!Series-specific YMMV
* AngstWhatAngst: Despite what had happened to her during the "ODE Incident" in ''Gaiden'', Lamia has quickly gotten over it. Perhaps Lemon didn't design her to dream in her sleep so she never had nightmares about it.
* AnticlimaxBoss:
** Not that [[Characters/MasouKishin Shu Shirakawa]] is easier than the {{Mook}}s, but [[spoiler:after fighting someone like [[Characters/CompatiHeroSeries Dark Brain]]]], he's comparatively easier (since the latter is ThatOneBoss), even when he's the [[spoiler:TrueFinalBoss]] for ''Original Generation Gaiden''. Quite a shame when he was horrendously difficult in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars3'' and was the hardest boss in franchise history in his ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden]]'' incarnation, though the primitiveness of the game mechanics for those installments contributed to his difficulty back then, as well as his knack of constantly casting "Spirit Commands" like his ''Alpha Gaiden'' counterpart.
** In the ''Second Original Generation'', [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Euzeth Gozzo]]]] is a lot easier especially after pitting players through [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Perfectio]] and his cronies in a MarathonLevel.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[AwesomeMusic/SuperRobotWars See here]]
* BadassDecay:
** While [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Lamia Loveless]]' treatment in ''Original Generation Gaiden'' is debatable (be it this or BadassInDistress), ''[[AnimatedAdaptation The Inspectors]]'' turns her Angelg into nothing, but a "HumongousMecha that flies and [[TheWorfEffect constantly gets beaten up]] and only good for blowing up" (except that one time performing [[CombinationAttack Phantom Phoenix with Royal Heart Breaker]]), making Lamia ''look'' like a FauxActionGirl until she gets her hands on the Vysaga, and only starts racking up good kill counts afterwards (while the show makes a black-{{Palette Swap}}ped Angelg for [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Echidna Iisaki]]; unfortunately, it too serves to get destroyed). The ''Record of ATX'' manga portion of ''The Inspectors'' (based more on the {{Anime}} while taking up some story elements from the game) averts this, having Lamia use the Angelg just as capable enough to rack a high kill count.
** GameplayAndStoryIntegration example: while the [[spoiler:Leige Geios from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars4'']] is still formidable in the ''Second Original Generation'', it's nowhere near the monstrosity it was when it first appeared in its respective debut. This may be a case of being a DegradedBoss later in the ''Second Original Generation''.
* BlindIdiotTranslation: The English translation for ''The Moon Dwellers'' could be better - there are multiple instances of typos, punctuation errors, poor use of grammar, stiff lines of dialogue and incorrect nomenclature[[note]]Battleship names are taken at their literal Romanization from Japanese sources, like the ''Hagwane'' and ''Kurogwane'', an egregious fault when Creator/{{Atlus}}' localization didn't fall for such flimsiness. It is noted that the one mistranslation that international players generally let slide was "Slave" to "Slaybe"[[/note]]. What's infuriating is ''Gundam Breaker 3'', also translated by Bandai Namco and released in English five months earlier, has a more coherent localization compared to ''The Moon Dwellers''.
* BreatherBoss:
** In ''Original Generation Gaiden'', [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal Duminuss]] serve as this in the scenario between fighting [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact3 Alkaid Naash]] and [[spoiler:[[ThatOneBoss Dark Brain]]]], for the fact that it's not using Spirit Commands after you damage it enough (including HP-recovering one). Once it appears, you can just pound it to death without any interruptions or things that render your SP-consumption futile.
** If players are aiming for the route leading to the TrueFinalBoss in the ''Second Original Generation'', the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsMX AI-1]] and [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationAntagonists Duvan Org]] are this: despite being a DualBoss in the scenario after the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny'' finale, they don't have Perfectio's unit abilities nor his event-driven, RegeneratingHealth situation. Additionally, this scenario is where [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Einst]] [[EleventhHourRanger Alfimi]]]] joins the party for the rest of the game.
* BrokenBase: Now [[BrokenBase/SuperRobotWars with its own page]].
* CatharsisFactor:
** Chapter 34 of ''Original Generation Gaiden'' is the only map where you can deploy Lamia and face off against Bartolls. If you still feel like she's done dirty by the Bartolls that captured her, put her through humiliating and life-threatening situation for a long time in the first place and she deserves sweet {{Revenge}} (the rest of the captives already had their time when they faced [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationAntagonists Wilhem von Juergen]]), [[BadassInDistress go ahead and send her to destroy all the Bartolls herself]], she has enough tools to make it happen herself. As a bonus, she ''also'' has special quotes against those machines expressing displeasure at her capture by them and promises that [[WorfHadTheFlu the incident won't happen again]] this time.
