History YMMV / SuperRobotWarsZ

** Also [[spoiler:Neil!Lockon]] in Hakai-Hen. The worst part about the later two is that [[spoiler:while you can save Aki from her canon death, Kamina and Neil's deaths are permanent and unavoidable.]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome (Just about everything, but when a rumor that Back Alley Space Boy wouldn't be Dai-Guard's theme was disproved [[AndTheFandomRejoiced the internet went nuts]]. And yes, it's probably one of the best instrumentals they have in the second game.)

* TearJerker (Many from the various franchises, but especially [[spoiler:[[{{Zambot 3}} Aki's]] death, which can be avoided through a GuideDangIt by getting invisible "points" which will putting her in stasis until a method to stop the bomb in her is discovered]]. Also doubles as a PlayerPunch, as many players mercilessly slaughter the Gaizock forces responsible for it in revenge. Kappei's portrait even changes from his usual smile to an angry expression for the rest of the stage along with his character description changing)

** Z2 is already being bashed for being too easy due to a skill that lets a unit move again if it gets a kill once. Take a minute to imagine that combined with MAP weapons or Solar Aquarion.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome (Just about everything, but when a rumor that Back Alley Space Boy wouldn't be Dai-Guard's theme was disproved [[AndTheFandomRejoiced the internet went nuts]]. And yes, it's probably one of the best insrumentals they have.)

* UnpleasableFanbase (Though the series lists always get some flak from fans, it's worth mentioning here because even with Z2's freaking awesome line-up, people STILL FOUND PROBLEMS WITH IT. Some complaints are comeing from the removal of GreatMazinger and Grendizer. There's also a lot fans wanting G Gundam and some wanting Evangelion, which is always true of just about every game, but another thing that makes this worth mentioning a few of the series that the internet seems to be wanting back are quite unexpected, such as RahXephon, VictoryGundam (Which Terada hinted will show up later), and most oddly, the so wildly hated ZZGundam has tons of people calling for it to come back(which Terada, while he said it wont be used, said Sunrise and Bandai have something huge in mind for it).

* HilariousInHindsight: An image from ''Z'' made the rounds during the game's initial release, showing a man in a black and gold outfit with a full face mask, talking to [[GundamSEEDDestiny Durandal]] and saying "They call that man 'Orange'." [[CodeGeass Guess what series is in Z2?]]

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - [[spoiler: The Edel Bernal's]] ultimate attack. He first creates a rip in the fabric of spacetime, briefly showing off a rather ominous looking eye before a massive, rainbow-colored horde of evil...somethings...burst out in a massive stream, with the boss' mech leading them like some demented band leader, and with the horde making a cacophony of creepy impish giggling. They swoop up, grab the hapless victim(s) and carry them into a dimension of pure rainbow insanity. They then get swarmed by a mass of blobs which is then assails by giant sperm, then eaten by a much larger one-eyed blob, which then collides with MORE one-eyed blobs, zooming out all the while, until suddenly the mass is blasted by at least a dozen lasers, until finally the final boss' mech looms large, [[spoiler: The Edel]] makes a rather wiggly cut-in, completely with a disturbing expression of pure elation and with a "BYE-BYE", before finally ending the madness by ramming his gigantic spear into the whole mess. Definitely a contender for creepiest attack in the series, tied with Alpha 3's true final boss.}

* AntiClimaxBoss: [[TheBigO Big Fau]] is probably one of the most pathetic bosses in SRW history, rivaling EVA 01 in Alpha 3, because it has fairly weak attacks and such a low hit rate you don't even need spirit commands. The only hard part is killing the [[OvermanKingGainer Overdevils]] which can be done very easily if you're careful.

* AntiClimaxBoss: [[TheBigO Big Fau]] is probably one of the most pathetic bosses in SRW history because it has fairly weak attacks and can't hit anything. The only hard part is killing the [[OvermanKingGainer Overdevils]] which can be done very easily if you're careful.

