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* ActionCommands: When "tagging", the larger the tag, the more commands. Totally absent in JSRF (though to be fair, the joystick commands weren't as intuitive to some gamers as with others).
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* ActionCommands: When "tagging", the larger the tag, the more commands. Totally absent in JSRF (though to be fair, the joystick commands weren't as intuitive to some gamers as with others).JSRF.
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* DemotedToExtra: The Love Shockers in ''Future''.
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* DemotedToExtra: The Love Shockers in ''Future''. Combo also suffered from this, with all of his plot relevancy being transferred to Cube.
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer; Justified a bit, a lot of large cities tend to have large sewers. This game just takes that to the extreme.
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer; Justified a bit, a lot of large cities tend to have large sewers. This game just takes that to the extreme.extreme, especially in JSRF.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Potts, a blue dog (green in JSRF).
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* BadassLongcoat: Hayashi.
** HighCollarOfDoom: This, too.
* BaldOfEvil / BeardOfEvil: Gouji Rokkaku.
** HighCollarOfDoom: This, too.
* BaldOfEvil / BeardOfEvil: Gouji Rokkaku.
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* BadassLongcoat: BadassLongcoat[=/=]HighCollarOfDoom: Hayashi.
** HighCollarOfDoom: This, too.
* BaldOfEvil / BeardOfEvil: BaldOfEvil[=/=]BeardOfEvil: Gouji Rokkaku.
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* CharacterSelectForcing: On your first playthrough, the Grind City flashbacks may only be played through as Combo or Cube. You can select anybody you like during a New Game +.
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* CharacterSelectForcing: On your first playthrough, the Grind City flashbacks may only be played through as Combo or Cube. You can select anybody you like during a New Game +.NewGamePlus.
* [[ClusterFBomb Cluster S-Bomb/Cluster N-Bomb]]: The song ''Rockin' the Mic''.
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* FingerlessGloves Beat wears these in the first game, though in Jet Set Radio Future, he wears full gloves.
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* GondorCallsForAid: In the bonus mission (see "PAL Bonus", below), Combo and Cube are forced to flee Grind City after the Rokkaku kidnap the third member of their gang.
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* GondorCallsForAid: In the bonus mission (see "PAL Bonus", RegionalBonus below), Combo and Cube are forced to flee Grind City after the Rokkaku kidnap the third member of their gang.
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* LetterMotif: The PAL version introduces three new characters from out of town: Coin, Combo, and Cube.
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* LetterMotif: The PAL version NTSC-U/PAL versions introduces three new characters from out of town: Coin, Combo, and Cube.
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* MechaMooks: The Noise Tanks in ''JSR:F''
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* MechaMooks: The Noise Tanks in ''JSR:F''''JSRF''.
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* MiniDressOfPower: That would be Gum.
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** Don't forget Rhyth.
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* MiniDressOfPower: That would be Gum.
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** Don't forget
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* MythologyGag: Yoyo[[spoiler:'s robot doppelganger]] in ''Future'' has his hoodied appearance from the first ''JSR''.
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* MythologyGag: Yoyo[[spoiler:'s robot doppelganger]] in ''Future'' has his hoodied appearance from the first ''JSR''.''JSR'', but skinnier.
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* NoIndoorVoice: Professor K.
** He mellows out in ''JSRF''.
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* OddlySmallOrganization: The rival gangs have three members each.
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** Well, we only see three at once. It's likely that the other gangs are around the same size as the [-GG-]s.
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* OddlySmallOrganization: The rival gangs have three members each.
** Well,each. (Or at least we assume, we only see three at once. It's likely that the other gangs are around the same size as the [-GG-]s.[=GG=]s.)
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** Also, each regional release of the game had some songs that the other version didn't. Most of these region-exclusive songs were included in the HD re-release though.
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** Professor K is an unlockable character in the GBA version though.
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**Also in ''Future'',[[spoiler: Potts]] shares an idle dance with the Noise Tanks, [[spoiler:who are very connected to unlocking him]] in ''JSR''.
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The original ''Jet Set Radio'' was [[http://www.destructoid.com/jet-set-radio-to-tag-xbla-and-psn-this-summer-222871.phtml re-released in full HD]] on Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, and PC in September 2012. [[AndTheFandomRejoiced Fans couldn't be happier]].
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The original ''Jet Set Radio'' was [[http://www.destructoid.com/jet-set-radio-to-tag-xbla-and-psn-this-summer-222871.phtml re-released in full HD]] on Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, and PC in September 2012. [[AndTheFandomRejoiced Fans couldn't be happier]].
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* MythologyGag: Yoyo[[spoiler:'s robot doppelganger]] in ''Future'' has his hoodied appearance from the first ''JSR''.
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The original ''Jet Set Radio'' is getting an [[http://www.destructoid.com/jet-set-radio-to-tag-xbla-and-psn-this-summer-222871.phtml HD re-release]] this summer on Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, and PC. Fans couldn't be happier.
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The original ''Jet Set Radio'' is getting an was [[http://www.destructoid.com/jet-set-radio-to-tag-xbla-and-psn-this-summer-222871.phtml HD re-release]] this summer re-released in full HD]] on Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, and PC. PC in September 2012. [[AndTheFandomRejoiced Fans couldn't be happier.happier]].
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* HundredPercentCompletion: In ''JSRF'', after beating the main storyline, if you collect every collectable in a level (which requires you to meet several prerequisites to make them all appear), you unlock additional challenges that require you race against the clock which, when completed in a set, gets you another character. The crushing thing is that [[AndYourRewardIsClothes the "new" characters all share the same stats as another core character, and are pretty much just a different skin/model and voice]]. Further added to in that, should you redo all your graffiti in all levels, [[CosmeticAward you get absolutely nothing.]] Seriously.
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* HundredPercentCompletion: In ''JSRF'', after beating the main storyline, if you collect every collectable in a level (which requires you to meet several prerequisites to make them all appear), you unlock additional challenges that require you race against the clock which, when completed in a set, gets you another character. The crushing thing is that some of [[AndYourRewardIsClothes the "new" characters all share the same stats as another core character, and are pretty much just a different skin/model and voice]]. Further added to in that, should you redo all your graffiti in all levels, [[CosmeticAward you get absolutely nothing.]] Seriously.
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* HundredPercentCompletion: In ''JSRF'', after beating the main storyline, if you collect every collectable in a level (which requires you to meet several prerequisites to make them all appear), you unlock additional challenges that require you race against the clock which, when completed in a set, gets you another character. The crushing thing is that you'll eventually [[AndYourRewardIsClothes the "new" characters all share the same stats as another core character, and are pretty much just a different skin/model and voice]]. Further added to in that, should you redo all your graffiti in all levels, [[CosmeticAward you get absolutely nothing.]] Seriously.
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* HundredPercentCompletion: In ''JSRF'', after beating the main storyline, if you collect every collectable in a level (which requires you to meet several prerequisites to make them all appear), you unlock additional challenges that require you race against the clock which, when completed in a set, gets you another character. The crushing thing is that you'll eventually [[AndYourRewardIsClothes the "new" characters all share the same stats as another core character, and are pretty much just a different skin/model and voice]]. Further added to in that, should you redo all your graffiti in all levels, [[CosmeticAward you get absolutely nothing.]] Seriously.
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* AllCrimesAreEqual: Graffiti removal is SeriousBusiness. For first-time offenders, a plainclothes cop blows your head off with a magnum. [[UpToEleven Twice, and a SWAT team gets called in.]] [[SerialEscalation Three times, and the army rolls in with their]] ''[[SerialEscalation missile-launching Apaches]].''