** "Free Battle Mode" in ''Original Generation Gaiden'' allows players to create their own, custom battle scenes with any unit-pilot combinations available from the Platform/PlayStation2 games. It's useful for finding out hidden battle quotes with certain unit/pilot match-ups, yet it equally creates this trope. If the above Lamia/Juergen scenario didn't satisfy players, they can go beyond like pitting heroic characters against HateSink {{Complete Monster}}s (see below) or the villainous {{Eldritch Abomination}}s getting pounded by {{Mook}} units from 100% HP (yes. Those hundreds and thousands of HP of Dark Brain can be taken down in puny pellets by a LION series in one attack if you desire so).
** Beating Dark Brain himself, if you know where he originated. His debut was from an obscure Famicom game, ''SD Hero Soukessen'', where he was also a goddamn difficult final boss that many kids in the age before emulators and save states were unable to defeat. The kids have grown up, there has been other features to ease up their games now in ''OG Gaiden'', and even if Dark Brain is still utterly difficult here, with good preparation and game sense, they now have a chance to finally beat down that boss that terrorized them since childhood that they couldn't defeat with the likes of ''Ultraman''[[note]]Specifically Series/UltramanTaro, the final form of the Ultraman characters[[/note]], ''Kamen Rider''[[note]]Specifically Series/KamenRiderBlackRX, the final form of the Kamen Rider characters[[/note]], ''Gundam''[[note]]Specifically [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Nu Gundam]], the final form of the Gundam characters[[/note]] and ''Metal Heroes''[[note]]Specifically [[Series/KidouKeijiJiban Jiban]], the final form of the Metal Hero characters[[/note]].
* ClicheStorm: The games have enough HumongousMecha clichés to qualify as an AffectionateParody, but one thing that stands out is the [=SRX=]. It's a {{Super Robot}} [[CombiningMecha composed of]] [[PowerTrio three]] {{Real Robot}}s, one of which is a TransformingMecha, and two of its three pilots are {{psychic|Powers}}.
* CommonKnowledge: Being one of the few untranslated games for the longest time as well as the nature of the game being a GaidenGame, ''Original Generation Gaiden'' had a lot of 'statements' accepted as fact, when it isn't, thanks to NoExportForYou along with several word-by-word translation videos popping up in Youtube. Even then, usually the stages with the final battles were the only ones translated, leaving out a lot of important context.
** People considered that Wilhelm von Juergen was always in charge of ODE and responsible for 'killing' Lamia (more on this below). The more keen viewers would later realize that Juergen was... ''DeadAllAlong''. The rogue ODE System, having assimilated Juergen with no difficulty, just decided to use his face as an 'avatar' or sorts to express its will. When the heroic Psychodrivers tried to check his presence via their psychic links... they found no trace of Juergen at all. This does have an effect of Juergen being heavily {{Misblamed}} for the ODE Incident, although his crime was basically just about changing the direction of the system, but that's about it, he got killed for it before the incident began, and was only responsible in creating a menace, not directly directing it.
** All in all, while Lamia looked like she was killed by the ODE, the truth was that it's not quite. Players only believed that because of the heavy reaction of Kyosuke thinking that he caused her death, when in truth, Lamia was still in a condition more like the robotic equivalent of a comatose, not destroyed enough to be completely unsalvagable to be saved and repaired by Duminuss (Kyosuke's reaction was pretty common, however, there are many people who mistook a comatose person as already dead). So telling that the ODE killed her is not quite right and also served as yet another damning point for ODE and takes away its 'claims': ''It even failed to be a HeroKiller''.[[labelnote:Extra]]And overall, it also makes Lamia's captivity a NecessaryFail; when Kyosuke saved her, she was badly damaged that the Terra Federation did not have the resources to completely repair her to her former state, so succeeding in rescuing her that time would be like putting her on a life support or being considered 'crippled for life'. By being shot down, Duminuss can use its various technologies alien to Earth to actually restore Lamia to something actually repairable, and by the time Axel saved her, she's already in a condition that the Earth Federation can repair her to normal. So... [[NiceJobFixingItVillain good for you, ODE?]][[/labelnote]]
** Duminuss was touted to be a complete EvilMatriarch from start to finish due to its actions later where it forcefully had Tiz and Laliar merge with it without any tinge of regrets. For a lot of people, they may think that Duminuss' characterization was derailed from its ''Reversal'' counterpart where it was humanized with its kind treatment to the Homunculus. As it turned out... in the beginning, Duminuss actually was as close as it got with its ''Reversal'' counterpart, while it didn't dote on its homunculus, it was very trusting, cordial and cooperative with the Homunculus (it did treat everything else like expendable pawns, but then again as long as it's not about the Homunculus, the ''R'' counterpart did the same anyway to the various villain factions). What many failed to notice was that near the end of the game, while researching about the inner chamber of the Swordian Fortress, it learned about the phrase 'Wisdom of Darkness', basically Dark Brain's epitaph. Just hearing that [[GoMadFromTheRevelation turned its head mad]] due to its incompleteness and as a result, it resorted into a tunnel-vision in trying to 'meet its master', without any care for its Homunculus, leading to those events that made it look like an EvilMatriarch. That was what the heroes directly witnessed in the Swordian Fortress since it never made any other direct appearances since Hellgate Facility, so it made people think that it was Duminuss' nature all along when it was a little more complicated.
* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: For the custom MK II Gespensts in the ''Second Original Generation'', most players will usually stick with the "Type-N" frame as its weapons have longer range and its final attack is ALL-based, meaning it targets both units in a "Twin Unit" and any adjacent Twin. Expect pilots using this mecha to be near the top of the kill count, especially if they're paired with another pilot in a Twin Unit with the "Violent Assault"[[note]]Gain the effects of the "Accelerate" (+3 to movement), "Fury" (the next attack bypasses enemy barriers and defensive pilot skills), and "Assail" (any non-MAP attack can be used post-movement) Spirit Commands[[/note]] or "Continuous Attack"[[note]]If the next attack destroys an enemy or both enemies in a Twin Unit, pilot gains an extra action on the same turn[[/note]] "Twin Command". Bonus points if both pilots have the "Continuous Action"[[note]]If the next attack destroys an enemy or both enemies in a Twin Unit, pilot gains an extra action on the same turn. This only works once per turn[[/note]] pilot skill.
* CompleteMonster:
** [[SadistTeacher Aguilla Setme]] is the cruel head of "The School", a pilot training academy, and responsible for the {{Brainwashing}} and MindRape of countless children, turning them into heartless {{Child Soldier}}s, with no compunction about sending them off to die as CannonFodder or to kill civilians. Agilla's MindManipulation process is portrayed as painful and traumatic, with one of its "graduates", [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationSteelDragonBattleGroup Latooni Subbota]], saved from having what amounts to post-traumatic stress disorder and developing social issues. When [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha2 Arado Balanga]], another of the prorgram's "children" manages to escape, Agilla shows no remorse at {{Brainwashing}} his partner [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha2 Seolla Schweizer]] and sending her to kill him. When Seolla is liberated, Agilla decides to sic the three of them with their beloved OneeSama [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationAntagonists Ouka Nagisa]]; fortunately, Ouka frees herself long enough to [[TakingYouWithMe kill Agilla at the cost of her own life]]. What makes Agilla so sadistic is how she dubs the students as "[[ItIsDehumanizing samples]]" - test subjects to be used and discarded on a whim.
** The AxCrazy, sociopathic [[BloodKnight Archibald Grims]], a PsychoForHire without a cause, only wants and loves "needless bloodshed, especially from the innocents." He also gleefully forces Elzam to make a SadisticChoice, whether it's to allow Grims to unleash a deadly nerve gas, killing the entire populace of a colony, or to kill his, Elzam's, own wife to prevent the attack.
** [[PsychoForHire Lubikka Hakkinen]] is a brutal, {{sadist}}ic mercenary who leads attacks on civilian colonies all the while sporting a big SlasherSmile on his face. One of these attacks took the lives of the parents of Tytti Noorbuck, and this wasn't the first atrocity Lubikka had committed. When Tytti exposed him, Lubikka was forced to flee, becoming a mercenary raider who still carried out war crimes, except now he possesses a fixation on making Tytti suffer. He targets her friends and kills her lover Ricardo, all to hurt the one person who escaped him before he plans to kill her as well.
* ContinuityLockout: {{Zigzagged}} - while the developers had previously insisted players should play games in the main {{Continuity}} to understand the overall narrative, it becomes jarring when obscure Creator/{{Banpresto}} titles like ''Hero Senki: Project Olympus'' and ''The Great Battle'' series are not only referenced, but form a tie-in towards overall {{Continuity}}; even {{Spin Off}}s like ''[[VideoGame/EndlessFrontier Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier]]'' wound up making room for [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Axel Almer]] to appear and vice versa. The Archives section for ''The Moon Dwellers'', which chronicles every major event upwards to the game, helped mitigate some of this, but it still leaves out plenty of relevant details, not to mention the fact that all the text boxes in the videos of the plot events shown are still in Japanese with no translations for anything but the short descriptions of the events taking place between them.
* EpilepticTrees:
** If the famous "Gespenst Kick" was invented by [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsClassic Lenonjayce Starlord]], but it's [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationSteelDragonBattleGroup Kai Kitamura]] whom fans often attribute the technique to, where's Jayce in ''Original Generation'', let alone the rest of the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars4'' protagonists who aren't Irmgard Kazahara and Ring Mao? [[PutOnABus Does he exist off-screen]]? Will he be Kai's future student in the {{Sequel}}s? [[AdaptedOut Would he even appear or be mentioned at all]]?
