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* BadassDecay: Averted with the second Harvester mothership, which learned from earlier battles. It takes [[spoiler:a HeroicSacrifice by Gascogne]] to stop it. Played straight with the three motherships in the GrandFinale, where they are destroyed rather easily.



* VillainDecay: Averted with the second Harvester mothership, which learned from earlier battles. It takes [[spoiler:a HeroicSacrifice by Gascogne]] to stop it. Played straight with the three motherships in the GrandFinale, where they are destroyed rather easily.

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* VillainDecay: Averted with the second Harvester mothership, which learned from earlier battles. It takes [[spoiler:a HeroicSacrifice by Gascogne]] to stop it. Played straight with the three motherships in the GrandFinale, where they are destroyed rather easily.

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* FridgeBrilliance: At first glance, the fact that EVERY female on the ship (who is neither absurdly old nor young) is VERY well endowed seems to be plain ol' fanservice. [[spoiler:However, given the fact that the Pirate's home planet was created so that reproductive organs could be harvested for use on Earth, it makes perfect sense that Mejale women would be better equipped than normal]]. This is made more apparent by Misty's (a non-Mejalian) being of relatively normal build as compared to Dita, who is the same age yet FAR more developed.
** Hibiki is similar, being rather scrawny compared to every other man he's known. [[spoiler:Then it turns out he, unlike the others, he was ''not'' grown in a factory. Hibiki hasn't gone through gene therapy at all and thus lacks some manly advantages.]]
* FridgeHorror: We don't actually see the harvesting process occur on-screen, but it's implied that victims often aren't killed before being getting torn to pieces.
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* VillainDecay: Averted with the second Harvester mothership, which learned from earlier battles. It takes [[spoiler:a HeroicSacrifice by Gascogne]] to stop it. Played straight with the three motherships in the GrandFinale, where they are destroyed rather easily. Of course, this is probably due to the fact that [[spoiler:they were being ganged-up on by the fleets of three planets, one space station, three [[CoolShip cool ships]] and a hijacked Harvester mothership, courtesy of Gascogne, due to not being NotQuiteDead.]] Not to mention, they were [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil in the presence of the]] BigBad. The EvilKnockoff of the Nirvana also suffered from this, having TWO of them easily defeated by the Vandread Dita and the allied RedshirtArmy, despite being nigh-invincible in its first appearance.

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* VillainDecay: Averted with the second Harvester mothership, which learned from earlier battles. It takes [[spoiler:a HeroicSacrifice by Gascogne]] to stop it. Played straight with the three motherships in the GrandFinale, where they are destroyed rather easily. Of course, this is probably due to the fact that [[spoiler:they were being ganged-up on by the fleets of three planets, one space station, three [[CoolShip cool ships]] and a hijacked Harvester mothership, courtesy of Gascogne, due to not being NotQuiteDead.]] Not to mention, they were [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil in the presence of the]] BigBad. The EvilKnockoff of the Nirvana also suffered from this, having TWO of them easily defeated by the Vandread Dita and the allied RedshirtArmy, despite being nigh-invincible in its first appearance.
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* IdiotPlot: Seriously, at the beginning. If you were gonna go up against space pirates in a massive experimental battleship, you should ''at least'' let it be run by an experienced crew or give the assigned one some combat training. There should've been no excuse to cancel the exhibition either, even if it was interrupted by someone trying to steal the mecha used, if that was gonna give them a possible chance against the upcoming space pirate force that is Mango's. Not to mention that Tarak is all about ''efficiency'' and sending an inexperienced crew to deal with a threat that has more combat experience is already a contradiction to that belief.