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* AllCrimesAreEqual: Graffiti removal is SeriousBusiness. For first-time offenders, a plainclothes cop blows your head off with a magnum. [[UpToEleven Twice, and a SWAT team gets called in.]] [[SerialEscalation Three times, and the army rolls in with their]] ''[[SerialEscalation missile-launching Apaches]].Apache Helicopters]].''
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* AnthropomorphicZigZag: Once unlocked as a playable character, the dog Pots can transform from a quadruped into a rollerblading, spray can-wielding canine of justice.
** This occurs as a result of his dog-napping by the Noise Tanks, who outfit him with a helmet which makes Pots believe he's a cow. During a second playthrough, the Noise Tanks finally agree to fix Pots (but only if you earn a "Jet" ranking in every stage).
** This occurs as a result of his dog-napping by the Noise Tanks, who outfit him with a helmet which makes Pots believe he's a cow. During a second playthrough, the Noise Tanks finally agree to fix Pots (but only if you earn a "Jet" ranking in every stage).
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* AnthropomorphicZigZag: Once unlocked as a playable character, the dog Pots Potts can transform from a quadruped into a rollerblading, spray can-wielding canine of justice.
** This occurs as a result of his dog-napping by the Noise Tanks, who outfit him with a helmet which makesPots Potts believe he's a cow. During a second playthrough, the Noise Tanks finally agree to fix Pots Potts (but only if you earn a "Jet" ranking in every stage).
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* SecretCharacter: More than one, the best one of course being [[spoiler: the dog, Pots.]]
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* DramaticStutter: Once he's safe inside his trippy light show, ''JSRF'''s Gouji suddenly goes all [[SystemShock SHODAN]].
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* DramaticStutter: Once he's safe inside his trippy light show, ''JSRF'''s Gouji suddenly goes all [[SystemShock [[VideoGame/SystemShock SHODAN]].
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "That's Enough" has a lot in common with [[FatboySlim Fatboy Slim's]] "Always Read The Label".
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The original ''Jet Set Radio'' is getting an [[http://www.destructoid.com/jet-set-radio-to-tag-xbla-and-psn-this-summer-222871.phtml HD re-release]] this summer on Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, and PC. [[AndTheFandomRejoiced Fans couldn't be happier.]]
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** FultonStreetFolly: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Grind Square (a parody of Manhattan's Times Square). The streets are deathly quiet, with the only traffic consisting of [[GoodGunsBadGuns uzi-packing]] mooks.
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** FultonStreetFolly: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Grind Square (a parody of Manhattan's Times Square). The streets are deathly quiet, with the only traffic consisting of [[GoodGunsBadGuns uzi-packing]] Uzi-packing]] mooks.
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** "The name of this tower is -- well, [[BlahBlahBlah blah-diddly-blah-blah.]] '''''IT'S NAME IS IRRELVANT!'''''"
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* RefugeInCool: Admit it, the games would be a lot less fun without RuleOfCool.
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** The Love Shockers display this trope, along with a CleavageWindow added in ''JSRF''.
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** In JSRF, it just looks like spray paint. In actuality, it's ''the soul of the streets''. Uh-huh.
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* GratuitousJapanese: Gouji does this in the cutscene before his boss fight.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: If not the entire game, then DEFINITELY [[spoiler:Rokkaku's dreamworld where you fight the final Boss battle]].
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* ForcedTutorial [[UpToEleven JSRF's is ''ridiculously'' easy.]]
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* AllCrimesAreEqual: Graffiti removal is SeriousBusiness. For first-time offenders, a plainclothes cop blows your head off with a magnum. [[UpToEleven Twice, and a SWAT team gets called in.]] [[SerialEscalation Three times, and the army rolls in with their ''missile-launching Apaches'']].
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* AllCrimesAreEqual: Graffiti removal is SeriousBusiness. For first-time offenders, a plainclothes cop blows your head off with a magnum. [[UpToEleven Twice, and a SWAT team gets called in.]] [[SerialEscalation Three times, and the army rolls in with their ''' missile-launching Apaches]]'''.''missile-launching Apaches]]''.
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* SomethingAboutARose: Hayashi wears a pink flower in his coat pocket.
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--> [[TheStinger "What? You think I just made the whole thing up?"]]
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* {{Sampling}}: Very prevalent in both games's soundtracks.
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* GratuitousJapanese: Gouji does this in the cutscene before his boss fight.
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* {{MIB}}: The Golden Rhinos.
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[[caption-width-right:300:Even the keisatsu play when they're not [[DonutMessWithACop eating donuts]]!]]
''Jet Set Radio'' (known as ''Jet Grind Radio'' [[MarketBasedTitle in the NTSC U/C region]]) was a platforming/skating game released by Sega for the SegaDreamcast in 2000. The game is centered around [[RollerbladeGood roller-blading]] [[GangBangers street gangs called Rudies]], who battle for turf by spraying graffiti around the streets of [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Tokyo-to]]. Meanwhile, the Rudies are under attack by an evil corporate conglomerate which seeks to homogenize the city. The game [[FollowTheLeader pioneered the use of]] {{cel-shading}} to create cartoony characters and backgrounds using 3D polygon graphics. The game is also remembered for its [[AwesomeMusic/JetSetRadio eclectic soundtrack]].
A sequel, ''Jet Set Radio Future'', was later released for {{Xbox}}, though calling it a "[[VideoGameRemake re-imagining]]" might be more apt; save for superficial differences, the game's characters and storyline are mostly unchanged from the original. Perhaps wary of ''JGR'''s lukewarm reception, developer Smilebit decided that [[ExecutiveMeddling the game played too slowly]], and removed the [[ActionCommands joystick motion]] feature used for tagging graffiti. Rather than standing still while tagging, players in ''JSRF'' can simply skate on by, with no motions to input.
Despite heavy promotion by Sega, the original ''Jet Grind Radio'' met with poor sales and was never ported to other consoles. Microsoft bundled ''JSRF'' together ''Sega GT 2002'' and sold it as a console pack-in for the Xbox. Smilebit was [[TooCoolToLive scattered to the winds]] following the Sega-Sammy merger, later to be [[DownerEnding restructured into Sega's Sports R&D]].
Regardless of that, both the original game and its sequel/remake have since became cult classics. There was also a 2-D adaptation of the original released for the Gameboy Advance, which surprisingly isn't half bad.
The original ''Jet Set Radio'' is getting an [[http://www.destructoid.com/jet-set-radio-to-tag-xbla-and-psn-this-summer-222871.phtml HD re-release]] this summer on Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, and PC. [[AndTheFandomRejoiced Fans couldn't be happier.]]
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!!The ''Jet Set Radio'' series contains the following tropes:
* HundredPercentCompletion: In ''JSRF'', after beating the main storyline, if you collect every collectable in a level (which requires you to meet several prerequisites to make them all appear), you unlock additional challenges that require you race against the clock which, when completed in a set, gets you another character. The crushing thing is that you'll eventually [[AndYourRewardIsClothes the "new" characters all share the same stats as another core character, and are pretty much just a different skin/model and voice]]. Further added to in that, should you redo all your graffiti in all levels, [[CosmeticAward you get absolutely nothing.]] Seriously.
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer
* ActionCommands: When "tagging", the larger the tag, the more commands. Totally absent in JSRF (though to be fair, the joystick commands weren't as intuitive to some gamers as with others).
