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15	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/RioRainbowGate_7660.jpg]]
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17	The Howard Resort and Casino is a lavish entertainment venue, where Hollywood stars and people from the upper class gather to place their bets. The motto is "It's all for the customer." One of the celebrities of this casino is Rio Rollins, a female dealer known as the Goddess of Victory for her superhuman luck. Rio's congenial nature makes her a target for manager Tom Howard's titillating ways of promoting the casino, and drawing new friends to her side, including a new trainee from Russia, the granddaughter of a wealthy businessman staying at the casino, and her childhood friend. There are 13 Gate Cards, and one who has them all will hold the title of Most Valuable Casino Dealer. Rio and her friends engage in elaborate casino games to win the cards so Rio can find her mother, with hijinks ensuing, of course.
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19	A series of pachinko games, ''Rio'' was adapted into an anime by {{Creator/Xebec}} titled ''Rio -Rainbow Gate!-'', which aired in the winter 2011 season.
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21	Not to be confused with Creator/BlueSkyStudios' ''{{WesternAnimation/Rio}}''.
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23	!!Tropes in ''Rio -Rainbow Gate!-'' include:
24	* ActionGirl: Rio who can hold off ''five men'' without breaking her smile in a {{Meido}} [[NinjaMaid outfit]] pretty much qualifies.
25	%% * AllMenArePerverts: "Miss! Miss! Miss!"
26	* AlliterativeName: Rio Rollins. Her mother Risa counts too, and is even known to have gone by the nickname "Double R" for this bit of alliteration.
27	* AnimeChineseGirl: Yang-Yang & An-An. Both are dresed as a pair of {{Chinese Vampire}}s. [[spoiler:Although An-An is really Choco, disguised as a girl by Yang-Yang]].
28	* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Elvis, though if he gets one little thing wrong, he falls to Rio as easily as the rest.
29	%% * TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: The end of the Flying Casino arc.]]
30	%% * BatmanGambit: Rio does this in episode 8
31	* BeyondTheImpossible: Special mention goes to the Sky Resort, a building that flies without any visible propulsion, defying all kinds of physics and gravity laws.
32	* BigBad: Cartia.
33	* BigEater: The ghost of Misery loved to eat lots of chicken wings when she was alive, and still does so as a ghost, making Rosa do so while possessing her. Rosa ended up wondering why she didn't lose weight while trying to go on a diet.
34	%% * BiggerIsBetter:
35	%% ** A ''gigantic roulette'' nonetheless.
36	%% ** And then episode 5 gives us the most '' extreme slide''.
37	%% ** A ''[[RunningGag gigantic]]'' holographic space game.
38	* TheBrute: King. Couples with BookDumb as he only knows the alphabet up to Q and can count to 28.
39	%% * BornLucky: Rio
40	%% * BunnyGirl:
41	%% ** Everywhere. It's a casino.
42	%% ** As of the 6th episode, even ''Mint'' can wear one of those.
43	* ButNotTooForeign: Rina's father is apparently Japanese. [[spoiler: He's also Rio's father, acknowledged in the last episode where she's called "Rio Rollins-Tachibana".]]
44	* CarryingACake: Episode two ends with Ania bringing in a victory cake for Rio. Given Ania's nature, it was only a matter of time.
45	* ChainmailBikini: Worn by most of the female main cast during the game of "Concentration Bomber".
46	* ChekhovsGun: The fact that Choco is made in China becomes important later in the series.
47	* CripplingOverspecialization: Also overlaps with WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway. Yang-Yang's magic can only be used on things made in China. This gives her a wide range of objects, but an obvious weakness.
48	%% * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Carlos in the final episode [[spoiler:slices up the Casino guild weapons and he's a cop]].
49	* CuteClumsyGirl: Ania Helsing, who is clumsy enough to cause DisasterDominoes. She trips on a tree and ''three trees fall down on cars.''
50	%% * DamselInDistress: Rina gets hit with this trope. [[spoiler:{{Subverted\|Trope}}, due to a revealed FaceHeelTurn.]]
51	* DefeatEqualsFriendship: Played with. Elvis and Orlin both end up helping Rio to regain her confidence. And Misery doesn't exactly hang out with or help Rio and her friends, but she does warn Rio about part of Cartia's plans. [[spoiler: Played more or less straight with Jack and, in the end, with Rina.]]
52	* DemonicPossession: Rosa gets possessed at a couple points by [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Misery]].
53	%% * DidISayThatOutLoud: King after revealing that he shattered the coin.