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* IdiotPlot: Seriously, at the beginning. If you were gonna go up against space pirates in a massive experimental battleship, you should ''at least'' let it be run by an experienced crew or give the assigned one some combat training. There should've been no excuse to cancel the exhibition either, even if it was interrupted by someone trying to steal the mecha used, if that was gonna give them a possible chance against the upcoming space pirate force that is Mango's.Magno's. Not to mention that Tarak is all about ''efficiency'' and sending an inexperienced crew to deal with a threat that has more combat experience is already a contradiction to that belief.
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* IdiotPlot: Seriously, at the beginning. If you were gonna go up against space pirates in a massive experimental battleship, you should ''at least'' let it be run by an experienced crew or give the assigned one some combat training. There should've been no excuse to cancel the exhibition either, even if it was interrupted by someone trying to steal the mecha used, if that was gonna give them a possible chance against the upcoming space pirate force that is Mango's. Not to mention that Tarak is all about ''efficiency'' and sending an inexperienced crew to deal with a threat that has more combat experience is already a contradiction to that belief.
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* IdiotPlot: Seriously, at the beginning. If you were gonna go up against space pirates in a massive experimental battleship, you should ''at least'' let it be run by an experienced crew or give the assigned one some combat training. There should've been no excuse to cancel the exhibition either, even if it was interrupted by someone trying to steal the mecha used, if that was gonna give them a possible chance against the upcoming space pirate force that is Mango's. Not to mention that Tarak is all about ''efficiency'' and sending an inexperienced crew to deal with a threat that has more combat experience is already a contradiction to that belief.
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* IdiotPlot: Seriously, at the beginning. If you were gonna go up against space pirates in a massive experimental battleship, you should ''at least'' let it be run by an experienced crew or give the assigned one some combat training. There should've been no excuse to cancel the exhibition either, even if it was interrupted by someone trying to steal the mecha used, if that was gonna give them a possible chance against the upcoming space pirate force that is Mango's. Not to mention that Tarak is all about ''efficiency'' and sending an inexperienced crew to deal with a threat that has more combat experience is already a contradiction to that belief.

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* FreudWasRight (The way the girls (Dita and Jura more than Meia) fight over who gets to combine with Hibiki, not to mention Barnette's jealousy of Jura's intense desire to combine with Hibiki and the fact that a Vanguard can ''only'' combine with a Dread, not another Vanguard...yes, the CombiningMecha are ''totally'' a metaphor for sex)

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* FreudWasRight (The FreudWasRight: The way the girls (Dita and Jura more than Meia) fight over who gets to combine with Hibiki, not to mention Barnette's jealousy of Jura's intense desire to combine with Hibiki and the fact that a Vanguard can ''only'' combine with a Dread, not another Vanguard...yes, the CombiningMecha are ''totally'' a metaphor for sex)sex.



* TheScrappy - Pyoro and Bart.

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* TheScrappy - RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Bart. Not only was he rescued, but he TookALevelInBadass, complete with the Nirvana gaining a BeamSpam.
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Pyoro and Bart.



* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap - Bart. Not only was he rescued, but he TookALevelInBadass, complete with the Nirvana gaining a BeamSpam.
* VillainDecay - Averted with the second Harvester mothership, which learned from earlier battles. It takes [[spoiler:a HeroicSacrifice by Gascogne]] to stop it. Played straight with the three motherships in the GrandFinale, where they are destroyed rather easily. Of course, this is probably due to the fact that [[spoiler:they were being ganged-up on by the fleets of three planets, one space station, three [[CoolShip cool ships]] and a hijacked Harvester mothership, courtesy of Gascogne, due to not being NotQuiteDead.]] Not to mention, they were [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil in the presence of the]] BigBad. The EvilKnockoff of the Nirvana also suffered from this, having TWO of them easily defeated by the Vandread Dita and the allied RedshirtArmy, despite being nigh-invincible in its first appearance.