* AdaptationDyeJob: And how. Tab/Corn goes from brunet to blond (and so does Piranha/Boogie), Yoyo goes from being a redhead to having lime green hair, and Combo goes from having black hair to [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]]. Not to mention everybody changes outfits, and most of the changes are pretty significant, too.
* AllCrimesAreEqual: Graffiti removal is SeriousBusiness. For first-time offenders, a plainclothes cop blows your head off with a magnum. [[UpToEleven Twice, and a SWAT team gets called in.]] [[SerialEscalation Three times, and the army rolls in with their ''' missile-launching Apaches]]'''.
* AfroAsskicker: The Golden Rhinos.
* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: The finale of JSRF.
* AmazonBrigade: The Love Shockers & Rapid 99.
* AnthropomorphicZigZag: Once unlocked as a playable character, the dog Pots can transform from a quadruped into a rollerblading, spray can-wielding canine of justice.
** This occurs as a result of his dog-napping by the Noise Tanks, who outfit him with a helmet which makes Pots believe he's a cow. During a second playthrough, the Noise Tanks finally agree to fix Pots (but only if you earn a "Jet" ranking in every stage).
* AndYourRewardIsClothes: In JSRF, several hidden characters are often nothing more than reskins; despite having to get a "Jet" rank on several difficult challenges to play as minor characters and antagonists, several of them turn out to be pretty much the same thing. Note that it's not even subtle sometimes with certain combinations: Cube, [[spoiler: the ex-leader of Poison Jam]], is different only in clothes and color, even retaining the same skills and dances; the same applies for [=YoYo=], Beat and [[spoiler: their robot counterparts, who are identical save for different colors and an altered model respectively.]]
* ArtAttacker: Well, how else would you fight boss battles?
* AxCrazy: Hayashi - though considering who he works for, it might not be much of a stretch. Hayashi's been known to ''blow up police cars'' if his yes-man fetches him the wrong flavor of candy.
* BadassLongcoat: Hayashi.
** HighCollarOfDoom: This, too.
* BaldOfEvil / BeardOfEvil: Gouji Rokkaku.
* BareYourMidriff: Cube and Piranha.
** The Love Shockers display this trope, along with a CleavageWindow added in ''JSRF''.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler:When Rokkaku sucks you and hundreds of bystanders into his HumongousMecha,]] you are transported into an acid-trip version of Tokyo filled with shadow creatures that constantly run after you. During all this, Rokkaku situates himself on the highest part of his dreamworld where he then transforms himself into a giant monster on skates. You have to grind and jump all the way up in order to fight him.
* BigApplesauce: Grind City. You can see the [[BrooklynRage Brooklyn Bridge]] from Bantam Street, though that stage is allegedly modeled on [[TheWindyCity Chicago]].
** FultonStreetFolly: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Grind Square (a parody of Manhattan's Times Square). The streets are deathly quiet, with the only traffic consisting of [[GoodGunsBadGuns uzi-packing]] mooks.
* BilingualBonus: Rude boy, rudeboy, rudie, rudi or rudy were common terms for juvenile delinquents and criminals in 1960s Jamaica, and have since been used in other contexts.
** Gouji's final boss form, A.Ku.Mu, means "Nightmare" in Japanese.
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Assassin #4.
** No one else, though.
* BloodlessCarnage
* BuccaneerBroadcaster: Tokyo's gang activity is reported via a pirate radio station named [[TitleDrop Jet Set Radio]], hosted by DJ Professor K.
* BurningRubber: The skates in ''JSRF'' emits plumes of flames when you go fast enough. And they sell these to ''kids''?
* CameraScrew: ''JGR'''s camera and tight corners don't really get along. If you ''really'' want to make the camera piss drunk, try the auto-aim button while on an elevator.
* CarFu: ''JGR'''s cops have no compunctions about running you over with their cruisers or motorbikes.
* ChangingOfTheGuard: The founder of the protagonists' gang in ''Jet Grind Radio'' is Beat. In the sequel, the main character is Yoyo, a NewMeat recruit who wishes to join the already-established gang. Yoyo previously appeared in the latter half of ''JGR'' as a playable character.
** Subverted, [[spoiler: he's kidnapped and rendered unplayable for about two-thirds of the game.]]
* CharacterSelectForcing: On your first playthrough, the Grind City flashbacks may only be played through as Combo or Cube. You can select anybody you like during a New Game +.
* CityOfAdventure
* ClimbingClimax: In ''Jet Set Radio Future''.
* ColdSniper: If you see a red laser sight pointed at you, it means a Golden Rhino sniper is nearby. Luckily, they're complete cowards and run away if you confront them head-on.
* CollisionDamage
* CombatCommentator: Professor K fills this role in the sequel, providing such useful gems as, "Wow, [[CaptainObvious you're pretty flammable!]]"
* CookingDuel: The gangs resort to competitions of skating skill to settle their differences directly. All of the 'boss' battles are just tagging people within a set time limit. ItMakesSenseInContext.
* [[ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding Conveniently Empty Streets]]: The moment the military shows up, pedestrians magically vanish from the scene. Needless to say, this removes ([[MoralDissonance some]]) of the guilt associated with crashing helicopters into commercial buildings.
* CouldntFindAPen: Coin's final instructions to his friends were (fittingly enough) written in graffiti.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Rokkaku Gouji, who bought ''the police department''.
* {{Crawl}}: Grind Square has a couple of fake news tickers.
* CulturePolice: The uniformed police, military, and later ''trained assassins'' all play this role, trying to suppress a skater counterculture. One wonders why they don't just [[FridgeLogic ban sales of the self-propelling inline skates]]?
** [[SarcasmMode Because the Rudies surely wouldn't resist or try to get around the ban.]]
* DefeatMeansPlayable: The rival gangs (and even Gouji!), should you rack up enough points.
* DemotedToExtra: The Love Shockers in ''Future''.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Gouji's ultimate fate in ''JGR''.
* DismantledMacGuffin: The Devil's Contract, a vinyl record rumored to [[SummoningRitual summon a demonic entity]]. Somewhere along the line, the record was broken into three shards and scattered between Grind City and Tokyo.
* DramaticStutter: Once he's safe inside his trippy light show, ''JSRF'''s Gouji suddenly goes all [[SystemShock SHODAN]].
* DontTryThisAtHome: Both games display a message about graffiti being criminal when starting up.
* EgoPolis: The drive behind Rokkaku's crackdown on the streets is to pave the way for his "Rokkaku Expo", essentially branding everything with his logo.
* EliteMooks: The Golden Rhinos replace the police after you've run through all the levels once.
* EnemyChatter: The police dispatcher and Onishima can be heard barking orders over their radio. Gouji and his Golden Rhinos take over the airwaves later.
* EvilBrit: The unseen voice commanding the Golden Rhinos over their PA system.
* EvilCounterpart: "DJ Big Gouji" could be seen as an evil counterpart to Professor K.
* EvilKnockoff: Zero Beat.
* EvilLaugh: Onishima, Assassin #4 Hayashi, and Gouji in equal measure.
* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Gouji Rokkaku's lair in both games. In ''JSRF'', he can't be bothered to name it.
** "The name of this tower is -- well, [[BlahBlahBlah blah-diddly-blah-blah.]] '''''IT'S NAME IS IRRELVANT!'''''"
* EvilTwin: NT-3000 is a robotic clone of Yoyo.
* ExpressiveHair: Professor K's electrified hair is in a constant state of motion.
* EyepatchOfPower: The Love Shockers wear these as part of their [[GangOfHats gang uniform]].
* FingerlessGloves Beat wears these in the first game, though in Jet Set Radio Future, he wears full gloves.