* TheyChangedItNotItSucks (Z2 parts 1 and 2 being on PSP has attracted a large number of complaints, as well as the removal of the squad system.)

** Aquarion can also become this if you build it right, especially Solar mode, which has more defence than the Mars or Lunar modes.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - [[spoiler: The Edel Bernal's]] ultimate attack. He first creates a rip in the fabric of spacetime, briefly showing off a rather ominous looking eye before a massive, rainbow-colored horde of evil...somethings...burst out in a massive stream, with the boss' mech leading them like some demented band leader, and with the horde making a cacophony of creepy impish giggling. They swoop up, grab the hapless victim(s) and carry them into a dimension of pure rainbow insanity. They then get swarmed by a mass of blobs which is then assails by giant sperm, then eaten by a much larger one-eyed blob, which then collides with MORE one-eyed blobs, zooming out all the while, until suddenly the mass is blasted by at least a dozen lasers, until finally the final boss' mech looms large, [[spoiler: The Edel]] makes a rather wiggly cut-in, completely with a disturbing expression of pure elation and with a "BYE-BYE", before finally ending the madness by ramming his gigantic spear into the whole mess. Definitely a contender for creepiest attack in the series, tied with Alpha 3's true final boss.}

* {{HighOctaneNightmareFuel}} - [[spoiler: The Edel Bernal's]] ultimate attack. He first creates a rip in the fabric of spacetime, briefly showing off a rather ominous looking eye before a massive, rainbow-colored horde of evil...somethings...burst out in a massive stream, with the boss' mech leading them like some demented band leader, and with the horde making a cacophony of creepy impish giggling. They swoop up, grab the hapless victim(s) and carry them into a dimension of pure rainbow insanity. They then get swarmed by a mass of blobs which is then assails by giant sperm, then eaten by a much larger one-eyed blob, which then collides with MORE one-eyed blobs, zooming out all the while, until suddenly the mass is blasted by at least a dozen lasers, until finally the final boss' mech looms large, [[spoiler: The Edel]] makes a rather wiggly cut-in, completely with a disturbing expression of pure elation and with a "BYE-BYE", before finally ending the madness by ramming his gigantic spear into the whole mess. Definitely a contender for creepiest attack in the series, tied with Alpha 3's true final boss.}