** There appeared to be some connection between those freaky "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsMX Flatfish]]" and [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationSteelDragonBattleGroup Katina Tarask]] in ''Original Generation Gaiden'', given how she's constantly zoning out in their presence, before [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial blaming it on their fish-like appearance scaring her]]. Rather "unprofessional" of Katina, since she's usually not scared of anything. The {{Sequel}}s don't bother making a mention of this, yet the theory kept persisting, especially when veterans recall Katina had ties to something as monstrous as the "GAB-L", her HumongousMecha from her TradingCardGame origin.
** The "Twelve Keys" [[spoiler:Dark Brain]] mentions seeking in ''Original Generation Gaiden'': are they the same as the "12 Spheres" in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ''? Particular mention goes to the former, which was released roughly nine months before ''Z''; {{Jossed}} by the time the ''Second Original Generation'' was released, with its narrative explicitly stating the completed "Keys" are [[spoiler:the Gan Eden]].
* EvenBetterSequel: Compared to the first game, ''Original Generation 2'' has some of the best visuals on the Platform/GameBoyAdvance (pre-''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment''), backed by [[CharacterCustomization greater pilot/mecha]]/[[WeaponSpecialization weapon customization]], an even larger cast and a [[HiddenDepths deeper, engaging plot]] than its predecessor.
* ExiledFromContinuity: The notably absent Huckebeins in the {{Animated Adaptation}}s. See entry for more details.
* FanNickname: See [[FanNickname/SuperRobotWars here]] for the entries.

* GatewaySeries: Since ''Super Robot Wars'' relies on players knowing the material from licensed series, it can be overwhelming for newcomers who don't recognize certain titles from licensed installments, especially the obscure ones. The OriginalGeneration-only premise of this series means its characters and {{Mecha}} are easier to digest for new franchise players, and can be used as an anchor when they're trying the ''Super Robot Wars'' title the respective characters and their units made their debut in.
* GoddamnedBats:
** Every ''Original Generation'' game has at least one example, though Barrelions are the most consistent, having too much {{Hit Point}}s, will occasionally defend when attacked and come in large numbers. They don't exactly pose a threat, but are typically annoying during scenarios they appear in. At one point in ''Original Generation 2'', the game uses this to create a literal BeefGate made of Barrelions forming a wall on the map.
** The mass-produced [=JinRai=] in the ''Second Original Generation'' has a boatload of HP and armor in the same ballpark as the Barrelions, but higher, with an unusually high mobility rate. Justified since they're an offshoot of the [[HighlyVisibleNinja JinRai]], though they're made more annoying with each one having the same "Afterimage" ability [[note]]Gain a 50% chance of evading any attack at 130 Will or higher[[/note]] as the [=JinRai=]. Unless players cast the "Strike" Spirit Command[[note]]Gain 100% accuracy for one turn[[/note]] for a guaranteed hit, players will likely be burning away pilots' "Spirit Points" they are intending to save for dealing with bosses later in the same scenario. Oh, and mass-produced [=JinRai=] come in hordes of at least a dozen at once.
* HarsherInHindsight: TheReveal in ''Original Generation 2'' that Excellen has died before in her back-story adapted from ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Super Robot Wars Compact 2/Impact]]'' [[TearJerker will elicit some players' emotions]] when ''The Moon Dwellers'' was the final piece of work by her voice actress Creator/YukoMizutani, who passed away a month and half before its release.
* HilariousInHindsight: In this continuity, Axel having a knack to [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat cheat death multiple times]] gets a lot more hilarious in lieu of his voice actor's latter role as [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Lancer/Cu Chulainn]], where in [[Anime/CarnivalPhantasm that one spin off]] he got turned into a ButtMonkey that [[TheyKilledKennyAgain repeatedly dies for comedy.]] How many times has the cast/players wanted to say [[Memes/{{Nasuverse}} "AXEL GA SHINDA!" "KONO HITO DE NASHI!"]] only to be denied?[[note]]In a BlackComedy style, the quote is more applicable to Lamia after she was thought to be KIA (though just once), whereas Axel cheated death and saved the day later.[[/note]]
* IKnewIt:
** Regarding Beowulf: fans deduced he was associated with the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Einsts]] via FacialMarkings under his eyes in his character portrait for ''Original Generations'', similar to [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Einst Alfimi]]. The ''Endless Frontier'' drama CD doesn't explain why Beowulf's Gespenst MK III could regenerate a lost limb after Axel uses the Soulgain to destroy it, further fueling the speculation he is tied to the {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. The first five minutes of ''The Inspectors'' confirms this, but its validity in the games' {{Continuity}} has not been established yet.
** When the [[spoiler:Nashim Gan Eden]] fires a WaveMotionGun towards the moon just as the FinalBoss scenario is underway in the ''Second Original Generation'', many players believed this event was simply {{Foreshadowing}} ''Judgment'' getting into ''Original Generation'' as the villainous Fury reside deep within the moon; even [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha3 Elma]] makes a quip about this in ''Dark Prison'', citing the blast "did not hit any man-made structures". Sure enough, they serve as the headlining antagonists in ''The Moon Dwellers''.
* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: The enemies that the Steel Dragon Battle Group faced could be nightmarish and some of their enemies were just plain nasty and heinous. But the one that gets the most ire of the fans is Lee Linjun, because he's such an enormous jerk and the player had to put up with him for a considerable time in the Inspector War as an ally [[TheLoad who generally just makes things worse]], and after he betrays the good guys, he caused the death of the beloved Daitetsu Minase. Even when he does something right and beneficial for the climax of the Sealing War, the fans aren't so easy to just accept his redemption and still consider him the most hateable asshole in the cast.
* JustHereForGodzilla: The only reason players bought the premium edition of ''Infinite Battle'' at release was so they could play ''Dark Prison'' without having to wait six months for it to be sold as separate DownloadableContent. ''Infinite Battle'' itself was deemed SoOkayItsAverage.
* LowTierLetdown:
** Despite Sanger being one of the top characters in the ''Second Original Generation'', players can't seem to figure out what benefits his Ace Bonus provides[[note]]When Sanger reaches 130 Will, auto-cast the "Fury" Spirit Command[[/note]].
** The AM Gunner in the ''Second Original Generation'' is a unit no player wants to use as its arsenal needs a pilot who has the pilot skill "Hit & Away"[[note]]Enables movement after attacking[[/note]], weak attacks that can't be used post-movement, and [[spoiler:no Huckebein MK III to dock with to form the Huckebein Gunner, since all Huckebeins are destroyed in a mandatory event]].
** In ''The Moon Dwellers'', the Granteed: the unit cannot naturally fly, thus it's grounded; movement is cut in half whenever a unit traverses through city buildings, and the game features plenty of such city-based scenarios. Furthermore, the Granteed has little post-movement attacks, its weapons and "Orgone Cloud" barrier consume too much EN, weapon attack power is middling (even with upgrades) and the one attack in its arsenal that isn't Will dependent has pitiful range. While the [[MidSeasonUpgrade Granteed Dracodeus]] finally allows the unit flight, it becomes pointless since the rest of the game from that point on is set in space; finally, its strongest attack is locked out until completing the ''Judgment'' plot. Most players agree the unlockable [[spoiler:Coustwell Brachium]] is a better machine for Touya to use; it doesn't help ''The Moon Dwellers'' perpetually shoves Touya into the Granteed at every turn of the game.
* MemeticMutation: See its page [[Memes/SuperRobotWars here]].
* MemeticLoser: On whole, the ODE System was actually a credible threat enough to be treated as a global threat and it showed. In other scenarios, it would have been considered a legitimate threat and a dangerous opponent where Lamia's distress wouldn't be considered particularly embarrassing for her. Unfortunately, due to originating from a non-licensed show crossover OVA (therefore, it never did tangle with stalwart entries like ''Anime/MazingerZ'', ''Manga/GetterRobo'' or ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''), having the unfortunate situation of being created by a rather UnintentionallyUnsympathetic creator (often considered cosmically and dangerously {{Wangst}}y), as well as at all it served was basically being a DiscOneFinalBoss that later got taken over by Duminuss[[note]]And worse, in ''R'', Duminuss also messed with another artificial intelligence group which is basically [[Anime/GEARFighterDendoh Galfa Empire]] and that was basically the game's penultimate boss instead of a DiscOneFinalBoss.[[/note]], the ODE is basically viewed as a 'foolish upstart' and 'irrelevant wuss' compared to other threats (especially when later on, the series went on to go basically LovecraftLite) instead of a legitimate threat since it didn't have the 'legitimacy' of proving itself via fighting other licensed heroes.
* {{Misblamed}}: As stated in CommonKnowledge... Juergen was DeadAllAlong, but because his face was used by the ODE system as its avatar later and the fact that in its designed protocols while using his face, it committed a PlayerPunch... people saw it fit to think that it's all his fault, not just the system itself.
* MoralEventHorizon:
** As their entry in CompleteMonster states, characters like Archibald and Agilla crossed the horizon by default.
** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationAntagonists Lee Linjun]] crosses it when he [[spoiler:kills [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationSteelDragonBattleGroup Daitetsu Minase]]]]; of course, he was a {{Jerkass}} before that, too. [[spoiler:His admittance about how much he screwed up and doing a HeroicSacrifice that helps out the Steel Dragon Squad against Euzeth Gozzo is still a point of contention at whether it pulled him away from the horizon or not]].