* FlashbackEffects: The flashbacks to Grind City appear in sepia tone, then slowly shift to color.
* ForcedTutorial [[UpToEleven JSRF's is ''ridiculously'' easy.]]
* ForTheCelOfIt: The original game was the first to do this with both black outlines, and the use of two-tone shading on characters.
* ForTheEvulz: Unlike his counterpart in the first game, the Gouji of ''JSRF'' is truly crazy.
* FourthWallMailSlot: Professor K reads aloud a couple letters from "Mr. Osaka", who is beset by roaches in his home. K jokingly advises him to burn his house down ([[AdviceBackfire which he does]]).
* FrogsAndToads: One of ''JGR'''s branching paths involves the [-GG-]'s hideout being overrun by frogs, set loose by Poison Jam.
* GangBangers: A rather...quirky...variety of these.
* GangOfHats
* GasLeakCoverup: Gouji's death and the implosion of his building in ''JGR'' is written off as "a construction accident".
* GasMaskMooks: Assassin #3 and his posse.
* GenericGraffiti Averted slightly in ''JGR'', as some of the characters have their own tags. This isn't the case in ''JSRF''.
* GeniusSweetTooth: The Noise Tanks are noted to have sworn off health food, subsisting entirely on artificial chemicals and sweeteners.
* AGodAmI: Rokkaku, towards the end.
* GondorCallsForAid: In the bonus mission (see "PAL Bonus", below), Combo and Cube are forced to flee Grind City after the Rokkaku kidnap the third member of their gang.
* GoodHairEvilHair: Onishima inverts this trope by sporting a two-foot pompadour and a [[PermaStubble stubble]]. Oddly enough, this hairstyle is associated with delinquents in Japan. [[EpilepticTrees A clue to Onishima's enigmatic, tortured past?]]
* GogglesDoNothing: Fairly ubiquitous amongst the cast, along with CoolShades.
* GrindBoots
* HandCannon: [[AllPsychologyIsFreudian Compensating for something]], Onishima?
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Golden Rhinos of ''JSRF'' make colorful departures when defeated, such as getting hit by a stray missile fired from a Rokkaku harrier jet. The flamethrower assassin is immolated when her flame tank explodes, and then crushed by a falling billboard sign which she had previously set aflame.
* HotbloodedSideburns: Professor K's ''JSRF'' incarnation.
* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Dog]]
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Against Poison Jam (who would have thought?). In the penultimate level, Rokkaku attaches [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing helmets]] to the trio and then sics them onto you.
* IdleAnimation: All of the Rudies dance if left alone.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Dashing or grinding rails renders you invulnerable to police gunfire.
* InASingleBound: Maybe justified because of the rocket-boots.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Graffiti has the ability to blow up skyscrapers, helicopters and mecha on a regular basis.
** AAGH SPRAY PAINT! MY ONLY WEAKNESS!
* JetPack: Assasin #2 and his cronies have jetpacks, allowing them to rain gunfire on areas that other mooks can't. By far the most [[DemonicSpiders irritating enemies]] in the game.
* LargeHam: Rokakku Gouji is a modest [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnDTerbOGGo example.]] He's voiced by [[SuperMarioBros Charles Martinet]].
** LargeHamRadio: DJ Professor K, oh so very much.
* LaughingMad: Gouji's last moments in ''JSRF''.
* LawEnforcementInc: Rokakku Gouji buys out the police department.
* LeParkour: Assassin #5 isn't a big believer in stairs.
* LemmingCops: During the revisit to Benten, you can trigger a hidden scene in which dozens of pursuing Rokkaku sedans crash into a giant, flaming pileup.
* LetsPlay: [[http://fromearth.net/LetsPlay/Jet%20Set%20Radio/ Here]].
** There's also a number of them on YouTube.
* LetterMotif: The PAL version introduces three new characters from out of town: Coin, Combo, and Cube.
* LivingStatue: Gouji's corporate {{Mascot}}, a giant cartoon rhino, is stationed on the front of his building. The statue comes to life during the final battle and begins [[BreathWeapon breathing fire]].
* LoadBearingBoss: Defeating Rokkaku causes his entire skyscraper to explode.
** Rokkaku's HumongousMecha starts to collapse after you defeat him at the end of ''JSRF''.
* LocomotiveLevel: Sort of, in the sense that you're ''chasing after'' a locomotive robot.
* LonelyAtTheTop: At the conclusion of the game, the unnamed narrator speculates this might have been the case with Gouji Rokkaku.
* {{MIB}}: The Golden Rhinos.
* MadBomber: Assassin #4 has bombs strapped to his chest, though curiously he never uses them (His sidekicks, however, are [[SuicideAttack a different story]]). Instead, he specializes in lobbing [[MolotovCocktail molotovs]] and [[ExternalCombustion rigging cars to explode]].
* MadeOfPhlebotinum: According to the opening narration, the Rudies' skates are powered by newly-developed "Netrium" batteries.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: Poison Jam and the Noise Tanks.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Gouji, again.
* MaskedLuchador: Assassin #1 is a hulking, masked wrestler who also employs judo kicks.
* MechaMooks: The Noise Tanks in ''JSR:F''
* {{Megacorp}}: Rokkaku Corporation. The logo is emblazoned on gas stations, satellite dishes, and trucks marked "[[BlandNameProduct Rokkaku Depot]]" (using the same typeface as Home Depot).
* MercyInvincibility
* MiniDressOfPower: That would be Gum.
** Don't forget Rhyth.
* MockGuffin: The [[spoiler:Devil's Contract]] is revealed to be a hoax at the end.
* MrExposition: DJ Professor K.
* TheNapoleon: Captain Onishima.
* NewGamePlus: After beating the game once, you could play it again with a selection of new levels.
** Given the fact that you unlock a dozen characters ''after'' you finish the story, you have to wonder why this is absent in JSRF.
* NiceHat: In both games, Corn/Tab's eyes are hidden beneath his hat.
** As a gang, the Immortals' gimmick is that they're bowler hat-wearing mummies.
* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: Weirdly subverted. Tokyo is referred to by name, but it bears almost no resemblance to the real Tokyo. Also, Tokyo-to ''is'' actually the full name of Tokyo ("to" is a suffix meaning "city/metropolis").
* NoIndoorVoice: Professor K.
** He mellows out in ''JSRF''.
* NoOSHACompliance: Especially prevalent in ''Future''.
* OddlySmallOrganization: The rival gangs have three members each.
** Well, we only see three at once. It's likely that the other gangs are around the same size as the [-GG-]s.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: When Rokkaku transforms into A.KU.MU during your BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind.]]
* OneWomanWail: Gouji's boss music.
* PatrickStewartSpeech: The narrator drops a fairly {{Anvilicious}} one in ''JSRF'''s ending. Freedom gud, oppreshun = teh bad.
* PerkyGoth: ''JGR'''s token gaijin chick, Cube, wears a lot of Hot Topic.
* PlayerHeadquarters: The GG's garage.
* PoliceAreUseless: When assassins with guns and firebombing-throwing terrorists go after you, the police are nowhere to be seen. One intro states that they're too scared to even touch them.
** Well, [[spoiler: the police work for Rokkaku, and so do the assassins, so why would they get involved?]]
* PosthumousCharacter: It's strongly implied that Coin was murdered for his vinyl record. This was left vague enough for gamers to [[UrbanLegendOfZelda scour the game trying to unlock him]], though.
* ThePowerOfRock: A rare evil example.
* PowerTrio: Beat, Gum, and Tab/Corn initially comprise the [-GG-]s gang.