* AndTheFandomRejoiced (Regardless of whether people liked [[GundamSeed Kira Yamato]] or not, many loud cheers were heard when Shinn piloting the Impulse Gundam destroyed Kira's Freedom with his signature {{BFS}} as an in-game attack in a promo video prior to game release...AndThereWasMuchRejoicing. Another major one for fans of TheBigO was being able to play as fan-favorite [[LaughablyEvil Jason Beck]], IN HIS BECK THE GREAT RX-3, NO LESS!! Yet ''another'' one for TheBigO fans was finding out that this time, the series gets properly represented and features heavily in the plot)
** The cast listing for ''Z2'' also applies: the long-awaited SRW debuts for ''{{Gundam 00}}'' and ''CodeGeass'' are welcome, as are ''GurrenLagann'', ''ShinMazinger'' and ''ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS'', but just to please the veterans are the triumphant returns of ''[[GetterRobo Getter Robo Armageddon]]'', ''{{Godmars}}'', and the ''GundamWing'' TV series ''[[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny in the same time with]] Gundam 00''! Not to mention [[DancougarNova both]] {{Dancougar}}s. ''VOTOMS'' warrants a special mention, as veterans have been clamouring for its debut in for years now.
* CompleteMonster ([[{{Expy}} Totally-Not-Masaki]] Asakim Dowin, who displays his true depravity in Setsuko's route. The thing is that he comes off as a DracoInLeatherPants in Rand's route, leading to a large MisaimedFandom who follow him. Also, the BigBad fits perfectly here, if only for the sheer destruction and havoc he brought about ForTheEvulz)
** He does get some PetTheDog moments with Xine and Rand can get him to [[FoeYay help with the final battle]].
** Also [[{{Grendizer}} King Vega]], [[{{Zambot 3}} Gaizock]] and [[TheDragon his dragon]] [[{{Zambot 3}} Killer the Butcher]], [[SpaceWarriorBaldios Zeo Gattler]], [[GodSigma Gargan of the Elda]], [[GetterRobo Emperor Burai]], [[ZetaGundam the Titans]], [[GundamSEEDDestiny Lord Djibril]], [[BigO Alan Gabriel]] and [[EurekaSeven Dewey Novak]]. There's a '''reason''' why the JamProject song for the game ''Crests of Z'' is telling you to "defeat them all"
* CrazyAwesome (Believe it or not, [[GenesisOfAquarion Gen Fudou]] and [[{{Gravion}} Klein Sandman]] are made [[BeyondTheImpossible even more awesome than they already were]], especially for Fudou, who reaches MemeticBadass levels. For the original characters, Rand seems to be this if one considers his approach to solving problems combined with him being an out-and-out BadassNormal)
** Sandman's awsomeness is lampshaded in-game by giving him overblown versions of the Gravion's attacks for his God Sigma Gravion, complete with InTheNameOfTheMoon speeches for the simplest RocketPunch ("Spin, drill, to break their evil ambitions!") and a shot of the {{Meido}} squad in full {{Squee}} mode if you manage to land a Dynamic Kill with the drill punch
* CrossoverShip (Shinn and Setsuko, and through that, Shinn has actually mellowed enough to [[FixFic fix some of his more objectionable personality problems]])
* DracoInLeatherPants (Asakim, made worse by the fact that, depending on which path you choose, he varies from AntiVillain to CompleteMonster)
* EarWorm (GAN GAN LEON, GUNLEON! GAN GAN LEON, GUNLEON!...And all the respective {{EarWorm}}s of the various franchises, as usual)
* FanNickname:
** "Sexsuko" for Setsuko.
** 2chan has already nicknamed Z2 "Super Terrorist Wars", due to the presence of [[CodeGeass The Black Knights]], [[{{Gundam00}} Celestial Being]], [[GundamWing the Wing Boys]] and DancougarNova. Technically [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Team Dai-Gurren]] are revolutionaries as well, although not necessarily terrorists to the extent of the above.
* GameBreaker (Not to the levels of Zeorymer in SuperRobotWarsMX and SuperRobotWarsJudgment, but the Baldios and [[EurekaSeven Nirvash Spec2]] count. To elaborate, Baldios is a LightningBruiser that's size LL, giving it a damage/defense bonus against pretty much everything, high armor, ridiculous range, strong and economic weapons, and better yet, it has a "sub-dimensional warp" ability allowing it to dodge anything completely with a set probability. The Nirvash, on the other hand, doesn't start as much until you advance in the game and get its upgrade, the Spec2, which gives you a hideously overpowered MAP weapon that can be recharged and abused using the appropriate skills)
** The [[GenesisOfAquarion Aquarion]] in the hands of a player who knows what he/she's doing also counts. This mecha has the unique ability "Element System", which gives the primary pilot the highest stat among the three pilots in every category if his or her Will passes 130; not a difficult task. This may not seem like much at first, but if one takes each of the three pilots and pump a specific stat, an Element System-powered Apollo can hit like a tank, dodge like a Gundam and have a high enough skill stat to activate "Attack Again", allowing him to double-hit everything using his insanely powerful weapons that have amazing range, which can be further improved with items)
** [[TheBigO Roger Smith's]] "Negotiation" skill: so long as Roger is deployed on the battlefield and remains there until the end of the scenario, any and all repair costs from destroyed units are reduced to zero. Repeat: '''ALL REPAIR COSTS ARE REDUCED TO ZERO'''. It helps that TheBigO is one of the game's better units by being a defensive and offensive powerhouse capable of leveling enemy forces by itself with the right build. It's weapons also have pretty good range for a SuperRobot and its most powerful stuff are ammo-based.