54	* DirtyOldMan: Tom Howard, definitely. Especially how he takes every opportunity possible to make a MsFanservice out of Rio, much to her disdain.
55	* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:Rina and Rio's dad is at first thought to have abandoned them both to be with Risa. [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou It turns out that both Risa and he are working undercover as police officers.]]]]
56	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Averted with [[spoiler: Cartia]], as Linda dropped the Flying Casino on the lone highway at the end of Episode 13, preventing her from starting her new plan of revenge on Rio.
57	* DumbMuscle: King is strong enough to crush a metal coin into dust with one hand, and he would like you to know he's not a moron as he knows the alphabet up to Q and can count to 28.
58	* EasilyForgiven: The Casino Guild radicals want to take over the world with the Gates, [[spoiler: after they lose the police just let them go with a warning. No arrests or financial penalties.]]
59	* EmotionlessGirl: Ille doesn't seem to [[DullSurprise react like a normal person would]]. She usually just repeats any line her sister Elle says.
60	* ThreateningShark: Well, holographic sharks in this case. [[RuleOfCool Which Rio uses to surf on.]]
61	%% * FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Rina]]
62	* {{Fanservice}}: It's a Xebec anime with lots of young women in various levels of being scantily clad.
63	* FearOfThunder: Rio cowers under the covers of her bed during a big thunderstorm and says outright that she's scared of thunder.
64	* FictionalEarth: More than usual in this type of anime. This is a world with flying buildings, ghosts, sentient robots, real wizards, a family of telekinetics, and a family that control minds and probability. Additionally casino gambling is SeriousBusiness and the general public [[MundaneFantastic has always had some idea that the world is a magical place, even if it's mostly rumours]].
65	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Rina was suspicious [[spoiler:when she finds out about Rio's role as a Gate Card Holder. [[FaceHeelTurn Cue Episode 8]]]].
66	%% * FunnyAfro: Carlos Tanaka.
67	%% * GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:Cartia's plan.]]
68	* GenkiGirl: Linda, who, for Yoko Hikasa, is PlayingAgainstType. Most of her characters aren't ''this'' chipper or high-pitched.
69	* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals:
70	** Mint's bear, Choco.
71	** And so does one VillainOfTheWeek
72	%% * {{Gonk}}: That guy in episode 4. Tom Howard counts as well with his ridiculously large head on a normal body.
73	* GottaCatchEmAll: The 13 Gate cards, which grant one the title of [[ToBeAMaster Most Valuable Casino Dealer]]. Rio has one, and competitors with the rest come to challenge her.
74	* GratuitousEnglish:
75	** "Have a lucky day!" in the Howard Casino ad videos.
76	** Bull Hard, who speaks in a garbled mess of English and Japanese.
77	%% ** "Are You Leggy?"
78	%% * HeroicBastard: [[spoiler:Rio is implied to be this.]]
79	%% * HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Rio got hit so hard after she lost against Rina, it took a StealthMentor to bring her back.]]
80	* HighClassGlass: Mint's grandfather goes all out on the rich guy look, having a top hat, monocle, cane, three piece suit, the works.
81	%% * HotWitch: Dana, who works as a magician and fortune teller at the Howard Resort, dresses like one.
82	* HypocriticalHumor: Ille and Elle remark on the oddity of the hacked Linda repeating everything she says twice, while half of Ille's dialogue is just her repeating whatever her sister says.
83	%% * IdiotsCannotCatchColds: King's family never caught a cold for 300 years.
84	%% * IdiotHair: Mint and Tom sort of.
85	* ImThinkingItOver: In an early episode, Howard is threatened with death if he does not allow Rio to wager ownership of his casino resort. He gives Rio several conflicting answers as the Death Trap gets closer and closer to killing before Rio decides to go through with the wager.
86	* InstantCosplaySurprise: When Howard changes Rio into her BarelyThereSwimwear, she only realizes this after she's magically changed into it.
87	%% * IntertwinedFingers: Elle & Ille in the opening credits.
88	* TheKlutz: Ania Helsing, whose hobbies include falling down a lot and playing dominoes with slot machines.
89	%% * LargeHam: Tom Howard.
90	* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: [[spoiler: Two mysterious figures are standing on the top of Howard's Resort at the last few minutes of the final episode: a caped man and a young blonde girl, both with sinister smiles, possibly suggesting a second season to come.]]
91	* LosingYourHead: Linda the RobotGirl is prone to this due a loose locking device after impact damage to her back. [[spoiler: This contributes to her loss when she challenged Rio.]]
