TropeNamers: As is seen on the main page, [[TranslationTrainWreck the reputation this game has for its hilariously awful English translation]] has made way for this game naming '''five''' separate tropes within about a minute of the player starting the game up, which by itself is an impressive feat in its own right:
** AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: When an enemy takes control of the good guys' base
** ForGreatJustice: Superheroes who save the planet not for any material reward or personal goal, but for the sake of justice itself
** SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb: Covertly planting a bomb right next to enemies who aren't expecting it
** WarWasBeginning: When works begin by narrating that it starts near wartime
** YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive: A form of EvilGloating where a villain says that the heroes are not likely to live much longer
** It was also the former trope namer for FighterLaunchingSequence (Take Off Every Zig, a quote near the end of the sequence when the "ZIG" fighters are launching) and IntentionalEngrishForFunny (Zero Wingrish, for what should be pretty obvious reasons).

** ForGreatJustice: A similar trope that explains via narration why superheroes save the planet
** SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb: Planting a bomb right next to the enemies not expecting it
** WarWasBeginning: When works start by narrating that it starts near wartime
** YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive: A form of EvilGloating by an enemy directly broadcast to allies via communications, goading them into a fight.

* BeamMeUpScotty: "Someone set up us the bomb" is often misquoted as "Someone set us up the bomb", since the transposed words are incredibly similar.

* TropeNamer: As is seen on the main page, [[TranslationTrainWreck the reputation this game has for its hilariously awful English translation]] has made way for this game naming '''five''' separate tropes within about a minute of the player starting the game up, which by itself is an impressive feat in its own right:

** It was also the former trope namer for IntentionalEngrishForFunny (Zero Wingrish), for what should be pretty obvious reasons.

** The rights to to Toaplan's library including ''Zero Wing'' have been a mystery for a very long time ever since Toaplan closed its doors, factoring into why it and its port haven't had an official rerelease for three decades despite the notorious "All Your Base" meme. In 2020, American publisher Retro-Bit managed to sort out the rights and re-released the Genesis/Mega Drive port, marking its first ever export in North America, as a LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition... of Genesis/Mega Drive cartridges for original consoles.