History VideoGame / GalaxyAngel

%%* TheTeam: There are two [[TheSmartGuy Smart Girls]].[[note]]Mint the mind-reader and Vanilla the CombatMedic.[[/note]]
%%** TheHero: Tact.
%%** TheLancer: Lester
%%** TheChick: Milfeulle
%%** TheBigGirl: Ranpha
%%** TheHeart: Mint
%%** TeamMom: Forte
%%** KidAppealCharacter: Vanilla
%%** SixthRanger: Chitose (to the other female members). Natsume becomes this for the Rune Angels.

* TheCoverChangesTheGender: How much of a cultural phenomena Galaxy Angel used to be when JAM PROJECT's Hironobu Kageyama sings Eternal Love for GAII.

* AChildShallLeadThem: Shiva Transbaal becomes emperor at the age of ten. Natsume also acted as Princess and she's only eleven.

** Milfeulle's Lucky Star has one equipped and firing it off is her LimitBreak. Apricot's Cross Caliber has two smaller ones that are used in unison for ''her'' LimitBreak. The large railguns on Forte's Happy Trigger and sniper cannons on both Chitose's Sharpshooter and Lily's Eagle Gazer also count (with said sniper cannons possibly being involved in ''their own'' limit breaks).

%%* GlassCannon: Ranpha's Emblem Frame, the "Kung-Fu Fighter".

* DidNotGetTheGirl: Tact can nail the dance ball, lock himself onto an Angel's route, and solve their specific route problem down the line. All of that can be for naught if he messes up a rather obvious final choice before the final battle with Eonia where he can potentially lose the Angel's trust and not end up with her, and instead be sent back to the Patrol Fleet with Lester like how the game started out.

* MistakenForCheating: Happens to Tact on every route (except Forte's) in Eternal Lovers, due to finding himself in several awkward situations with Lushati, leading the Elsior crew to suspect he may be cheating on his Angel.

* SpaceWhale: The Space Whale and Space Whale Jr. ''Telepathic'' Space Whale at that! Of course, they don't actually live in the void of space because that would just be ridiculous.

* WeAreTeamCannonFodder: During the first game, the remnants of the Imperial Navy might as well be annoying distraction against Eonia, due to how ridiculously strong the Angel Brigade is. [[TheCavalry Gloriously inverted]] in both Moonlit Lovers and Eternal Lovers. The Imperial Navy even pulls a BigDamnHeroes on ''you'' during the final battle in Moonlit Lover, and are so effective in wiping out enemies they are basically responsible in destroying half the invading army alongside you.

* SpaceX: Anything you can imagine, there's a space version of it. The only thing that seems to be different from the normal version is that the space version has "space" in its name. The exception is the {{space whales}}, who are some kind of magical animal.

** The Chrono Break Cannon is roughly 1/3 the size of the Elsior, and when later mounted on GA-007, it was pretty much 99% of the entire ship. The Luxiole carried the Dual Chrono Break Cannon.

* FirstGirlWins: If the player as Tact picks Milfeulle as the love interest and the same applies if Kazuya picks Rico.

* HeroicMime:
** In the games where you play him, Tact only gets to speak in certain pivotal scenes. Kazuya, however, gets the full voice treatment down to his interior monologues, but you can turn him off.
** Guinness is ''so'' HotBlooded that a FanTranslation of the first game attaches ''five'' exclamation points to just about everything he says, if only to point out how [[LargeHam hammy]] Hiyama's voice acting for him is.

* MissionControl: The Bridge team of Lester, Almo, and Coco fill this role. In the second series, Tact himself is on board the flagship holding the fort while giving Kazuya free reign of combat orders during sortie. In the successive games, Tact's role is replaced by Coco and Tapio.

* NostalgiaLevel: In musical terms at least. Certain fights in the final game of the franchise, Eigoi Kaiki, feature remixed renditions of songs from the first trilogy.

%%* WaveMotionGun: The Chrono Break Cannon.

* GratuitousEnglish: Most prominent with Lily and Tequila in the sequel trilogy.

* SuperMode: When the Angels have their Emblem Frame limiter's removed, they sprout wings as a result. More noticeable in the first game due to Moonlight Lovers upping the Ante by making endgame mooks very powerful.

* TeamShot: One of the few bonus event CG in Eternal Lover.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Subverted, sort of. Both, the Elsior has a single counselor each one. On the other hand, the fact Tact is responsible for the mental health of his team of pilots without any qualifications beyond being a NiceGuy is a ''bit'' troubling. {{Justified|Trope}} -- in this case the mental health of the pilots directly influences whether or not the pilots can win battles. That last part ''is'' the responsibility of the commander instead of the counselor, so Tact is keeping the pilots' spirits up is in fact required in their particular circumstances. (The fact that Lester knows this is necessary is why Lester doesn't complain about Tact hanging around with a group of beautiful women while Lester works on the bridge.)

** In a similar vein, a larger faction of enemies are introduced at the end of Mugen Kairo no Kagi and the war against them takes place in Eigou Kaiki.