** Beowulf has little characterization in the games since his initial appearance is limited to a prologue with no dialogue, leading people to believe he's an AlternateUniverse Kyosuke who's just as heroic. Post-ContinuityReboot, while his conversations are sparse, how the "[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Shadow-Mirror]]" paint him is any, but stellar. Within the first minute of ''The Inspectors'', he kills a defeated Ryusei by ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice - a sign Beowulf was more evil and monstrous than either the Shadow-Mirror or TheFederation he was working for. Not helping this incarnation is Beowulf espousing about "re-creating a new world" as he confronts Axel.
** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsReversal Duminuss]], at least in this continuity, crossed it when it, in its tunnel-vision to meet its creator, ordered Tiz and Laliar to merge with it and gaslighting them into thinking that they're doing this because they're 'good, obedient children of their creator'. It was bad enough that Arado and Seolla, already came out from traumatic 'parenting upbringing' via The School, actually [[YouMonster said it out loud that Duminuss]] is ''worse'' than [[HateSink Aguilla Setme]]. And to top it off, the next thing Duminuss said is that it felt absolutely no regret of doing so.
** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Gu-Landon Goetz]] has more on-screen prescence compared to his home game and while he does show disdain to the Earthlings, he also exhibits knightly qualities, such as mannerisms to [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Princess Shana-Mia Eterna Fura]] or properly punishing misconducts against the Knights' chivalry (such as using "Larseilam" at the expense of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Jua-Mu Dalby]]), turning him AffablyEvil in ''The Moon Dwellers''. Near the end of the game, his first order as the new Fury "Emperor" (post-Shana-Mia's departure) is [[spoiler:to have the Gau-La Furia battleship destroy the "Rubble Pile", despite [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsGC Hellruga Izberga and the worse of the Gardisordians]] already eliminated, rendering [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsGC Sieg Altreet, Sally Emil and Fairey Firefly]] the {{Sole Surviv|or}}ing Gardisordians - a heinous act when the latter aren't even similar to the Earthlings whom most of the Fury dislike. Nevertheless, him ordering a genocide]] destroys any affableness Gu-Landon had; all parties agree he has to be taken down, ''period''.
* {{Narm}}:
** Thanks to the BlindIdiotTranslation of ''The Moon Dwellers'', some phrases can end up corny in context - for instance, "[[{{Kiai}} CHEEEESTOOO!!!]]" from {{Samurai}}-practioners like Sanger, [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Brookyln "Bullet" Luckfield]] and [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationSteelDragonBattleGroup Rishu Tougou]] becomes "CHEEEEST!", unintentionally turning an otherwise badass linguistic into a {{Battlecry}} about breasts.
** Before the release of ''The Moon Dwellers'', Bandai Namco pulled some quick translations in its promotional trailers: its dialogue renders "Granteed" pilot [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Touya Shiun]] saying "Crush them, Granteed!!!" into "Die, Granteed!!!", unintentionally having Touya hate his own machine. {{Averted}} by the time the game was launched.
* PlayerPunch:
** Pre-''Original Generation Gaiden'', Lamia getting shot down dead by Juergen in "2.5: Unified Wisdom", making it look like DeathByAdaptation, was convincing enough for players to believe the prospect of Lamia, a character with all of her original plot threads resolved, being KilledOffForReal to leave space open for other characters. {{Averted}} once the game was released.
** [[spoiler:All five units of the Huckebein series are destroyed by [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationAntagonists Amara Barton]]]] in the ''Second Original Generation''; doubles as TearJerker for veteran players. Made worse if [[spoiler:players believe the rumor Bandai Namco and Creator/{{Sunrise}} were indeed responsible of getting rid of the machines because they look like Franchise/{{Gundam}}s, but with the SerialNumbersFiledOff, although the release of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'' debunked that rumor. The punch is thankfully lessened for those who plays ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDD'' and knows Japanese: Shizuki Shizukawa actually faked the destruction of Huckebein, convincing Amara that she actually did the deed. Once the dust is cleared, Shizuki sent the Huckebein to repairs, promising that it'll once again fly like the rest of the robots. Getting to know that info by playing a mobile game while being fluent in Japanese, however, is easier said than done]].
** The ''Second Original Generation'' [[spoiler:plays the DeathByAdaptation or inversion of SparedByAdaptation on [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Chris]], the second personality of Cliana Rimskaya, the sweet NiceGirl who's interacting with the cast off-battlefield, and then does the same to [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Ventus]] after he's promoted from SecretCharacter into a mandatory recruit. Unlike Lamia, they are more likely to stay dead in order to keep an EldritchAbomination from being released again, which overall casts a very troubling future for Joshua and Liana, who are still looking for a way to undo the sacrifice without unleashiing said abomination again]].