** The TurnAGundam is largely MagikarpPower incarnate, but with the right pilot (read: any Universal Century Gundam ace who isn't Loran, usually [[MobileSuitGundam Char Aznable]] or [[TurnAGundam Harry Ord]], and with Amuro or Haman as a squad member using their very cheap "Move Again" Command, it becomes a WMD capable of not only "MAP-nuking" the entire map, but also walk over everything in its range by lowering its armor rating while doing insane amounts of damage.
** [[SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss Kei Katsuragi and his Orguss]]. This pilot is one of the best in Z, if not ''the'' flat-out best. He comes with an amazing skill set (containing the much-seeked "Attack Again" and "Counter"), a high enough skill rating to make use of both, high dodge and shooting stats, and a very dodgy mech that has no business doing as much damage as it does. ItGetsBetter: later in the game, he gets [[spoiler:Orson]] as a partner with an identical machine, giving them both access to a very cost-effective and powerful CombinationAttack that makes them even more broken (and looks flat out awesome, especially with the "Orguss Handshake" in the end)
** The "Nirvash/Haman/Amuro/Resupply" combo, which pretty much lets you breeze through the last half of the game by over useing the Spec 2's Seventh Swell MAP weapon.
* MissedMomentOfAwesome (More like Missed Moment of FetishFuel; despite the fact that Setsuko was designed around the concept of "legs," none of her {{Super Move Portrait Attack}}s feature them)
** Heads into egregiousness when one character art in the ''Z Special Disk'' featured Setsuko with a pair of MostCommonSuperpower, something that WordOfGod ''wanted'' to avert.
* GrowingTheBeard (Rand's scenario is generally a silly, lighthearted romp until the point where he gets his Gunleon's MidSeasonUpgrade, where everything becomes serious from that point on. Not to say that the silliness is completely gone, of course (see WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome)
* HilariousInHindsight: An image from ''Z'' made the rounds during the game's initial release, showing a man in a black and gold outfit with a full face mask, talking to [[GundamSEEDDestiny Durandal]] and saying "They call that man 'Orange'." [[CodeGeass Guess what series is in Z2?]]
* {{NightmareFuel}} - [[spoiler: The Edel Bernal's]] ultimate attack. He first creates a rip in the fabric of spacetime, briefly showing off a rather ominous looking eye before a massive, rainbow-colored horde of evil...somethings...burst out in a massive stream, with the boss' mech leading them like some demented band leader, and with the horde making a cacophony of creepy impish giggling. They swoop up, grab the hapless victim(s) and carry them into a dimension of pure rainbow insanity. They then get swarmed by a mass of blobs which is then assails by giant sperm, then eaten by a much larger one-eyed blob, which then collides with MORE one-eyed blobs, zooming out all the while, until suddenly the mass is blasted by at least a dozen lasers, until finally the final boss' mech looms large, [[spoiler: The Edel]] makes a rather wiggly cut-in, completely with a disturbing expression of pure elation and with a "BYE-BYE", before finally ending the madness by ramming his gigantic spear into the whole mess. Definitely a contender for creepiest attack in the series, tied with Alpha 3's true final boss.}
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap, alongside AuthorsSavingThrow (Doubles as TookALevelInBadAss: when TheBigO debuted in SuperRobotWarsDestiny, it was [[TierInducedScrappy useless]] by that game's [[GameBreakingBug broken standards]] and many, many players were pleasantly surprised after seeing it in action in Z, where it's one of the best units and becomes even better if you manage to get all of its weapons, making it a nigh-GameBreaker with it's high defense, range, and Roger Smith's high stats (more accurately, his skill set, allowing him to make use of the "Attack Again" pilot skill) and accuracy. It seemed like the developers were issuing a warm, heartfelt apology for its sheer shafting in Destiny)
* TearJerker (Many from the various franchises, but especially [[spoiler:[[{{Zambot 3}} Aki's]] death, which can be avoided through a GuideDangIt by getting invisible "points" which will putting her in stasis until a method to stop the bomb in her is discovered]]. Also doubles as a PlayerPunch, as many players mercilessly slaughter the Gaizock forces responsible for it in revenge. Kappei's portrait even changes from his usual smile to an angry expression for the rest of the stage along with his character description changing)
* UnpleasableFanbase (Though the series lists always get some flak from fans, it's worth mentioning here because even with Z2's freaking awesome line-up, people STILL FOUND PROBLEMS WITH IT. Some complaints are comeing from the removal of GreatMazinger and Grendizer. There's also a lot fans wanting G Gundam and some wanting Evangelion, which is always true of just about every game, but another thing that makes this worth mentioning a few of the series that the internet seems to be wanting back are quite unexpected, such as RahXephon, VictoryGundam (Which Terada hinted will show up later), and most oddly, the so wildly hated ZZGundam has tons of people calling for it to come back(which Terada, while he said it wont be used, said Sunrise and Bandai have something huge in mind for it).
* TheWoobie (Setsuko, which leads to a case of...)
* YourMileageMayVary (Is Setsuko a truly tragic character or just a {{Wangst}}y woobie whose plot is tailored as a series of one DiabolusExMachina after another? You decide (although the general consensus leans towards the former))
** Another one is Asakim, but this one's actively cultivated by the game itself, since in one route, it presents him as the CompleteMonster and MoralEventHorizon crosser, while in the other he's a DracoInLeatherPants at the worst, since his depravity isn't so touched upon