* WeAreTeamCannonFodder: During the first game, the remnants of the Imperial Navy might as well be annoying distraction against Eonia, due to how ridiculously strong the Angel Brigade is. [[TheCavalry Gloriously inverted]] in both Moonlit Lover and Eternal Lovers. The Imperial Navy even pulls a BigDamnHeroes on ''you'' during the final battle in Moonlit Lover, and are so effective in wiping out enemies they are basically responsible in destroying half the invading army alongside you.

* BouquetToss: In Milfeulle's route in Eternal Lovers, she mentions how she and Tact passed by a small church celebrating a wedding during their vacations, and Milfie got so excited she actually tried (but failed) to catch the bouquet. In the second trilogy, it's mentioned that Ranpha visited her home planet for her younger brother's wedding, and she vows to catch the bouquet (regardless of whether she's married to Tact or not).

* CallingYourAttacks: The Angels in battle during their respective Hyper Weapon activations; Tact in the cut scenes.

* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler:In Galaxy Angel Eternal Lovers, Wein, supposedly Lushati's little brother, isn't really human. He's a Val-Fasq. You learn this when he does away with his normal-looking skin and reveals the Val-Fasq's characteristic white skin with purple markings.]]
%%* TheEvilPrince: Eonia Transbaal was exiled five years before the start of the first GA.

* LastGirlWins: If the player as Tact picks Chitose as the love interest. Carries over to the second trilogy with Kazuya and Natsume.

* NoRangeLikePointBlankRange: The Chrono Break Cannon is usually a long-ranged weapon, [[spoiler:but the finale of Moonlit Lovers has Tact and his Angel firing it at point-blank range to destroy the O-Gaub and Nefuria with it. Justified because they had to get close to disable the ship's shield with the Negative Field Canceler in order to destroy it]].

%% [[Administrivia/ZeroContextExamples NEED CONTEXT]]* OnlyMostlyDead: Used as a plot point in Nano-Nano's route in Galaxy Angel II
%%* OpaqueNerdGlasses: Vermouth Matin, Vanilla's Hell Hounds counterpart.

* TitleDrop: At the end of Eternal Lovers.
** Zettai Ryoiki no Tobira in a translated naming convention sense as the hub-dimension of ABSOLUTE is what zettai ryoiki roughtly translates to. The Chrono Gates that lead to ABSOLUTE also are mentioned a lot and are key plot points.
** Mugen Kairo no Kagi gets dropped frequently as it is the mcguffin of the game
** Eigou Kaiki no Toki only once at the very end.

* AbusivePrecursors: Perhaps. The Black Moon is either an evil factory of destruction or a corrupted factory of destruction; the White Moon is therefore either its counterpart or its opposite. This makes whoever built it either the AbusivePrecursors trope or the NeglectfulPrecursors trope. This is later subverted in the second game by Noah when you learn that [[spoiler:the proper purpose of the twin moons ''combined'' is as a deterrent against the Val-Fask]].

* AscendedFangirl: Chitose at the beginning of the Second Game.

* BagOfSpilling: For some reason the girls lose some of the hearts they had from previous games making them weaker in combat. Especially awkward with whichever girl you've chosen to be your one true love. Seems they don't love you quite so much anymore.
** The Affection system from each of the first games, that lead towards choosing one heroine, are replaced with Trust point in successive titles that provide the respective Angel with boosted stats when it's time to fight.

* RivalTurnedEvil: At least in the manga, if you count the romance definition of "rival".

** Galaxy Angel II also only has 6 save slots in each of its games but with the added benefit of a quasi-chapter selector built into its system where you can load up a chapter among its four parts.

* SequelEscalation:
** Bumping up the total Angel Wing member count from 6 to 8? Check.
** Having the two successive sequels of the trilogy's first game be just as long, maybe even longer, than the original? Check.
** Not one but two opening theme songs per game? Check.
** Multiple special ending songs? Check.
** Even more cast member interaction? Check.
** A finale that can one-up the climactic battle of Eternal Lovers to stop a bomb that could spell the doom of the technology that powers what we know of civlization? It's like a walk in the park compared to what Eigou Kaiki's stakes are.
** Thought that the final fights in Zettai Ryoiki with 11 Angels on the field was something? The first chapter of Eigou Kaiki already one ups that by Natsume's addition to 12.

* TimeSkip: Each of the game's sequels occur within only a couple months of each other. The most significant time-skip understandably occurs between Eternal Lovers and the Galaxy Angel II continuity, with it being four years. Much has changed where Noa's technological inquiry leads to the discovery of parallel universes. More than half of the original Angel Wing retire from combat duties, leaving only Forte and Chitose as active duty military officers. The rest have gone on to perform either civilian or political duties.

* WaveMotionGun: The Chrono Break Cannon in the first trilogy and the Dual Chrono Break Cannon in Galaxy Angel II.

** Eigou Kaiki finally introduces allied ships in the final battle against the Will in ABSOLUTE. The Seldar fleet as well as the Transbaal fleet can hold their own but the Magiic fleets and Arms Alliance fleets will go down if they are not supported.