* ScrappyMechanic:
** {{Zigzagged}} with the "Twin Battle" system: unlike the squad-mechanics in the ''Alpha'' games and "Tri-Battle System" from ''Z'', a Twin Unit can only be formed during scenarios rather than before in the intermission menu. Furthermore, the system requires pilots to reach 110 Will first before players can form a Twin Unit, making this unlikely at the start of scenarios (since all pilots start at 100 Will) except for characters having reached "Ace" status AND are part of the top three Aces on the roster, which will grant them the required 110. The problem still persists because that only applies to at least three characters on the roster[[note]]More are possible through Will-raising Spirit Commands or through appropriate equippable parts given to units which grants their pilots higher starting Will at the beginning of scenarios[[/note]], while Will gains vary between characters. Finally, the Twin Command can only be accessed from a Twin Unit, and requires Spirit Points from both pilots to activate, though the Command's effects apply to the entire Twin Unit. However, most players agree the majority of available Twin Commands are largely useless, with only a few being ever used (such as "Soul"[[note]]Deal 2.5 times the damage for the next attack[[/note]]).
*** {{Averted}} by the ''Second Original Generation'': the Will prerequisite is gone, and players can form twins in the intermission menu, thereby extending the number of deployed units in scenarios. Furthermore, certain Twin Commands (like "Chain Action"[[note]]If the pilot's next attack destroys an enemy, the pilot can perform an additional action[[/note]]) becomes a necessity in order to acquire particular Skill Points.
* SequelEscalation: The first game deals with CivilWar and an extraterrestrial invasion; ''Original Generation 2'' throws in what the first had, but adds in an AlternateUniverse faction who engages in WarForFunAndProfit and an EldritchAbomination bent on committing a "Class-X" ApocalypseHow. The ''Second Original Generation'' takes the notch even further.
* ShockingMoments: In ''The Moon Dwellers'', [[spoiler:the destruction of the Cross Gate]] at the climax of the game threw many players off because they didn't think it was possible within the narrative, especially when they appeared in prior ''Super Robot Wars'' titles and most fans never thought about it before either.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Compare the music in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS0iCwCMwaA teaser trailer]] for ''The Moon Dwellers'' to the Music/HansZimmer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCkMnVcf3oY theme]] for ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The [=EXbein=] in ''The Inspectors'' (see ExiledFromContinuity); made more evident in ''The Moon Dwellers'' as the unit effectively replaces the Huckebein MK III on the roster with the "Boxer" and "Gunner" frames to boot.
* ThatOneBoss: [[ThatOneBoss/SuperRobotWars See here]]
* TearJerker: ''The Inspectors'' version of [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationOthersAndWalkingSpoilers Cattleya Fujiwara-Branstein]] and Daitetsu's]] deaths are a lot hard-hitting than their video game counterparts.
* TooAwesomeToUse: ''Moon Dwellers'' offers an unusual variant in that some players skip acquiring the Coustwell because the AxCrazy version of Jua-Mu, voiced by Creator/MasayaMatsukaze in all his hammy glory, is so utterly ''perfect'' in the machine that neither Touya nor Calvina can begin to measure up to it as a fit.
* TooCoolToLive: Some will question this entry, but many will certainly acknowledge this is why [[spoiler: [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationAntagonists Ouka Nagisa]] and Wodan]] [[KilledOffForReal had to die]].
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[spoiler:Ouka dies in an area almost full of "Machine Cells", the ''Original Generation'' equivalent of [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Devil Gundam Cells]]. Back in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal'', the BigBad resurrects [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Master Asia]] using DG Cells; what should be a ''Reversal'' parallel in ''Original Generation Gaiden'' is instead given to Lamia rather than Ouka, who's almost tailored to ''be'' the Master Asia equivalent (story-wise, anyways). While it turns out for the best eventually, some fans believe Ouka was simply [[TooCoolToLive too good to be resurrected]]]]. On the other hand, it's implied [[spoiler:the Machine Cells stopped functioning after the Earth Cradle collapsed, particularly since the supercomputer "Magus Gebo" that powers the Machine Cells is also destroyed in the collapse]].
* UnexpectedCharacter:
** No one expected Axel [[spoiler:and [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Einst Alfimi]]]] would be brought BackFromTheDead for ''Original Generation Gaiden'', the former even playing a pivotal role in the story (saving a BrainwashedAndCrazy Lamia). In fact, the game managing to maintain its "[[CliffHanger image]]" from "2.5: Unified Wisdom" threw players for a loop (promotional materials didn't show Axel nor the "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsMX Cry Wolves]]"; [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsReversal Fiona Gureden]] and her survival from ''Original Generations'', however, was [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil spoiled]]), yet the biggest surprise was Dark Brain as the BigBad of the game and eventual BigBadEnsemble of the series, effectively bridging ''The Great Battle'' SpinOff into ''Original Generation''.
*** In the same game, [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsReversal Despinis]]]] being SparedByAdaptation was an unexpected outcome since it happens near the end-game portion, which most players believed wasn't going to occur as close associates of a BigBad from their original game never pulled a HeelFaceTurn at the last minute ''and'' lived to tell about it[[note]]Axel is excluded since he's playable as an alternate protagonist in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance'', [[spoiler:Alfimi]] and [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact3 Fernando Albark]] met their respective ends following a last-minute HeelFaceTurn, [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact3 Alion Lucada]] wasn't a close minion of the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact3'' BigBad and [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsClassic Mekibos]]]] wound up surviving to return as a {{Face}} because that was what happened in the latter's [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars4 source material]][[/note]].