* EarWorm (GAN GAN LEON, GUNLEON! GAN GAN LEON, GUNLEON!...)
** Not to mention the respective {{EarWorm}}s of the various franchises, as usual

* AndTheFandomRejoiced (Regardless of whether people liked [[GundamSeed Kira Yamato]] or not, many loud cheers were heard when Shinn piloting the Impulse Gundam destroyed Kira's Freedom with his signature {{BFS}} as an in-game attack in a promo video prior to game release...AndThereWasMuchRejoicing. Another major one for fans of TheBigO was being able to play as fan-favorite [[LaughablyEvil Jason Beck]], IN HIS BECK THE GREAT RX-3, NO LESS!! Yet ''another'' one for TheBigO fans was finding out that this time, the series gets properly represented and features heavily in the plot)
** The cast listing for ''Z2'' also applies: the long-awaited SRW debuts for ''{{Gundam 00}}'' and ''CodeGeass'' are welcome, as are ''GurrenLagann'', ''ShinMazinger'' and ''ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS'', but just to please the veterans are the triumphant returns of ''[[GetterRobo Getter Robo Armageddon]]'', ''{{Godmars}}'', and the ''GundamWing'' TV series...the latter ''[[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny in the same time with]] Gundam 00''! Not to mention [[DancougarNova both]] {{Dancougar}}s...