The ''Galaxy Angel II'' SequelSeries taking place four years after the end of Eternal Lovers has Milfeulle trapped as a living battery to the gate between two universes. Tact, desperate to save her and devoid of his disbanded Angel-tai, is joined by the new Rune Angel-tai from friends and relations of the old ones and personally appoints new leader Shiranami Kazuya as squad-leader. The games in this series are ''Galaxy Angel II: Zettai Ryouiki no Tobira'', ''Galaxy Angel II: Mugen Kairou no Kagi'', and ''Galaxy Angel II: Eigou Kaiki no Koku''.

There is also a manga series. ''Galaxy Angel'' was based on the first game, ''Galaxy Angel Beta'' on ''Galaxy Angel: Moonlit Lovers'', and ''Galaxy Angel II'' on ''Galaxy Angel II: Zettai Ryouiki no Tobira''.

Also see ''Anime/GalaxyAngel'' and ''Anime/GalaxyAngelRune''; though all of the characters have either been removed or exaggerated and the plot is completely gone, a few tropes are still shared.

!!Tropes:

* TwoDSpace: Averted in the first trilogy. Played straight in Galaxy Angel II.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: Occurs in the final battle of the franchise where the Rune Angel Wing [[spoiler:achieve Angel Feathers.]]

* AccidentalKiss: Between Tact and [[spoiler:Ranpha in the storeroom through the magic of Zero-G.]]
** Occurs in Zettai Ryoiki no Tobira between Kazuya and [[spoiler:Nano/]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:The Black Moon.]]

** Genievres of Galaxy Angel II Mugen Kairo no Kagi is possibly the most compelling villain introduced in the second trilogy due to his prior connection to Natsume.

** It is even revealed that they were the ones who engineered the Chrono Quake, the catastrophe that crippled space travel for centuries.
** The implications of their actions increase significantly in magnitude in Mugen Kairo no Kagi when it's revealed that the Val-Fasq were [[spoiler:dropping Chrono Quake Bombs way before their run-in with the EDEN civilization. They initially achieved space flight early untold eons ago in their unnamed native universe, gained access to ABSOLUTE, and worked with the inhabitants of the Central Globe for a time due to their natural ability to interface with machines. Eventually they turned on the inhabitants of ABSOLUTE but lost the war, and were kicked into the EDEN universe, a penal colony to the inhabitants of ABSOLUTE and caused more trouble there. Bitter about their loss, they detonated the first Chrono Quake Bomb in retaliation. While they had no way of knowing if their endeavor succeeded, the inhabitants of ABSOLUTE abandoned the Central Globe and unknowingly affected the other universes across the Chrono Gates that led to the extinguishing of at least 50 other universes of intelligent life who could not survive the cataclysm. NEUE was the first surviving universe they found. ]]
** Even with all this said, it could be said the Gern's tyrannical and century-long rule of his race solidified their characterizations. [[spoiler:Wein sacrifices himself to save Lushati by the end of Eternal Lovers to give the Angel Wing one last shot against his kind.]]
** The Luxiole's new radar technician and second in command [[spoiler:Tapio Ca is revealed to be a Val-Fasq and a formerly high-ranking one at that who is privy to the above knowledge of his kind's past. While austere and demanding, he is nonetheless the representative of the other Val-Fasq in the GAII trilogy who joined the EDEN military to learn of the power of emotions and love that soundly crushed their once mighty fleets. He turns out to still be a decent person trying to understand conventional human emotions and even becomes a comedic goldmine as the games go on. He even becomes the new Almo in trying to win the attention of his direct superior, Coco.]]
* AllergicToLove: Apricot; in her case not so much "allergic" as "conditioned to throw men into the air." Kazuya seems to be semi-immune thanks partly to a backstory aspect of him with similarity to Rico's sister Milfie.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Subverted with Milfeulle who reacts to [[StalkerWithACrush Camus's]] advances with complete dislike or utter fear depending on the medium. On the other hand, Ranpha has traces of this in both the game and manga. In the game, however, it is possible for Ranpha to fall in love with compassionate and noble Tact Mayers, subverting the trope even further.
** Averted completely with the entirety of Galaxy Angel II as Kazuya is a meek and generous individual whose attempts to try and be a playboy in Apricot's route backfires on him immensely.

* AllThereInTheManual: Manga again.
* AnimeThemeSong: Each of the three Galaxy Angel II games begin and end every chapter with one of the two selected opening songs and an ending specific to a chapter. Heck, Mugen Kairo even has voiced previews for the next chapter like a next episode preview.

** Mission variety almost regresses with the Galaxy Angel II combat sections where some unique parameters exist but Eigou Kaiki has them come back with a lot more varied fights.
* AttackDrone: Mint's ship, the Trick Master, is equipped with these. They allow her to attack even as she's ending one attack run and going into another, and her LimitBreak sees her release her entire stock to blast away at every ship in range. Kahlua/Tequila's ship, the Spell Caster, is also assisted by three orbs of magic that assist in providing additional firepower.

* TheBattlestar: The Elsior and Luxiole mostly serve as carriers for the Emblem Frames, but are pretty capable combatants in their own right. The Elsior in the manga however, was nothing more than a parade ship; its only "weapon" was a fireworks launcher.