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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap - Bart. Not only was he rescued, but he TookALevelInBadass, complete with the Nirvana gaining a BeamSpam.
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VillainDecay: Averted with the second Harvester mothership, which learned from earlier battles. It takes [[spoiler:a HeroicSacrifice by Gascogne]] to stop it. Played straight with the three motherships in the GrandFinale, where they are destroyed rather easily. Of course, this is probably due to the fact that [[spoiler:they were being ganged-up on by the fleets of three planets, one space station, three [[CoolShip cool ships]] and a hijacked Harvester mothership, courtesy of Gascogne, due to not being NotQuiteDead.]] Not to mention, they were [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil in the presence of the]] BigBad. The EvilKnockoff of the Nirvana also suffered from this, having TWO of them easily defeated by the Vandread Dita and the allied RedshirtArmy, despite being nigh-invincible in its first appearance.
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* TearJerker [[spoiler: Bart going into an UnstoppableRage to save an IllGirl on a planet from the Harvesters only to find out she died during the battle from her disease. A double whammy comes from the show cutting to her trying to hold on so she can see Bart again.]]
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* NightmareFuel: Meia's claustrophobia. It's particularly jarring given how lighthearted the series was up to that point.

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* GameBreaker: Super Vandread, so much so that it wasn't used outside of the finale after its first appearance because it would win all the fights in five minutes. And even then, the only thing that can prove a challenge to it is the single most powerful ship in the Harvest Fleet.



* LesYay: It is mainly between Barnette and Jura, justified in that they were both from a lesbian-based world setting. In ''Second Stage'', it happens briefly between Misty and Meia

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* LesYay: It is mainly between Barnette and Jura, justified in that they were both from a lesbian-based world setting. In ''Second Stage'', it happens briefly between Misty and MeiaMeia.

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** Hibiki is similar, being rather scrawny campared to every other man he's known. [[spoiler:Then it turns out he, unlike the others, he was ''not'' grown in a factory. Hibiki hasn't gone through gene therapy at all and thus lacks some manly advantages.]]

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** Hibiki is similar, being rather scrawny campared compared to every other man he's known. [[spoiler:Then it turns out he, unlike the others, he was ''not'' grown in a factory. Hibiki hasn't gone through gene therapy at all and thus lacks some manly advantages.]]]]
* FridgeHorror: We don't actually see the harvesting process occur on-screen, but it's implied that victims often aren't killed before being getting torn to pieces.


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* NightmareFuel: Meia's claustrophobia. It's particularly jarring given how lighthearted the series was up to that point.
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* {{HSQ}}: [[spoiler: Bart unlocking the Nirvana's BeamSpam and later, Super Vandread's debut.]]

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* TheScrappy - Pyoro and Bart
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap - Bart. Not only was he rescued, but he TookALevelInBadass, complete with the Nirvana gaining a BeamSpam

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* TheScrappy - Pyoro and Bart
Bart.
** An interesting note about Pyoro. Before he became a scrappy, he was an emotionless automaton with hardly any emotion whatsoever. However, he's still a candidate for scrappydom by being intensely irritating PluckyComicRelief.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap - Bart. Not only was he rescued, but he TookALevelInBadass, complete with the Nirvana gaining a BeamSpamBeamSpam.
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* FetishFuel: The pirate crew got something for everyone: Lesbians, maids, [[TheLadette tomboys]], GenkiGirls, {{Tsundere}}s, maids, nurses, WrenchWench es, [[spoiler:WholesomeCrossdresser]].

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* FetishFuel: The pirate crew got something for everyone: Lesbians, maids, [[TheLadette tomboys]], GenkiGirls, {{Tsundere}}s, maids, nurses, WrenchWench es, [[spoiler:WholesomeCrossdresser]].
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* LesYay: It is mainly between Barnette and Jura, justified in that they were both from a lesbian-based world setting. In ''Second Stage'', it happens briefly between Misty and Meia
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* FetishFuel: The pirate crew got something for everyone: Lesbians, maids, [[TheLadette tomboys]], GenkiGirls, {{Tsundere}}s, maids, nurses, WrenchWench es, [[[[spoiler:WholesomeCrossdresser]]]].