** As well as BlondeBrunetteRedhead. (Gum is blonde, Tab is brunet [[HairColorDissonance (though whether his hair is brown or black is anyone's guess)]], and Beat is a redhead.
* PsychoElectro: Assassin #6 can only attack by electrifying rails. This makes him more a nuisance than a genuine threat.
* PunkPunk: The "Graffiti/Skater Punk" variation.
* PyroManiac: Both games feature a flamethrower assassin with a love for torching cities.
* RedHeadedHero: Beat.
* RefugeInCool: Admit it, the games would be a lot less fun without RuleOfCool.
* RegionalBonus: The North American release of ''JGR'' contains an extra mission sandwiched between the two run-throughs of Tokyo.
* RemixedLevel: The second half of ''JGR'' consists of beating the same three city districts again -- only ''this'' time, the maps aren't segmented into individual missions; You have to tag the entire district at once.
* ResistanceIsFutile: Hayashi quotes this directly during a surprise raid.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: The Noise Tanks, Zero Beat, and [[spoiler:the fake Yoyo]].
* RobotBuddy: Roboy, a jive-talking robot who saves your game settings.
* RollerbladeGood: Magnetic ''and'' rocket-propelled rollerblades, no less.
* RuleOfCool: The whole game runs on this.
* RushmoreRefacement: The [[StatueOfLiberty Lady Liberty]] statue in Grind Square is sporting a rhino's head, courtesy of Gouji's gang.
* SailorEarth: Combo's gang on the other side of the Pacific.
* SanitySlippage: Over the course of JSRF, Hayashi's already-lacking sanity wears down more and more with each defeat he suffers.
* ScoringPoints: ''Deceptively'' important -- Earning a "Jet" ranking in each level is the key to unlocking characters. Tagging and performing stunts adds to your score, as does completing the level with lots of time left on the clock.
** Though all it does in Jet Set Radio Future is unlock some of the Graffiti Souls.
* SecretCharacter: More than one, the best one of course being [[spoiler: the dog, Pots.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: A record called the Devils Contract in the first game, [[BigBad Rokkaku]] wants it so he can TakeOverTheWorld.
* SequelHook: Both games have one at the end. Unfortunately, there hasn't been a follow up to Jet Set Radio Future.
* ShowTheForehead: Hayashi.
* SinisterSilhouettes: Gouji's son, as pictured in the ending sequence.
* SissyVillain: Hayashi.
* SkateHeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth: Rails, rails and yet more rails.
* SomethingAboutARose: Hayashi wears a pink flower in his coat pocket.
* SoulBrotha: Professor K epitomizes this trope.
** One of the songs in the game is actually CALLED "Sweet Soul Brother", and is aptly about one.
* SpiderTank: Rokkaku supplies Hayahi with one of these, complete with police lights.
* [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Ancestor]]: The manga/anime ''Manga/AirGear'' and the Korean MMORPG ''Street Gears'' were both inspired by ''Jet Set Radio''
* SpontaneousChoreography: Each gang seemingly has a dance number [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GetSwmueOaw&playnext=1&list=PL5D21278681BAD822 prepared in advance]].
** Why not? After all they seem to spend every minute not spent skating or tagging on dancing in place.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The obvious example is Onishima/Hayashi.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Causes a deduction in health, after which the player climbs out of the water. Perhaps justified because they are wearing rollerblades.
* SuperWindowJump
* SummonBackupDancers: During the final battle with Rokkaku, gyrating cage dancers are suspended from revolving cranes.
* SwissArmyWeapon: Player characters can use ''spray paint'' to stun police officers, give their rollerblades a crazy boost, disable machinery, cover spotlights, disable bomb timers, operate switches.....
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Captain Onishima (Hayashi in ''JSRF'').
* TankGoodness
* ThereWasADoor: Played for laughs in the first stage of Kogane. One method of crossing the river is to plow through half a dozen plaster-wall apartments.
* TitleDrop: Inevitable, as the pirate station the game is based around is called "Jet Set Radio". But in the sequel, Professor K goes out of his way to say "Jet Set Radio '''Future!'''" near the endgame.
* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse
* ThrivingGhostTown: Averted. The game's most important character is Tokyo itself, and is designed to overwhelm the player with the sprawl of the urban landscape, populated by endless terrified [=NPCs=].
* TranslationConvention: Despite hailing from the states, Combo and Cube have no trouble communicating with the Japanese Rudies. Possibly justified in that ''JSR'''s setting exists somewhere between reality and punk fantasy.
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: With this many unlockable characters, it seemed natural at the time that Professor K must be playable -- despite his incompatible character model. The same goes for the elusive Coin, too.
* VictoryPose
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: No one makes the connection between the Golden Rhinos, a notorious gang of Asian killers, and Gouji Rokkaku, whose corporate mascot is...a gold rhino. Gouji's sheer wealth probably makes this a JustifiedTrope, though.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: If not the entire game, then DEFINITELY [[spoiler:Rokkaku's dreamworld where you fight the final Boss battle]].
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: The final boss of ''JGR'' coverts the roof of his office tower into a giant turntable. To defeat him, you must (*drumroll*) ''grind rails'' to reach the adjoining towers and (you guessed it) spray ''graffiti'' over his symbols.
* WhenThingsSpinScienceHappens: In ''JSRF'', Gouji's DJ booth is adorned with a 'halo' of spinning radio antennae.
* WhipItGood: The first Assassin you encounter, #5, has a whip which ''cannot be dodged'' by dashing.
* WhiteGangBangers: [[{{Mukokuseki}} Maybe.]]
* WomanScorned: Professor K jokes that the Love Shockers are entirely comprised of these.
-->"Love broke their hearts, and now they're looking to do some ''breaking'' of their own!"
* XMeetsY: ''[[TonyHawkProSkater Tony Hawk]]'' meets ''SpaceChannel5''.
* YouAreNumberSix: The Rokkaku "Assassins" are each numbered from #1-6. They appear in the remixed version of previous levels after you cause enough trouble, essentially replacing the military.
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[[caption-width-right:300:Even the keisatsu play when they're not [[DonutMessWithACop eating donuts]]!]]
''Jet Set Radio'' (known as ''Jet Grind Radio'' [[MarketBasedTitle in the NTSC U/C region]]) was a platforming/skating game released by Sega for the SegaDreamcast in 2000. The game is centered around [[RollerbladeGood roller-blading]] [[GangBangers street gangs called Rudies]], who battle for turf by spraying graffiti around the streets of [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Tokyo-to]]. Meanwhile, the Rudies are under attack by an evil corporate conglomerate which seeks to homogenize the city. The game [[FollowTheLeader pioneered the use of]] {{cel-shading}} to create cartoony characters and backgrounds using 3D polygon graphics. The game is also remembered for its [[AwesomeMusic/JetSetRadio eclectic soundtrack]].
A sequel, ''Jet Set Radio Future'', was later released for {{Xbox}}, though calling it a "[[VideoGameRemake re-imagining]]" might be more apt; save for superficial differences, the game's characters and storyline are mostly unchanged from the original. Perhaps wary of ''JGR'''s lukewarm reception, developer Smilebit decided that [[ExecutiveMeddling the game played too slowly]], and removed the [[ActionCommands joystick motion]] feature used for tagging graffiti. Rather than standing still while tagging, players in ''JSRF'' can simply skate on by, with no motions to input.