** Parfait and Sorbet's vessels have cannons in their boss fight have barrels as large as the Luxiole itself.

** Luft Weizen does it ''twice'' in the first game.

** Lester in Zettai Ryoiki no Tobira arriving with the Elsior with the reunited Moon Angel Wing in tow.
** Tact coming to save the Luxiole before the Three Marquis fire upon Seldar.
** After two whole games of being useless, the advanced Seldar fleet arrives to back the Luxiole up in their fight against a resurrected [[spoiler:Roselle.]]
** Kazuya himself gets his moment to shine as the hero near the end of Eigou Kaiki no Toki when [[spoiler:his chosen Angel is rendered unable to fight after being kidnapped by a resurrected and posessed Roselle. He personally takes to the field on the updated model of the Holy Blood Kai to fight alongside the other Angels.]]

** Anise in the second series is a considerable big eater and she explains in a free roam segment to Kazuya that her appetite stems from her years spent alone. She considers most things to taste good after knowing what it's like to starve. Makes you think Galaxy Angel II has its own equivalent of [[Manga/FairyTail Erza Scarlet]] with that particular tidbit.
** Nano also tends to eat a lot and most of her free roam segments involves her eating snacks. The in-universe versions of umaibo are her favorite.
** Kahlua and Rico are big fans of sweets and they often conspire to dangle the newest cook book in front of Kazuya to subconsciously coerce him into baking something for all of them eat.
** Natsume also frequents the Cafeteria because to expand her culinery horizons.

** Occurs frequently in Galaxy Angel II particularly in the second game where boss fights against the Three Marquis make up half of the game.

** Lily takes it one step further where her sword skills are involved. Kahlua/Tequila also chant incantations for spells.

* ChildSoldiers: Ranpha (exactly 18) and Forte (22) are the only Moon Angels not to fall under this trope in the first trilogy, for Milfie and Chitose are both 17, Mint is 16, and Vanilla is 13. All but Vanilla (who misses by about a year) grow out of it by the second trilogy, with their respective places taken by Rico (14), Natsume (11), and Anise (16); Nano's real age is unknown.
* ContinuityNod: Most if not ALL the named characters, and some of the unnamed characters, that showed up as part of the Transbaal Empire in the first trilogy show up again in Galaxy Angel II or at least mentioned.
** The particular standouts of who DIDN'T get a new speaking roles are Luft, Shiva, and Lushati.

* CoolShip: The Elsior and the Luxiole.

* CueTheSun: The intro to Galaxy Angel II Zettai Ryoiki no Tobira and main theme of the Rune Angel Wing, Wing of Destiny, brings us back to the universe of GA with a rising sun visual.
* CustomUniform: Every female member of the Angel Wing wears a stylized version of the regular military uniform that [=NPCs=] wear. The most customized uniform easily has to be Ranpha's, which consists of a red qipao and matching high heels. Anise's uniform is also very different, for it consists of a bra-like tube top, pants that wouldn't look out of place on a gypsy or belly dancer (which she kinda looks like without considering the uniform), and brown sandals.
* CutscenePowerToTheMax: Happens every finale, but only with the Angel Tact romances. The same stipulations are in play in the second trilogy's finale, with Kazuya replacing Tact.

* DeathEqualsRedemption: Poor [[spoiler:Wein]]. Even for a MagnificentBastard like him, even he is not immune to feelings.

** No matter what happens, Roselle does not win.

** The theme of Galaxy Angel II, Wing of Destiny, gets sung by the six members of the Rune Angel Wing as the final credits song for the final game in the franchise.
** Zettai Ryoiki no Tobira's final stage also features an 11-member rendition of Eternal Love with only Natsume missing.

* DyingAsYourself: Averted. The finale of Eigou Kaiki no Toki [[spoiler:involves the resurrected body of Roselle being hijacked by a god and his attempts to grant his partner female god another body to inhabit. Kazuya's chosen Angel becomes the target to be this vessel but in order to have the transformation be successful, the person in question needs to feel utter despair. Kazuya is forced to come alone to the hijacked Central Globe and while he tries to save his Angel, he is soundly beaten. His chosen Angel, who has been refusing the goddess' transformation finally gives in and says she will agree to their demands if they spare Kazuya. However, Kazuya being alive still subconsciously affects their mind and Kazuya is seemingly killed in front of them. The Angel enter a HeroicBSOD and then quickly attempt to kill themselves with a pistol Kazuya dropped before they are used as a vessel. The gods are not entertained and knock her out.]]
** Occurs again in Mugen Kairo no Kagi where the Three Marquis [[spoiler:have their consciousness uploaded to their flagships.]]

* EdibleThemeNaming: The Angels and several of the female supporting cast members are named after different kinds of sweets and desserts. Villains, on the other hand, are named after alcoholic drinks (as are the two personalities Kahlua and Tequila).
* {{Elseworld}} (Although, technically, the games were supposed to come first.)

** Two Escort mission in the entirety of Galaxy Angel II and both are in the final game. One involves saving the shuttle with Anise's acquaintances inside and the other is escorting the fairies from Sprite away from Will invaders.

** Genievres, the retainer to Natsume and one of the Three Marquis, openly denounces her and takes command of her empire's fleets along with his cohorts Calvados and Benedictine.