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* FetishFuel: The pirate crew got something for everyone: Lesbians, maids, [[TheLadette tomboys]], GenkiGirls, {{Tsundere}}s, maids, nurses, WrenchWench es, [[[[spoiler:WholesomeCrossdresser]]]].[[spoiler:WholesomeCrossdresser]].
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* FreudWasRight (The way the girls (Dita and Jura more than Meia) fight over who gets to combine with Hibiki, not to mention Barnette's jealousy of Jura's intense desire to combine with Hibiki and the fact that a Vanguard can ''only'' combine with a Dread, not another Vanguard...yes, the CombiningMecha are ''totally'' a metaphor for sex)
** The Tarak ship and the pirate ship combining, with Bart as its pilot Buck-nekkid and all) represents reproduction.
*** To analyze that metaphor further, the [[spoiler:Nirvana's development of what amounts to a Wave-Motion Gun and the uncooperativeness of the Paxis at the time are an obvious analogue for Puberty, and the actual firing of said gun could be one for ejaculation.]]
** At least early on, whenever Hibiki and the girls were done, the boy was absolutely exhausted for no real reason, especially if he combined multiple times in a battle.
*** In that case, the [[spoiler:Super Vandread would be an analogue to a... fivesome? Hibiki, Dita, Meia, Jura and not to forget Pyoro...]]
**** Maybe a convoluted summary of their final relationships, or that they are one big happy family?
** The first time Hibiki and Meia combined, when we first saw them after the last Harvester was destroyed, they both collapsed in their seats exhausted, taking in deep, panting breaths. I think they were sweating too.
** Seriously? How has no-one mentioned Dita's highly... ''suggestive'' bouncy-ness after the second use of Vandread Dita??? XD
* FridgeBrilliance: At first glance, the fact that EVERY female on the ship (who is neither absurdly old nor young) is VERY well endowed seems to be plain ol' fanservice. [[spoiler:However, given the fact that the Pirate's home planet was created so that reproductive organs could be harvested for use on Earth, it makes perfect sense that Mejale women would be better equipped than normal]]. This is made more apparent by Misty's (a non-Mejalian) being of relatively normal build as compared to Dita, who is the same age yet FAR more developed.
** Hibiki is similar, being rather scrawny campared to every other man he's known. [[spoiler:Then it turns out he, unlike the others, he was ''not'' grown in a factory. Hibiki hasn't gone through gene therapy at all and thus lacks some manly advantages.]]
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* FetishFuel: The pirate crew got something for everyone: Lesbians, maids, [[TheLadette tomboys]], GenkiGirls, {{Tsundere}}s, maids, nurses, WrenchWench es, [[spoiler:[[WholesomeCrossdresser]]]].

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* FetishFuel: *FetishFuel: The pirate crew got something for everyone: Lesbians, maids, [[TheLadette tomboys]], GenkiGirls, {{Tsundere}}s, maids, nurses, WrenchWench es, [[spoiler:[[WholesomeCrossdresser]]]].[[[[spoiler:WholesomeCrossdresser]]]].
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* FetishFuel: The pirate crew got something for everyone: Lesbians, maids, [[TheLadette tomboys]], GenkiGirls, {{Tsundere}}s, maids, nurses, WrenchWenches, [[spoiler:[[WholesomeCrossdressers]]]].

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* FetishFuel: *FetishFuel: The pirate crew got something for everyone: Lesbians, maids, [[TheLadette tomboys]], GenkiGirls, {{Tsundere}}s, maids, nurses, WrenchWenches, [[spoiler:[[WholesomeCrossdressers]]]].WrenchWench es, [[spoiler:[[WholesomeCrossdresser]]]].
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* FetishFuel: The pirate crew got something for everyone: Lesbians, maids, [[TheLadette tomboys]], GenkiGirls, {{Tsundere}}s, maids, nurses, WrenchWenches[[spoiler:WholesomeCrossdressers]].