92	* LostTechnology: The Gates are [[{{Magitek}} magitek]] artifacts from a precursor civilization, tarot and playing cards are based on the 13 Gates.
93	* TheMagicPokerEquation: Rio's abilities cause extreme luck. [[spoiler:Subverted differently: the first episode has her winning the big hand with a pair of twos over queen-high.]]
94	* MaleGaze: Tom Howard tries promoting the resort using as much Rio-centered eye-candy as possible.
95	* MindControl: What the roll ruler power is about, the probability manipulation/luck power is just a subset of this ability. Roll ruler can also be used to create illusions and influence living things (Rina used it to make a hungry bear leave her and Mint alone).
96	* MonsterOfTheWeek: Really, take away any adult content and this show would be a straight Saturday morning cartoon.
97	* {{Mascot}}: Rio herself, having started out as a mascot for a series of pachinko machines in Japan.
98	* MissingMom: [[spoiler: Rio was abandoned by her mother, [[TheAce Risa Rollins]], who had to disappear to protect Rio from the [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Casino Guild]] (which plotted to kidnap Risa after she won all the gate cards). And she also happens to be good friends with Tom Howard.]]
99	%% * ModestyTowel: In the HotSpringsEpisode. Then the towel comes off...
100	%% * MotorMouth: How Linda speaks for the first time in the series, before she knocks herself on the head to recalibrate her speech.
101	%% * MsFanservice: Rio, but she doesn't like it. Not one bit, especially when Tom Howard puts her into it one way or another.
102	%% * MundaneMadeAwesome:
103	%% ** Even a simple game of poker is represented as a duel on par with ''Manga/{{Saki}}'''s mahjong. Scratch that, it's at ''Manga/{{Akagi}}'' levels already.
104	%% ** A Flying Casino.
105	%% * OddlyVisibleEyebrows
106	%% * PerpetuallyShinyBodies
107	* PerpetualPoverty: Happens twice. The Howard team wins back 15% of the money of their ex-casino, that's enough to fill their bathtub in large bills. And they lose it seconds later to the wizard Yan Yan. Rio beats Yan Yan, but all she bet was for help in getting Mint's teddy bear back. The second time [[spoiler: is when Rio wins all 13 Gates, the prize money for becoming the new MVCD is $100 million. All that money got sent to Tom Howard instead and he pockets every penny of it.]] The lost riches doesn't bother the characters at all as they love their jobs.
108	%% * PhenotypeStereotype: Ania.
109	%% * NumerologicalMotif: Each of the Gate Holders is assigned a number or face value based on their Playing Card Motif:
110	%% ** Two: The Joker
111	%% ** Three: Elvis
112	%% ** Four: Linda. [[spoiler: The card was given to her by Cartia while Jack controlled Linda during the battle.]]
113	%% ** Five:
114	%% ** Six:
115	%% ** Seven: Rio
116	%% ** Eight: [[spoiler: Dana]]
117	%% ** Nine:
118	%% ** Ten: Yang-Yang
119	%% ** Jack: Jack Mighty
120	%% ** Queen: Merciless Queen
121	%% ** King: Strong-Armed King
122	%% ** Ace: [[spoiler: Rina]]
123	%% * RandomNumberGod: Out in full force.
124	%% * RapidFireTyping
125	* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:Rina wants revenge against Rio and her mother, for stealing their father away. [[BigBad Cartia]] took full advantage of this to make Rina an UnwittingPawn.]]
126	%% * RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Lina
127	%% * RobotGirl: Linda
128	%% * SequelHook
129	%% * {{Sexophone}}: Played straight ''and'' subverted.
130	* ShoutOut:
131	** In episode 5, Howard tries to come up with some fancy name for some (no doubt [[DirtyOldMan lewd]]) event to commemorate the opening of the Sky Resort. One of these names is [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Dead or Alive Paradise]], which may also double as a MythologyGag, given that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zORM4ROd2FU&feature=related Rio ran the casino]] and [[SpecialGuest was an unlockable character]] in the PSP game of the same name.
132	** Jack Mighty, a kid whose family specializes in disarming bombs, is a reference to ''[[VideoGame/BombJack Mighty Bomb Jack]]''. Jack's medallion even has a design on its face that resembles [[http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh185/Ghostseid/RRG-MightyBombJackMedallion.jpg Bomb Jack's helmet]]. Jack later wears the complete outfit when getting Mint to the resort.
133	** Perhaps the least subtle is where the program controlling the barriers around Linda is represented by a game of ''VideoGame/StarForce''.