*** ''VOTOMS'' warrants a special mention, as veterans have been clamouring for its debut in for '''YEARS''' now.
* CompleteMonster ([[{{Expy}} Totally-Not-Masaki]] Asakim Dowin, who displays his true depravity in Setsuko's route. The thing is that he comes off as a DracoInLeatherPants in Rand's route, leading to a large MisaimedFandom who follow him. Also, the BigBad fits perfectly here, if only for the sheer destruction and havoc he brought about ForTheEvulz)
** Also [[{{Grendizer}} King Vega]], [[{{Zambot 3}} Gaizock]] and [[TheDragon his dragon]] [[{{Zambot 3}} Killer the Butcher]], [[SpaceWarriorBaldios Zeo Gattler]], [[GodSigma Gargan of the Elda]], [[GetterRobo Emperor Burai]], [[ZetaGundam the Titans]], [[GundamSEEDDestiny Lord Djibril]], [[BigO Alan Gabriel]] and [[EurekaSeven Dewey Novak]]. There's a '''reason''' why the JamProject song for the game ''Crests of Z'' is telling you to "defeat them all"
** Keep in mind, though, some of the villains like King Vega and Zeo Gattler were shown to at least be a bit (and ''only'' a bit) better than Gargan and Butcher by making Vega a CardCarryingVillain and Gattler into something of a WellIntentionedExtremist[=/=]KnightTemplar, making them both show disgust at Butcher and Gargan, respectively
* CrazyAwesome (Believe it or not, [[GenesisOfAquarion Gen Fudou]] and [[{{Gravion}} Klein Sandman]] are made [[BeyondTheImpossible even more awesome than they already were]], especially for Fudou, who reaches MemeticBadass levels. For the original characters, Rand seems to be this if one considers his approach to solving problems combined with him being an out-and-out BadassNormal)
** Sandman's awsomeness is lampshaded in-game by giving him overblown versions of the Gravion's attacks for his God Sigma Gravion, complete with InTheNameOfTheMoon speeches for the simplest RocketPunch ("Spin, drill, to break their evil ambitions!") and a shot of the {{Meido}} squad in full {{Squee}} mode if you manage to land a Dynamic Kill with the drill punch
* CrossoverShip (Shinn and Setsuko, and through that, Shinn has actually mellowed enough to [[FixFic fix some of his more objectionable personality problems]])
* DracoInLeatherPants (Asakim, made worse by the fact that, depending on which path you choose, he varies from AntiVillain to CompleteMonster)