* TheEvilPrince (Eonia Transbaal was exiled five years before the start of the first GA.)

** Averted with [[spoiler:King Soldum of Seldar who wore an eyepatch to conceal his identity during his stay on Azeat, where he went by the name Stanley.]]

** Pretty much a big deal across all five routes in Zettai Ryoiki no Tobira. Rico is apologetic towards taking Kazuya's when she gave him mouth-to-mouth resucitation. Lily and Kazuya reconciling after the former makes the faux pax in the budding relationship. Nano trying to get Kazuya to kiss her after their particular route conflict. Kazuya going on the offensive and giving Tequila a kiss after a drunken Kahlua already made a move on him. Finally, Anise, who has no idea how to stop her feelings for Kazuya, gets advice from Dr. Mordent, assaults Kazuya, and kisses him before running away in embarassment.

** The second trilogy does this same thing, but switch Tact with Kazuya and the dance on Rhome with a vacation on Hokkori; the Angel Kazuya chooses becomes his girlfriend and even if he doesn't choose anyone he still has a romantic relationship with a Rune Angel by the second trilogy's end with Natsume.
* FlowerMotifs: The special cover of Eigou Kaiki has a flower associated with each Rune Angel.
** Rico with cherry blossom petals.
** Lily with a rose.
** Nano with sunflowers.
** Kahlua and Tequila with white lilies.
** Anise with orange azaleas.
** Natsume with white chrysanthemums.

** The second trilogy pulls something similar to the first game, but only in what becomes Natsume's route. Kazuya gets busted and the Katherine guise removed.
* GhibliHills: The holodeck and whale rooms.
* GlassCannon: Ranpha's Emblem Frame, the "Kung-Fu Fighter". Anise's Emblem Frame, Relic Raider, is this as well.
* GoodColorsEvilColors: Where do we start? The Transbaal Military uniform is composed of White and Black in equal amounts as well as a bit of Gold. The Angels, [[CustomUniform in particular]], got one extra color each: Pink for Milfeulle, Cheery Red for Ranpha, Blue for Mint, Natural Green for Vanilla and Purple for Forte (this one is a surbversion since Forte is certainly not evil but rather more mature). Takuto, as the commander, also gets some Blue and Cheery Red. Finally, their battleships are mostly White with some Blue, Gold and Natural Greens. The White Moon is mostly White with some Gold and the Angel Frames reflect their pilot's colors. As for the bad guys, there's Eonia and Sherry whom dress in Black and Purple. The Hell Hounds get Black, Bloody Red, Unnatural Green, Purple, Silver and Dark Blue. All of their ships are Black with Bloody Red or Purple. And finally, there's the Black Moon which is mostly Black with some Bloody Red. [[spoiler:And really finally, there are the Val-Fasq, who use varying shades of Unearthly Purple & Violet and explode ''green''. Even their hair and skin is varying purple/violet shades, usually very pale in their skin.]] This trait carries over with the Rune Angels, Anise notably wearing pants and sandals instead of the other Angels' skirts and either pumps (Ranpha and Forte) or boots (Kahlua's being high-heeled) as part of her uniform.

* GreatOffscreenWar: Galaxy Angel II's setting mentions in multiple points how the planet of Seldar and Magiic waged war with each other before Seldar came out victorious and established itself as the capital planet of its known galactic civilization.

* HeelFaceTurn:
** [[spoiler:Wein ends up sacrificing his life for Lushati.]]
** Tapio Ca is a [[spoiler:Val-Fasq who becomes second in command of the Luxiole. A bit of a hard-ass but genuinely interested in learning of the power that defeated his people. His ability and integrity is great enough for Tact to have personally selected him for the position.]]
** Natsume begins as an enemy before joining the Rune Angel Wing. She even has a conversation with Tapio about how they both started out as enemies before joining with the "good guys".

** Heck, Guinness is ''so'' HotBlooded that a FanTranslation of the first game attaches ''five'' exclamation points to just about everything he says, if only to point out how [[LargeHam hammy]] Hiyama's voice acting for him is.
* HeroicSacrifice: Tact and his chosen Angel risk life and limb to save the empire in Moonlit Lovers in facing the O-Gaub supercarrier alone to utilize experimental technology to destroy it.

** Mugen Kairo no Kagi's newly introduced male member Roselle Mateus [[spoiler:pulls one off in order to save the rest of the Luxiole by ramming the hull of his Emblem Frame onto the enemy's flagship and detonating the chrono strings.]]
** Eigou Kaiki no Toki delivers a punch straight into the gut and tear ducts when the [[spoiler:Elsior and its six Emblem Frames are sacrificed in order to counteract a blackhole from forming near the Val-Fasq homeworld. The sacrifice was made willingly by Tact and the Moon Angel Wing. The ending credits for the chapter plays the credits song from Eternal Lovers as well as showing background shots of the rooms and halls for the Elsior before ending off on Tact's chosen Angel's room.]]

** Galaxy Angel II throws in a lot more political reasons for not having the Dual Chrono Break Cannons around.
* HumanityIsInfectious: [[spoiler:Wein]] learned it the hard way, just before succumbing to his injuries. This is succeeded by the new radar technician and second in command in Galaxy Angel II, [[spoiler:Tapio Ca.]]