134	%% * ShyFingerTwiddling: Rio after being offered the job of training Ania.
135	%% * SingleMindedTwins: Ille and Elle Adams
136	* SiblingYinYang: Elle is talkative while Ille is TheQuietOne.
137	%% * SinisterSilhouettes: [[spoiler: Risa Rollins]]
138	%% * SoftWater
139	* SpannerInTheWorks:
140	** Misery did not plan for Ania's clumsiness when she tried to take over the Howard Casino.
141	** Nor did she plan for Rina spiking her favorite Chicken Wings with [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce super hot chili peppers]] when she challenged Rio.
142	* StatuesqueStunner: Tiffany is easily the tallest woman in the crowd and she's a blonde beauty in the skimpiest uniform.
143	%% * StealthMentor: Joker [[spoiler:aka. [[MissingMom Risa Rollins]]]]
144	%% * StringyHairedGhostGirl: Misery. While she does have the long hair, it differs from the usual black by being white instead.
145	* {{Stripperiffic}}:
146	** Rio, involuntarily. Tiffany's [[PlayboyBunny bunny suit]] has exposed midriffs, CleavageWindow [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes AND]] {{Underboobs}}.
147	** By episode 11, just about [[http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/9382/riorainbowgate11imagega.jpg everyone]] all of Rio's friends (including Mint!) end up in such outfits during a challenge.
148	* StuffBlowingUp: Concentration Bomber punishes the players with an explosion if they don't find matching cards, but due to a programming error, if played, the entire complex the game is located in also explodes.
149	* TarotTroubles:
150	** The show pulls the typical "the Death card was drawn" played-for-drama bit during a reading for Rio and Rina. Whether or not the Lovers card drawn at the end will be relevant in the next episode or not...
151	** [[spoiler:And later comes to fruition when Risa reveals her true plan.]]
152	%% * TanLines
153	* TokenMiniMoe:
154	** Mint, although she's generally exempt from the {{fanservice}}.
155	** Subverted in episode 11. She's in quite a skimpy warrior-esque outfit, including a notable shot that completely shows her legs, and they're quite... long.
156	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Misery the MonsterOfTheWeek ''loves'' chicken wings.
157	%% * TransformationSequence:
158	%% ** Rio does this prior to or when engaging in the Gate Challenges.
159	%% ** She does it as well in the regularly playing daily video greeting seen in the various monitors around the casino where she says [[GratuitousEnglish "Have a Lucky Day!"]], though this was [[DirtyOldMan Tom Howard's]] idea, resulting in the obvious {{Fanservice}} being clearly seen by all who view it; needless to say it's yet another of Rio's pet peeves.
160	* UndercoverCopReveal: [[spoiler: Carlos Tanaka, who does so rather dramatically by swiping at the antagonists with a katana, and destroying their weapons in the process, before showing his badge.]]
161	%% * UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Howard during the Flying Casino arc and Rina by the final gate battle.]]
162	* WardrobeMalfunction:
163	** Rio's wedding dress gets ripped at the skirt by Mint after the latter trips and grabs it at the end of episode 1, much to the delight of [[DirtyOldMan Tom Howard]]. Gets followed by a ScreamDiscretionShot by Rio.
164	** Teased with Rio during the virtual beach volleyball game in the giant roulette challenge in episode 2, when the top of her [[BarelyThereSwimwear bikini]] gets undone, but somehow it gets fixed shortly after.
165	** One instance borders on ClothingDamage, where Rio and her childhood friend Rina are pitted battle of skeet shoot where they shoot coins. A miss by the shooter (when it's her turn) results in her (already skimpy clothing) getting undone piece by piece (in fact the first one results in a NavelDeepNeckline). And at the end of that challenge [[spoiler: which resulted in a draw]], Rio, whose hotpants were undone in the match, ends up absentmindedly [[DressHitsFloor dropping them]] in full view of the spectators, much to her horror.
166	%% ** In episode 10, she actually {{lampshade\|Hanging}}s it.
167	%% * WeaselMascot: Chip
168	* WindsOfDestinyChange: Not only does Rio have extraordinarily good luck for herself, she changes the environment so everyone [[SuperEmpowering gets some of that luck]] when she's in their presence. Apparently, they call it roll ruler.
169	* WorldHealingWave: [[spoiler: Once Rio becomes the MVCD, her roll ruler power is augmented by the 13 Gates and she creates a global wave of good fortune to the point of granting some peoples wishes (one man's thinning hair becomes a massive shock of hair that headbangers would envy and a 30 year civil war ends peacefully).]]

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