* FanNickname:
** "Sexsuko" for Setsuko.
** 2chan has already nicknamed Z2 "Super Terrorist Wars", due to the presence of [[CodeGeass The Black Knights]], [[{{Gundam00}} Celestial Being]], [[GundamWing the Wing Boys]] and DancougarNova. Technically [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Team Dai-Gurren]] are revolutionaries as well, although not necessarily terrorists to the extent of the above.
* HilariousInHindsight: An image from ''Z'' made the rounds during the game's initial release, showing a man in a black and gold outfit with a full face mask, talking to [[GundamSEEDDestiny Durandal]] and saying "They call that man 'Orange'." [[CodeGeass Guess what series is in Z2?]]
* GameBreaker (Not to the levels of Zeorymer in SuperRobotWarsMX and SuperRobotWarsJudgment, but the Baldios and [[EurekaSeven Nirvash Spec2]] count. To elaborate, Baldios is a LightningBruiser that's size LL, giving it a damage/defense bonus against pretty much everything, high armor, ridiculous range, strong and economic weapons, and better yet, it has a "sub-dimensional warp" ability allowing it to dodge anything completely with a set probability. The Nirvash, on the other hand, doesn't start as much until you advance in the game and get its upgrade, the Spec2, which gives you a hideously overpowered MAP weapon that can be recharged and abused using the appropriate skills)
** The [[GenesisOfAquarion Aquarion]] in the hands of a player who knows what he/she's doing also counts. This mecha has the unique ability "Element System", which gives the primary pilot the highest stat among the three pilots in every category if his or her Will passes 130; not a difficult task. This may not seem like much at first, but if one takes each of the three pilots and pump a specific stat, an Element System-powered Apollo can hit like a tank, dodge like a Gundam and have a high enough skill stat to activate "Attack Again", allowing him to double-hit everything using his insanely powerful weapons that have amazing range, which can be further improved with itmes)
** [[TheBigO Roger Smith's]] "Negotiation" skill: so long as Roger is deployed on the battlefield and remains there until the end of the scenario, any and all repair costs from destroyed units are reduced to zero. Repeat: '''ALL REPAIR COSTS ARE REDUCED TO ZERO'''. It helps that TheBigO is one of the game's better units by being a defensive and offensive powerhouse capable of leveling enemy forces by itself with the right build.
** The TurnAGundam is largely MagikarpPower incarnate, but with the right pilot (read: any Universal Century Gundam ace who isn't Loran, usually [[MobileSuitGundam Char Aznable]], since [[MobileSuitGundam Amuro Ray]] and [[ZetaGundam Haman Karn]] have another use...better yet, [[ZetaGundam Kamille Bidan]]) and with Amuro or Haman as a squad member using their very cheap "Move Again" Command, it becomes a WMD capable of not only "MAP-nuking" the entire map, but also walk over everything in its range by lowering its armor rating while doing insane amounts of damage
** Perhaps the most underrated one of them all is [[SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss Kei Katsuragi and his Orguss]]. This pilot is one of the best in Z, if not ''the'' flat-out best. He comes with an amazing skill set (containing the much-seeked "Attack Again" and "Counter"), a high enough skill rating to make use of both, high dodge and shooting stats, a very dodgy mech that has no business doing as much damage as it does. ItGetsBetter: later in the game, he gets [[spoiler:Orson]] as a partner with an identical machine, giving them both access to a very cost-effective and powerful CombinationAttack that makes them even more broken (and looks flat out awesome, especially with the "Orguss Handshake" in the end)
** Final note: don't let the above list of {{Game Breaker}}s fool you; Z isn't a cakewalk by any measure. This is because the damage curve isn't very extreme, so even with the above, don't expect to be seeing anything you can't get normally (Big O with maxed buffs, stats and the "Soul" Spirit Command deals 40000 damage tops, and that requires so much grinding it just isn't worth it). The fact that Z manages to be challenging even with the {{Game Breaker}}s tells you something...well...unless you don't use the "Nirvash/Haman/Amuro/Resupply" combo, that is...
* GrowingTheBeard (Rand's scenario is generally a silly, lighthearted romp until the point where he gets his Gunleon's MidSeasonUpgrade, where everything becomes serious from that point on. Not to say that the silliness is completely gone, of course (see WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome))
* {{NightmareFuel}} - [[spoiler: The Edel Bernal's]] ultimate attack, full stop. He first creates a rip in the fabric of spacetime, briefly showing off a rather ominous looking eye before a massive, rainbow-colored horde of evil...somethings...burst out in a massive stream, with the boss' mech leading them like some demented band leader, and with the horde making a cacophony of creepy impish giggling. They swoop up, grab the hapless victim(s) and carry them into a dimension of pure rainbow insanity. They then get swarmed by a mass of blobs which is then assails by giant sperm, then eaten by a much larger one-eyed blob, which then collides with MORE one-eyed blobs, zooming out all the while, until suddenly the mass is blasted by at least a dozen lasers, until finally the final boss' mech looms large, [[spoiler: The Edel]] makes a rather wiggly cut-in, completely with a disturbing expression of pure elation and with a "BYE-BYE", before finally ending the madness by ramming his gigantic spear into the whole mess. Definitely a contender for creepiest attack in the series, tied with Alpha 3's true final boss.
* TearJerker (Many from the various franchises, but especially [[spoiler:[[{{Zambot 3}} Aki's]] death, which can be avoided through a GuideDangIt by [[spoiler:getting invisible "points" which will putting her in stasis until a method to stop the bomb in her is discovered]]. Also doubles as a PlayerPunch, as many players mercilessly slaughter the Gaizock forces responsible for it in revenge. Kappei's portrait even changes from his usual smile to an angry expression for the rest of the stage along with his character description changing)

** A realitvely minor one, no NeonGenesisEvangelion in SRW Z 2 means fans will not get their long dream of the Gurren Laggan team badassing up EVA's story fulfilled(Gendo being punched by Kamina is a favorite thought, [[spoiler: and if EVA DOES appear in the 2nd part, Kamina might not be around]]), but ANOTHER long awaited event is offered in it's place, [[OhCrap the Xabungle characters now have access to spiral power.]]