** Zettai Ryoiki no Tobira goes for TWO vocal tracks across two fights. The original Eternal Love and then the version featuring 11 of the combined Angel Wing.
** Mugen Kairo fully allows the Rune Angel Wing to shine as their own with the 2007 rendition of Wing of Destiny.
** Eigou Kaiki starts off strong with Angelic Symphony playing during the game's first fight and then featuring either of the two openings for the finale, Gessei no Canon or Taiyo no Aria.

* JackOfAllStats: Rico's "Cross Caliber" and Milfeulle's "Lucky Star".
* KeystoneArmy: The opposing forces, all the time.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Averted. While learning in the first game that [[spoiler:Shiva is a girl]] means that starting from the second will inevitably spoil you, the ads for the later games don't even show the character in question.

* {{Leitmotif}}: And how! Just to give you an idea, every single Angel has her own musical piece; including slow and vocalized versions. Galaxy Angel II ups this with a general character theme, arranged theme, piano theme, and vocal. Even Roselle, the second male team member gets his assortment of themes.
* LevelUpAtIntimacy5: The angels get generally more powerful the more they like Tact (even when not on their "route"), and your chosen Angel will be ''bonkers'' powerful once you commit to them. This is ''in-universe'', too -- by the time ''Eternal Lovers'' rolls around, the Angels will be commenting on this phenomenon and the chosen heroine will be regarded as the squad ace & combat lynchpin. This fact is exploited to the max during Eternal Lovers by [[spoiler:Wein]]. The second trilogy uses this as well with the Rune Angels although the relationship being strained only reaches its most tangible point during the final game.

* LightningBruiser: Your chosen girl once her affection scores are high enough, yes, even Vanilla.

* LoveMakesYouEvil: In the manga. It is hinted several times that the main reason behind Eonia's coup'd etat was [[spoiler:his love for the Moon Goddess Shatyarn.]] Averted in the game, where Eonia's motivation is to make the Empire [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans an utopia using Lost Technology]]
* LovingAShadow: In Eternal Lovers, [[spoiler:Chitose on her route, as she subconsciously transfers all of her romantic feelings about Tact over to Lester, the latter more closely matching her image of the ideal soldier.]]
* MacrossMissileMassacre (Forte's ship, the Happy Trigger, gets one of these as her Limit Break.)

* {{Meganekko}}: With Coco, whose role in the sequel trilogy is GREATLY expanded.

** Natsume's Papillon Chaser is Forte's successor in having a ton of explosives on board but with little mobility. Again, great at dealing with heavily armored opponents, not good when pursuing fleeing ones (that's Anise's job).

* MoreFriendsMoreBenefits: Averted. Nowhere in the game does it offer you any sort of a chance of two-timing with any other girl than your chosen one. Needless to say, Harem Endings are also out of the question.
** The closest occasion this occurs is in Kahlua's route in Eigou Kaiki no Toki where Tequila manages to manifest in a separate body (thanks to an accident involving nanomachine organism Cookie) and the latter informs Kazuya that he has to take care of both of them now. This also manages to cause a problem however.

* {{Nanomachines}}:
** Vanilla's specialty is being able to work with nanomachines. While this is mostly used for healing, her control over it is such that her Nanomachine pet can be more accurately described as an extension of her self.
** Nano-Nano Pudding from ''Galaxy Angel II'' is actually a nanomachine colony given human (or rather, humanoid) form. This allows Nano to be far more expressive normally than Vanilla.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Mint is practically an ''adult'', going by her age. On her route she actually comments with some despair that she seems to have stopped growing entirely, and seems partly worried about how that might reflect on Tact.

* OldSaveBonus: Averted. Both Moonlit Lovers and Eternal Lovers simply makes you "choose" a heroine from the get-go instead of relying on your previous game save.[[note]]the page's former picture was the "choose heroine" screen from ''Eternal Lovers''[[/note]] On one hand, it's a bit of a wasted potential. On the other hand, this was early [=2000s=] in Japan. The same applies with the Galaxy Angel II trilogy games.
* OneHeadTaller: Tact to Mint/Vanilla if he pursues their respective routes. Due to what seems an animation oversight, a cutscene in Galaxy Angel: Eternal Lovers does this to [[StatuesqueStunner Forte]], of all people.
** Vanilla's case is due to her being the youngest of the team at the time, at 13, while Mint's is due to her worry that she stopped growing completely. Forte's is especially weird given she normally wears high heels.
** Natsume being only eleven, goes without saying

* OpaqueNerdGlasses: Vermouth Matin, Vanilla's Hell Hounds counterpart.

* PassingTheTorch: Symbolically occurs in Zettai Ryoiki no Tobira as the disbanded Moon Angel Wing are replaced by the Rune Angel Wing as the new fighting force.
** Happens more literally in Eigou Kaiki no Toki. [[spoiler:When the Will send a singularity to consume Val Rundal, the Val-Fasq homeworld that was demilitarized since the end of Eternal Lovers, Noa determines that a significant force was required to counteract it and it demanded either the Luxiole and the Emblem Frames it held or the Elsior's. Tact and the Moon Angel Wing make the conscious decision to sacrifice their flagship and their Emblem Frames to save the homeworld of their former enemy, with Kazuya voicing his opposition. With their signature crafts gone, the Rune Angel Wing officially succeed them.]]