Despite heavy promotion by Sega, the original ''Jet Grind Radio'' met with poor sales and was never ported to other consoles. Microsoft bundled ''JSRF'' together ''Sega GT 2002'' and sold it as a console pack-in for the Xbox. Smilebit was [[TooCoolToLive scattered to the winds]] following the Sega-Sammy merger, later to be [[DownerEnding restructured into Sega's Sports R&D]].
Regardless of that, both the original game and its sequel/remake have since became cult classics. There was also a 2-D adaptation of the original released for the Gameboy Advance, which surprisingly isn't half bad.
The original ''Jet Set Radio'' is getting an [[http://www.destructoid.com/jet-set-radio-to-tag-xbla-and-psn-this-summer-222871.phtml HD re-release]] this summer on Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, and PC. [[AndTheFandomRejoiced Fans couldn't be happier.]]
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!!The ''Jet Set Radio'' series contains the following tropes:
* HundredPercentCompletion: In ''JSRF'', after beating the main storyline, if you collect every collectable in a level (which requires you to meet several prerequisites to make them all appear), you unlock additional challenges that require you race against the clock which, when completed in a set, gets you another character. The crushing thing is that you'll eventually [[AndYourRewardIsClothes the "new" characters all share the same stats as another core character, and are pretty much just a different skin/model and voice]]. Further added to in that, should you redo all your graffiti in all levels, [[CosmeticAward you get absolutely nothing.]] Seriously.
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer
* ActionCommands: When "tagging", the larger the tag, the more commands. Totally absent in JSRF (though to be fair, the joystick commands weren't as intuitive to some gamers as with others).
* AdaptationDyeJob: And how. Tab/Corn goes from brunet to blond (and so does Piranha/Boogie), Yoyo goes from being a redhead to having lime green hair, and Combo goes from having black hair to [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]]. Not to mention everybody changes outfits, and most of the changes are pretty significant, too.
* AllCrimesAreEqual: Graffiti removal is SeriousBusiness. For first-time offenders, a plainclothes cop blows your head off with a magnum. [[UpToEleven Twice, and a SWAT team gets called in.]] [[SerialEscalation Three times, and the army rolls in with their ''' missile-launching Apaches]]'''.
* AfroAsskicker: The Golden Rhinos.
* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: The finale of JSRF.
* AmazonBrigade: The Love Shockers & Rapid 99.
* AnthropomorphicZigZag: Once unlocked as a playable character, the dog Pots can transform from a quadruped into a rollerblading, spray can-wielding canine of justice.
** This occurs as a result of his dog-napping by the Noise Tanks, who outfit him with a helmet which makes Pots believe he's a cow. During a second playthrough, the Noise Tanks finally agree to fix Pots (but only if you earn a "Jet" ranking in every stage).
* AndYourRewardIsClothes: In JSRF, several hidden characters are often nothing more than reskins; despite having to get a "Jet" rank on several difficult challenges to play as minor characters and antagonists, several of them turn out to be pretty much the same thing. Note that it's not even subtle sometimes with certain combinations: Cube, [[spoiler: the ex-leader of Poison Jam]], is different only in clothes and color, even retaining the same skills and dances; the same applies for [=YoYo=], Beat and [[spoiler: their robot counterparts, who are identical save for different colors and an altered model respectively.]]
* ArtAttacker: Well, how else would you fight boss battles?
* AxCrazy: Hayashi - though considering who he works for, it might not be much of a stretch. Hayashi's been known to ''blow up police cars'' if his yes-man fetches him the wrong flavor of candy.
* BadassLongcoat: Hayashi.
** HighCollarOfDoom: This, too.
* BaldOfEvil / BeardOfEvil: Gouji Rokkaku.
* BareYourMidriff: Cube and Piranha.
** The Love Shockers display this trope, along with a CleavageWindow added in ''JSRF''.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler:When Rokkaku sucks you and hundreds of bystanders into his HumongousMecha,]] you are transported into an acid-trip version of Tokyo filled with shadow creatures that constantly run after you. During all this, Rokkaku situates himself on the highest part of his dreamworld where he then transforms himself into a giant monster on skates. You have to grind and jump all the way up in order to fight him.
* BigApplesauce: Grind City. You can see the [[BrooklynRage Brooklyn Bridge]] from Bantam Street, though that stage is allegedly modeled on [[TheWindyCity Chicago]].
** FultonStreetFolly: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Grind Square (a parody of Manhattan's Times Square). The streets are deathly quiet, with the only traffic consisting of [[GoodGunsBadGuns uzi-packing]] mooks.
* BilingualBonus: Rude boy, rudeboy, rudie, rudi or rudy were common terms for juvenile delinquents and criminals in 1960s Jamaica, and have since been used in other contexts.
** Gouji's final boss form, A.Ku.Mu, means "Nightmare" in Japanese.
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Assassin #4.
** No one else, though.
* BloodlessCarnage
* BuccaneerBroadcaster: Tokyo's gang activity is reported via a pirate radio station named [[TitleDrop Jet Set Radio]], hosted by DJ Professor K.
* BurningRubber: The skates in ''JSRF'' emits plumes of flames when you go fast enough. And they sell these to ''kids''?
* CameraScrew: ''JGR'''s camera and tight corners don't really get along. If you ''really'' want to make the camera piss drunk, try the auto-aim button while on an elevator.
* CarFu: ''JGR'''s cops have no compunctions about running you over with their cruisers or motorbikes.
* ChangingOfTheGuard: The founder of the protagonists' gang in ''Jet Grind Radio'' is Beat. In the sequel, the main character is Yoyo, a NewMeat recruit who wishes to join the already-established gang. Yoyo previously appeared in the latter half of ''JGR'' as a playable character.
** Subverted, [[spoiler: he's kidnapped and rendered unplayable for about two-thirds of the game.]]
* CharacterSelectForcing: On your first playthrough, the Grind City flashbacks may only be played through as Combo or Cube. You can select anybody you like during a New Game +.
* CityOfAdventure
* ClimbingClimax: In ''Jet Set Radio Future''.
* ColdSniper: If you see a red laser sight pointed at you, it means a Golden Rhino sniper is nearby. Luckily, they're complete cowards and run away if you confront them head-on.
* CollisionDamage
* CombatCommentator: Professor K fills this role in the sequel, providing such useful gems as, "Wow, [[CaptainObvious you're pretty flammable!]]"
* CookingDuel: The gangs resort to competitions of skating skill to settle their differences directly. All of the 'boss' battles are just tagging people within a set time limit. ItMakesSenseInContext.
* [[ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding Conveniently Empty Streets]]: The moment the military shows up, pedestrians magically vanish from the scene. Needless to say, this removes ([[MoralDissonance some]]) of the guilt associated with crashing helicopters into commercial buildings.
* CouldntFindAPen: Coin's final instructions to his friends were (fittingly enough) written in graffiti.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Rokkaku Gouji, who bought ''the police department''.
* {{Crawl}}: Grind Square has a couple of fake news tickers.
* CulturePolice: The uniformed police, military, and later ''trained assassins'' all play this role, trying to suppress a skater counterculture. One wonders why they don't just [[FridgeLogic ban sales of the self-propelling inline skates]]?
** [[SarcasmMode Because the Rudies surely wouldn't resist or try to get around the ban.]]
* DefeatMeansPlayable: The rival gangs (and even Gouji!), should you rack up enough points.
* DemotedToExtra: The Love Shockers in ''Future''.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Gouji's ultimate fate in ''JGR''.
* DismantledMacGuffin: The Devil's Contract, a vinyl record rumored to [[SummoningRitual summon a demonic entity]]. Somewhere along the line, the record was broken into three shards and scattered between Grind City and Tokyo.