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* FetishFuel: *FetishFuel: The pirate crew got something for everyone: Lesbians, maids, [[TheLadette tomboys]], GenkiGirls, {{Tsundere}}s, maids, nurses, WrenchWenches[[spoiler:WholesomeCrossdressers]].WrenchWenches, [[spoiler:[[WholesomeCrossdressers]]]].
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* FetishFuel: The pirate crew got something for everyone: Lesbians, maids, [[TheLadette tomboys]], GenkiGirls, {{Tsundere}}s, maids, nurses, [[spoiler:WholesomeCrossdressers]].

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* FetishFuel: *FetishFuel: The pirate crew got something for everyone: Lesbians, maids, [[TheLadette tomboys]], GenkiGirls, {{Tsundere}}s, maids, nurses, [[spoiler:WholesomeCrossdressers]].WrenchWenches[[spoiler:WholesomeCrossdressers]].
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*FetishFuel: The pirate crew got something for everyone: Lesbians, maids, [[TheLadette tomboys]], GenkiGirls, {{Tsundere}}s, maids, nurses, [[spoiler:WholesomeCrossdressers]].
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: The humans still on Earth cross it by creating the aliens that the Nirvana's crew regularly fight against in order to harvest the organs of their spacefaring brothers and sisters for the sake of self preservation.]]
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* VillainDecay - Averted with the second Harvester mothership, which learned from earlier battles. It takes [[spoiler:a HeroicSacrifice by Gascogne]] to stop it. Played straight with the three motherships in the GrandFinale, where they are destroyed rather easily. Of course, this is probably due to the fact that [[spoiler:they were being ganged-up on by the fleets of three planets, one space station, three [[CoolShip cool ships]] and [[spoiler:a hijacked Harvester mothership, courtesy of Gascogne, due to not being NotQuiteDead.]] Not to mention, they were [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil in the presence of the]] BigBad. The EvilKnockoff of the Nirvana also suffered from this, having TWO of them easily defeated by the Vandread Dita and the allied RedshirtArmy, despite being nigh-invincible in its first appearance.

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* VillainDecay - Averted with the second Harvester mothership, which learned from earlier battles. It takes [[spoiler:a HeroicSacrifice by Gascogne]] to stop it. Played straight with the three motherships in the GrandFinale, where they are destroyed rather easily. Of course, this is probably due to the fact that [[spoiler:they were being ganged-up on by the fleets of three planets, one space station, three [[CoolShip cool ships]] and [[spoiler:a a hijacked Harvester mothership, courtesy of Gascogne, due to not being NotQuiteDead.]] Not to mention, they were [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil in the presence of the]] BigBad. The EvilKnockoff of the Nirvana also suffered from this, having TWO of them easily defeated by the Vandread Dita and the allied RedshirtArmy, despite being nigh-invincible in its first appearance.
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* TearJerker [[spoiler: Bart going into an UnstoppableRage to save an IllGirl on a planet from the Harvesters only to find out she died during the battle from her disease. A double whammy comes from the show cutting to her trying to hold on so she can see Bart again.]]
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap - Bart. Not only was he rescued, but he TookALevelInBadass, complete with the Nirvana gaining a BeamSpam

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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap - Bart. Not only was he rescued, but he TookALevelInBadass, complete with the Nirvana gaining a BeamSpamBeamSpam
* VillainDecay - Averted with the second Harvester mothership, which learned from earlier battles. It takes [[spoiler:a HeroicSacrifice by Gascogne]] to stop it. Played straight with the three motherships in the GrandFinale, where they are destroyed rather easily. Of course, this is probably due to the fact that [[spoiler:they were being ganged-up on by the fleets of three planets, one space station, three [[CoolShip cool ships]] and [[spoiler:a hijacked Harvester mothership, courtesy of Gascogne, due to not being NotQuiteDead.]] Not to mention, they were [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil in the presence of the]] BigBad. The EvilKnockoff of the Nirvana also suffered from this, having TWO of them easily defeated by the Vandread Dita and the allied RedshirtArmy, despite being nigh-invincible in its first appearance.
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* TheScrappy (Pyoro)
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap (Bart. Not only was he rescued, but he TookALevelInBadass, complete with the Nirvana gaining a BeamSpam

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