* {{Precursors}}: The Eden civilization
** The above are revealed to be predated by the Val-Fasq and the original residents of ABSOLUTE.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: Invoked during Kazuya's scenario setting-up for Natsume route in the bonus Mugen Kairo Disc where instead of Kazuya and his chosen Angel's love powering the Chrono Gate to ABSOLUTE, it is the combined comradery of the Rune Angels that power it instead.

** In the original game Tact can choose to dump the girl (if it's Milfeulle, Ranpha, or Vanilla, or if it's Mint or Forte, make such a horrendously bad choice that he's the one who gets dumped). This makes her absolutely worthless in the final 2 battles and makes those two battles A LOT harder. On the other hand, since the Chitose path in Moonlit Lovers assumes you did this in the original game, it could be argued this choice makes the Power of Love possible for Chitose.
** By the end of Eternal Lovers, your bond with your chosen Angel are strong enough for your Space Fighter to create a pocket dimension to absorb the energy given off by a Cosmic-level Weapon of Mass Destruction all by itself.
** Invoked by Tact in the first Galaxy Angel II videogame. Tact gives Kazuya and Kazuya's chosen date a free pass to a normally-pricey luxury health resort/beach spa ''precisely because'' he's learned from firsthand experience how powerful an Angel in love is, so he has an ulterior motive (as well as the caring motive) to give Kazuya a pass that can help him and his chosen Angel become closer. Kazuya can also employ the Chitose strategy (he ends up in a CrossDresser storyline for a bit if he does) to enable it for Natsume.
* PsychoRangers: The Hell Hounds.
* PsychoForHire: The manga versions of the Hell Hounds.
** Arguably Genievres and how he took the chance to obtain powerful technology but also exact vengeance against Seldar.

* RankInflation: For the [[CoolShip Emblem Frames]]' stats.

** Galaxy Angel II of course has Tact and Lester be the ultimate authority once he rises to a position above the military.
* RebelliousPrincess: [[spoiler:Shiva.]]
** Natsume a bit especially after her exile.
* ReiAyanamiExpy: Vanilla, but unlike Rei, Vanilla can eventually develop emotions and have her own happy ending.

** Kazuya's choice on who to bring along his vacation on the resort planet seals his decision going forward with no chance of messing up like Tact could. Kazuya does have his own scenario to set up for Natsume in future but unlike Chitose, Kazuya and Natsume end up together by the end of the second game.
* RelationshipValues: The levels of affection/trust that the Angels have with Tact and Kazuya will directly influence their performance during the battle portions of the game. Naturally, the one chosen as the romantic partner [[TheAce will stand miles above the rest]].

** Rico's pathological reflex for throwing men over her shoulder. Tact invokves this the most. This aspect of her character however becomes more useful as the series progresses and it functionally allows Rico to not only protect herself but also do some literal heavy lifting when required.
** Lily's eccentrism has a lot of points to be brought up but one that occurs the most is her tendency to cry a lot during emotional moments. On two occasions her tears obscure her vision and she bumps into a wall.
** By the third game, Nano has become as snarky and conniving as Anise has. Given Anise saved her life early in the first game, along with Nano calling Anise "Boss" as a result...
** Kahlua's lackadaisical and carefree reaction that usually flow in the opposite direction compared to the rest of the team.
** Anise and her hasty attitude getting her into trouble, particularly with Mint who is quick to remind her of her debt. Also applies to her tendency to misremember names.
** Kazuya's own gag involves his utter fear of Steline, the engineer.

** This is Anise's whole shtick.

** Tact and later Coco herself advocates for Kazuya to maintain his good relationship with the girls.
* ShyBlueHairedGirl: The game version of Chitose comes as a perfect example. Highly intelligent and disciplined. Her shyness is used mostly as comic relief[[note]]Nevermind the fact that her hair is actually ''purple''[[/note]].

** This carries on over to Galaxy Angel II where Tact and Ranpha's reunion scene have them exclaiming "Darling" and "Honey" at the top of their lungs on the bridge of the Luxiole. If Kazuya visits the bridge again in the chapter's free roam segment, Ranpha is seen sitting on Tact's lap exchanging cheesy romance dialogue that makes Kazuya gag while Coco just laughs it off, having gotten used to this scene.
* SidekickGraduationsStick: Zettai Ryoiki no Tobira's timeline continuity had Tact and Coco move to the newly commissioned Luxiole while Lester and Almo stayed on the Elsior. When Tact is promoted to a higher position as a desk job, command of the Luxiole is given to Coco and she remains the commander of the Luxiole hence. While it takes a bit of development time, Coco eventually becomes a respectable leader in her own right, proving Tact's hunch right that she had the potential all along. She even has her own Lester equivalent as her second in command/radar technician [[spoiler:and budding romantic interest]] in Tapio Ca.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: ''And how!'' No matter which route the player pursues, Tact has good qualities that appeal to that specific Angel. Milfeulle falls for him because he's funny and goofy and nice and most importantly he's very understanding of all the disasters Milfeulle's luck tends to cause. Ranpha falls for him because he's energetic, enthusiastic, passionate about his feelings, and is capable of being very romantic. Mint falls for him because he's intelligent, honest, ethical (unlike her father's corrupt business associates), tolerant of her eccentricities, and most importantly he's empathetic enough to understand her. Forte falls for him because he's willing to always improve himself (given Forte's high standards, that's harder than it sounds). Vanilla falls for him because he's compassionate and he's an anchoring influence that makes her feel safe and loved. Finally, Chitose falls for him because he's good at making her feel relaxed and he's a source of stability in her life. Kazuya has his own qualities that does the same for him with his own brand of meek sincerity and sensitive guy appeal.
* SlidingScaleofIdealismVersusCynicism: Heavily Idealist.