* DramaticStutter: Once he's safe inside his trippy light show, ''JSRF'''s Gouji suddenly goes all [[SystemShock SHODAN]].
* DontTryThisAtHome: Both games display a message about graffiti being criminal when starting up.
* EgoPolis: The drive behind Rokkaku's crackdown on the streets is to pave the way for his "Rokkaku Expo", essentially branding everything with his logo.
* EliteMooks: The Golden Rhinos replace the police after you've run through all the levels once.
* EnemyChatter: The police dispatcher and Onishima can be heard barking orders over their radio. Gouji and his Golden Rhinos take over the airwaves later.
* EvilBrit: The unseen voice commanding the Golden Rhinos over their PA system.
* EvilCounterpart: "DJ Big Gouji" could be seen as an evil counterpart to Professor K.
* EvilKnockoff: Zero Beat.
* EvilLaugh: Onishima, Assassin #4 Hayashi, and Gouji in equal measure.
* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Gouji Rokkaku's lair in both games. In ''JSRF'', he can't be bothered to name it.
** "The name of this tower is -- well, [[BlahBlahBlah blah-diddly-blah-blah.]] '''''IT'S NAME IS IRRELVANT!'''''"
* EvilTwin: NT-3000 is a robotic clone of Yoyo.
* ExpressiveHair: Professor K's electrified hair is in a constant state of motion.
* EyepatchOfPower: The Love Shockers wear these as part of their [[GangOfHats gang uniform]].
* FingerlessGloves Beat wears these in the first game, though in Jet Set Radio Future, he wears full gloves.
* FlashbackEffects: The flashbacks to Grind City appear in sepia tone, then slowly shift to color.
* ForcedTutorial [[UpToEleven JSRF's is ''ridiculously'' easy.]]
* ForTheCelOfIt: The original game was the first to do this with both black outlines, and the use of two-tone shading on characters.
* ForTheEvulz: Unlike his counterpart in the first game, the Gouji of ''JSRF'' is truly crazy.
* FourthWallMailSlot: Professor K reads aloud a couple letters from "Mr. Osaka", who is beset by roaches in his home. K jokingly advises him to burn his house down ([[AdviceBackfire which he does]]).
* FrogsAndToads: One of ''JGR'''s branching paths involves the [-GG-]'s hideout being overrun by frogs, set loose by Poison Jam.
* GangBangers: A rather...quirky...variety of these.
* GangOfHats
* GasLeakCoverup: Gouji's death and the implosion of his building in ''JGR'' is written off as "a construction accident".
* GasMaskMooks: Assassin #3 and his posse.
* GenericGraffiti Averted slightly in ''JGR'', as some of the characters have their own tags. This isn't the case in ''JSRF''.
* GeniusSweetTooth: The Noise Tanks are noted to have sworn off health food, subsisting entirely on artificial chemicals and sweeteners.
* AGodAmI: Rokkaku, towards the end.
* GondorCallsForAid: In the bonus mission (see "PAL Bonus", below), Combo and Cube are forced to flee Grind City after the Rokkaku kidnap the third member of their gang.
* GoodHairEvilHair: Onishima inverts this trope by sporting a two-foot pompadour and a [[PermaStubble stubble]]. Oddly enough, this hairstyle is associated with delinquents in Japan. [[EpilepticTrees A clue to Onishima's enigmatic, tortured past?]]
* GogglesDoNothing: Fairly ubiquitous amongst the cast, along with CoolShades.
* GrindBoots
* HandCannon: [[AllPsychologyIsFreudian Compensating for something]], Onishima?
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Golden Rhinos of ''JSRF'' make colorful departures when defeated, such as getting hit by a stray missile fired from a Rokkaku harrier jet. The flamethrower assassin is immolated when her flame tank explodes, and then crushed by a falling billboard sign which she had previously set aflame.
* HotbloodedSideburns: Professor K's ''JSRF'' incarnation.
* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Dog]]
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Against Poison Jam (who would have thought?). In the penultimate level, Rokkaku attaches [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing helmets]] to the trio and then sics them onto you.
* IdleAnimation: All of the Rudies dance if left alone.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Dashing or grinding rails renders you invulnerable to police gunfire.
* InASingleBound: Maybe justified because of the rocket-boots.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Graffiti has the ability to blow up skyscrapers, helicopters and mecha on a regular basis.
** AAGH SPRAY PAINT! MY ONLY WEAKNESS!
* JetPack: Assasin #2 and his cronies have jetpacks, allowing them to rain gunfire on areas that other mooks can't. By far the most [[DemonicSpiders irritating enemies]] in the game.
* LargeHam: Rokakku Gouji is a modest [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnDTerbOGGo example.]] He's voiced by [[SuperMarioBros Charles Martinet]].
** LargeHamRadio: DJ Professor K, oh so very much.
* LaughingMad: Gouji's last moments in ''JSRF''.
* LawEnforcementInc: Rokakku Gouji buys out the police department.
* LeParkour: Assassin #5 isn't a big believer in stairs.
* LemmingCops: During the revisit to Benten, you can trigger a hidden scene in which dozens of pursuing Rokkaku sedans crash into a giant, flaming pileup.
* LetsPlay: [[http://fromearth.net/LetsPlay/Jet%20Set%20Radio/ Here]].
** There's also a number of them on YouTube.
* LetterMotif: The PAL version introduces three new characters from out of town: Coin, Combo, and Cube.
* LivingStatue: Gouji's corporate {{Mascot}}, a giant cartoon rhino, is stationed on the front of his building. The statue comes to life during the final battle and begins [[BreathWeapon breathing fire]].
* LoadBearingBoss: Defeating Rokkaku causes his entire skyscraper to explode.
** Rokkaku's HumongousMecha starts to collapse after you defeat him at the end of ''JSRF''.
* LocomotiveLevel: Sort of, in the sense that you're ''chasing after'' a locomotive robot.
* LonelyAtTheTop: At the conclusion of the game, the unnamed narrator speculates this might have been the case with Gouji Rokkaku.
* {{MIB}}: The Golden Rhinos.
* MadBomber: Assassin #4 has bombs strapped to his chest, though curiously he never uses them (His sidekicks, however, are [[SuicideAttack a different story]]). Instead, he specializes in lobbing [[MolotovCocktail molotovs]] and [[ExternalCombustion rigging cars to explode]].
* MadeOfPhlebotinum: According to the opening narration, the Rudies' skates are powered by newly-developed "Netrium" batteries.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: Poison Jam and the Noise Tanks.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Gouji, again.
* MaskedLuchador: Assassin #1 is a hulking, masked wrestler who also employs judo kicks.
* MechaMooks: The Noise Tanks in ''JSR:F''
* {{Megacorp}}: Rokkaku Corporation. The logo is emblazoned on gas stations, satellite dishes, and trucks marked "[[BlandNameProduct Rokkaku Depot]]" (using the same typeface as Home Depot).
* MercyInvincibility
* MiniDressOfPower: That would be Gum.
** Don't forget Rhyth.
* MockGuffin: The [[spoiler:Devil's Contract]] is revealed to be a hoax at the end.
* MrExposition: DJ Professor K.
* TheNapoleon: Captain Onishima.
* NewGamePlus: After beating the game once, you could play it again with a selection of new levels.
** Given the fact that you unlock a dozen characters ''after'' you finish the story, you have to wonder why this is absent in JSRF.
* NiceHat: In both games, Corn/Tab's eyes are hidden beneath his hat.
** As a gang, the Immortals' gimmick is that they're bowler hat-wearing mummies.
* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: Weirdly subverted. Tokyo is referred to by name, but it bears almost no resemblance to the real Tokyo. Also, Tokyo-to ''is'' actually the full name of Tokyo ("to" is a suffix meaning "city/metropolis").
* NoIndoorVoice: Professor K.
** He mellows out in ''JSRF''.
* NoOSHACompliance: Especially prevalent in ''Future''.
* OddlySmallOrganization: The rival gangs have three members each.
** Well, we only see three at once. It's likely that the other gangs are around the same size as the [-GG-]s.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: When Rokkaku transforms into A.KU.MU during your BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind.]]
* OneWomanWail: Gouji's boss music.
* PatrickStewartSpeech: The narrator drops a fairly {{Anvilicious}} one in ''JSRF'''s ending. Freedom gud, oppreshun = teh bad.
* PerkyGoth: ''JGR'''s token gaijin chick, Cube, wears a lot of Hot Topic.
* PlayerHeadquarters: The GG's garage.
* PoliceAreUseless: When assassins with guns and firebombing-throwing terrorists go after you, the police are nowhere to be seen. One intro states that they're too scared to even touch them.
** Well, [[spoiler: the police work for Rokkaku, and so do the assassins, so why would they get involved?]]
* PosthumousCharacter: It's strongly implied that Coin was murdered for his vinyl record. This was left vague enough for gamers to [[UrbanLegendOfZelda scour the game trying to unlock him]], though.
* ThePowerOfRock: A rare evil example.
* PowerTrio: Beat, Gum, and Tab/Corn initially comprise the [-GG-]s gang.
** As well as BlondeBrunetteRedhead. (Gum is blonde, Tab is brunet [[HairColorDissonance (though whether his hair is brown or black is anyone's guess)]], and Beat is a redhead.
* PsychoElectro: Assassin #6 can only attack by electrifying rails. This makes him more a nuisance than a genuine threat.
* PunkPunk: The "Graffiti/Skater Punk" variation.
* PyroManiac: Both games feature a flamethrower assassin with a love for torching cities.
* RedHeadedHero: Beat.
* RefugeInCool: Admit it, the games would be a lot less fun without RuleOfCool.
* RegionalBonus: The North American release of ''JGR'' contains an extra mission sandwiched between the two run-throughs of Tokyo.
* RemixedLevel: The second half of ''JGR'' consists of beating the same three city districts again -- only ''this'' time, the maps aren't segmented into individual missions; You have to tag the entire district at once.
* ResistanceIsFutile: Hayashi quotes this directly during a surprise raid.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: The Noise Tanks, Zero Beat, and [[spoiler:the fake Yoyo]].
* RobotBuddy: Roboy, a jive-talking robot who saves your game settings.
* RollerbladeGood: Magnetic ''and'' rocket-propelled rollerblades, no less.
* RuleOfCool: The whole game runs on this.
* RushmoreRefacement: The [[StatueOfLiberty Lady Liberty]] statue in Grind Square is sporting a rhino's head, courtesy of Gouji's gang.
* SailorEarth: Combo's gang on the other side of the Pacific.
* SanitySlippage: Over the course of JSRF, Hayashi's already-lacking sanity wears down more and more with each defeat he suffers.
* ScoringPoints: ''Deceptively'' important -- Earning a "Jet" ranking in each level is the key to unlocking characters. Tagging and performing stunts adds to your score, as does completing the level with lots of time left on the clock.
** Though all it does in Jet Set Radio Future is unlock some of the Graffiti Souls.
* SecretCharacter: More than one, the best one of course being [[spoiler: the dog, Pots.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: A record called the Devils Contract in the first game, [[BigBad Rokkaku]] wants it so he can TakeOverTheWorld.
* SequelHook: Both games have one at the end. Unfortunately, there hasn't been a follow up to Jet Set Radio Future.
* ShowTheForehead: Hayashi.
* SinisterSilhouettes: Gouji's son, as pictured in the ending sequence.
* SissyVillain: Hayashi.
* SkateHeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth: Rails, rails and yet more rails.
* SomethingAboutARose: Hayashi wears a pink flower in his coat pocket.
* SoulBrotha: Professor K epitomizes this trope.
** One of the songs in the game is actually CALLED "Sweet Soul Brother", and is aptly about one.
* SpiderTank: Rokkaku supplies Hayahi with one of these, complete with police lights.
* [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Ancestor]]: The manga/anime ''Manga/AirGear'' and the Korean MMORPG ''Street Gears'' were both inspired by ''Jet Set Radio''
* SpontaneousChoreography: Each gang seemingly has a dance number [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GetSwmueOaw&playnext=1&list=PL5D21278681BAD822 prepared in advance]].
** Why not? After all they seem to spend every minute not spent skating or tagging on dancing in place.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The obvious example is Onishima/Hayashi.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Causes a deduction in health, after which the player climbs out of the water. Perhaps justified because they are wearing rollerblades.
* SuperWindowJump
* SummonBackupDancers: During the final battle with Rokkaku, gyrating cage dancers are suspended from revolving cranes.
* SwissArmyWeapon: Player characters can use ''spray paint'' to stun police officers, give their rollerblades a crazy boost, disable machinery, cover spotlights, disable bomb timers, operate switches.....
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Captain Onishima (Hayashi in ''JSRF'').
* TankGoodness
* ThereWasADoor: Played for laughs in the first stage of Kogane. One method of crossing the river is to plow through half a dozen plaster-wall apartments.
* TitleDrop: Inevitable, as the pirate station the game is based around is called "Jet Set Radio". But in the sequel, Professor K goes out of his way to say "Jet Set Radio '''Future!'''" near the endgame.
* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse
* ThrivingGhostTown: Averted. The game's most important character is Tokyo itself, and is designed to overwhelm the player with the sprawl of the urban landscape, populated by endless terrified [=NPCs=].
* TranslationConvention: Despite hailing from the states, Combo and Cube have no trouble communicating with the Japanese Rudies. Possibly justified in that ''JSR'''s setting exists somewhere between reality and punk fantasy.
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: With this many unlockable characters, it seemed natural at the time that Professor K must be playable -- despite his incompatible character model. The same goes for the elusive Coin, too.
* VictoryPose
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: No one makes the connection between the Golden Rhinos, a notorious gang of Asian killers, and Gouji Rokkaku, whose corporate mascot is...a gold rhino. Gouji's sheer wealth probably makes this a JustifiedTrope, though.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: If not the entire game, then DEFINITELY [[spoiler:Rokkaku's dreamworld where you fight the final Boss battle]].
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: The final boss of ''JGR'' coverts the roof of his office tower into a giant turntable. To defeat him, you must (*drumroll*) ''grind rails'' to reach the adjoining towers and (you guessed it) spray ''graffiti'' over his symbols.
* WhenThingsSpinScienceHappens: In ''JSRF'', Gouji's DJ booth is adorned with a 'halo' of spinning radio antennae.
* WhipItGood: The first Assassin you encounter, #5, has a whip which ''cannot be dodged'' by dashing.
* WhiteGangBangers: [[{{Mukokuseki}} Maybe.]]
* WomanScorned: Professor K jokes that the Love Shockers are entirely comprised of these.
-->"Love broke their hearts, and now they're looking to do some ''breaking'' of their own!"
* XMeetsY: ''[[TonyHawkProSkater Tony Hawk]]'' meets ''SpaceChannel5''.
* YouAreNumberSix: The Rokkaku "Assassins" are each numbered from #1-6. They appear in the remixed version of previous levels after you cause enough trouble, essentially replacing the military.
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