** The enemy fleets in GAII are not specifically named beyond their hulls classes between the rebellion forces, Arms Alliance forces, and the Will fleet. Similarly, the allied fleets of NEUE also only have one ship class.

** Goes absolutely ballistic in the final battle of the final game. All 12 Angels are shouting their super move names at the top of their lungs as they punch through an entire armada to finish off the final threat to the universe.
* SupportingLeader: Luft, and Tact once he passes the torch to Kazuya.

** The Three Marquis are defeated but Genievres is content to die knowing that he can at least bombard the planet of Seldar and take a couple people down with him.
** Occurs one last time after the battle with Sorbet in Eigou Kaiki when he tries to take Tapio's half of the Luxiole with him.
* TheTeam: There are two [[TheSmartGuy Smart Girls]].[[note]]Mint the mind-reader and Vanilla the CombatMedic.[[/note]]
** TheHero: Tact. Kazuya takes on this role in the second trilogy.
** TheLancer: Lester
** TheChick: Milfeulle
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]] Ranpha
** TheHeart: Mint
** TeamMom: Forte
** KidAppealCharacter: Vanilla
** SixthRanger: Chitose (to the other female members). Natsume becomes this for the Rune Angels.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Subverted... sort of. Both, the Elsior and the Luxiole, have a single counselor each one. On the other hand, the fact Tact and Kazuya are responsible for the mental health of their respective teams of pilots without any qualifications beyond being TheEmpath and a NiceGuy respectively is a ''bit'' troubling. {{Justified|Trope}} -- in this case the mental health of the pilots directly influences whether or not the pilots can win battles. That last part ''is'' the responsibility of the commander instead of the counselor, so Tact and Kazuya keeping the pilots' spirits up is in fact required in their particular circumstances. (The fact that Lester knows this is necessary is why Lester doesn't complain about Tact hanging around with a group of beautiful women while Lester works on the bridge.)

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Mint enjoys her candy, Ranpha eats all spicy foods, Forte devours oden, Milfie consumes and makes sweets, Vanilla prefers chiffon tea cakes. Dr. Cera loves Vanilla's coffee. Tact rapidly grows an appreciation for a food depending on your partner.)
** Rico and Kahlua love sweets, Anise her spicy food, Lily her natto, and Natsume's cookies.

** Same applies to the crew of the Luxiole and the members of the Rune Angel Wing.

* WorldOfTechnicolorHair: Blonde, red, pink, and blue are present among both Angel teams. For the Moon team it's Ranpha, Forte, Milfie, and Mint respectively, with the two extra colors being green (Vanilla) and a very dark blue (Chitose). The Rune team has the combo as Kahlua, Anise, Natsume, and Lily, with the three extra colors being orange (Rico), sky blue (Nano), and purple (Tequila).

** Meganekko: With Coco, whose role in the sequel trilogy is GREATLY expanded.

** One escort mission in the entirety of Galaxy Angel II and it involves saving the shuttle with Anise's acquaintances inside.

* OldSaveBonus: Averted. Both Moonlit Lovers and Eternal Lovers simply makes you "choose" a heroine from the get-go instead of relying on your previous game save.[[note]]the page's current picture is the "choose heroine" screen from ''Eternal Lovers''[[/note]] On one hand, it's a bit of a wasted potential. On the other hand, this was early [=2000s=] in Japan. The same applies with the Galaxy Angel II trilogy games.

* YearOutsideHourInside: [[spoiler:In the finale of Eternal Lovers, Tact and his Angel are trapped in Another Space after stopping the Chrono Quake Bomb and saving the galaxy, until they're rescued. While it's not specified how long they were there, what seemed like just a few minutes for them were at least a few months for everyone else, given their reactions once they come back]].

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Sherry Bristol]] unsuccessfully attempts to do this against the Elsior and [[AlasPoorVillain dies as a result]].

* TheRemnant: ''Moonlit Lovers'' starts out with a fleet of raiders perpetrating attacks on the Empire's borders, the leader of which turns out to be an admiral from Eonia's forced who survived the events of the first game. Naturally, he's just an UnwittingPawn for the game's true antagonists.

** In Moonlit Lovers, Vanilla dresses up as a {{Meido}} and tries to feed tact a cake (apparently on Ranpha's advice).