** The rest of the ''Characters/MasouKishin'' cast appearing on a console ''Super Robot Wars'' again after a 11-year hiatus since their last appearance in ''Alpha Gaiden'' for the ''Second Original Generation''. What makes this return unexpected was a lot of fans lost hope of that ever happening, until Banpresto revealed it at the last moment before the game was released. Moreover, the ''Masou Kishin'' mecha gaining their final attacks as a secret, despite violating canon, adds to this.
** Savvy players knew the plot of [[spoiler:''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars4'']] would happen sooner or later, but no one anticipated the [[spoiler: "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsClassic Guests]]" of the Zuvorg Alliance]] to appear in the ''Second Original Generation'': all of its characters are present, including [[spoiler:a certain Inspector who comes BackFromTheDead]].
** For ''Alpha'' players, it's obvious the [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha2 Nashim Gan Eden]]]] would appear as the Custos of the Garden of Baral were seen in promotional trailers of the ''Second Original Generation''. What players didn't expect was [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha2 Kukuru]] from ''Alpha 2'' appearing alongside the returning Youkijin; in fact, players pretty much forgot about Kukuru post-''Alpha 2'' due to her limited prescence as TheRival exclusive only to Sanger's ''Alpha 2'' troute. Likewise, [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha3 Son Ganlong]]]] being present as one of the late-game bosses, but rather than the [[spoiler:"Shin [=RyuOhKi=]"]] from ''Alpha 3'', players are treated to the new [[spoiler:"[=OuRyuOh=]"]].
** Somehow, Banpresto gave a little love to ''Super Hero Operations'' in the ''Second Original Generation'' by including newcomer Arteil Steinbeck, [[spoiler:a clone {{Expy}} of Euzeth, who turns out to be Euzeth himself, having masterminded all current events in ''Original Generation'' {{Continuity}}. Instead of the "[[PaletteSwap Black Judecca]]" from ''Alpha'', Euzeth uses the new "Adamatron", a clever MythologyGag to the "Chojin Zest" from ''Super Hero Operations'']].
** Michiru Hanaten is a [[JapaneseDelinquents delinquent]] loosely mentioned in the ''Endless Frontier EXCEED'' drama CD and appears in the ''Second Original Generation'' in-person to challenge Kouta to a fight. He achieved instant EnsembleDarkhorse status [[spoiler:when he becomes playable in the game with his own HumongousMecha]].
** [[Characters/EndlessFrontier Haken Browning and Aschen Brodel]] being present in ''The Moon Dwellers'' was not only a pleasant surprise, but it's a detailed follow-up to Sanger's sojourn into ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'', as well as justify Haken and Sanger's absence in the ''Project X Zone'' {{Sequel}}.

!Character-specific YMMV
!!Elzam von Branstein/Ratsel Feinschmeker
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Having similar reasons like Shu is a darkhorse for the ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsGaiden Masou Kishin]]'' games, Elzam has charm and character personality with additional traits such as RealMenWearPink via SupremeChef, something that endeared fans despite his aloof aesthetics. That his {{Leitmotif}} "Trombe!" became the franchise's most notorious case of BGMOverride[=/=]MusicalisInterruptus aided his popularity, to the point where he crossed over into the ''Alpha'' saga as Ratsel, then immigrated back into ''Original Generation'' by receiving the Aussenseiter, then returned for the ''Alpha'' GrandFinale with his new unit altogether. It's telling the developers were counting on Ratsel's reception to players as the Aussenseiter means "outsider" - less literally, it also means "[[MeaningfulName darkhorse]]".
* MemeticBadass: By proxy of his {{Leitmotif}} overriding even boss themes (though not all of them); even then, his feats aren't anything to scoff at. For instance, in the ''Original Generation'' prologue, Elzam uses a [[MechaMook Gespenst]] with no weapons to destroy a group of Aerogator Megillot drones by simply using the machine itself like a battering ram, while disabling the last one for good measure for inspection purposes. That Elzam and his "Aggressors" alumni helped invent {{Mecha}} combat InUniverse, making him one of the setting's best pilots, adds to his badass credentials.

!!Latooni Subota
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Perhaps the most well-received character (who isn't Ratsel) in this series' narrative, Latooni had little prescene since she's a new character for the franchise (though she was [[{{Foreshadowing}} loosely hinted at]] in ''Alpha 2''), but a large part of the early ''Original Generation'' plot involved The School back-story, with her as a central focus. Coupled with Latooni coming out of her anti-social ShrinkingViolet traits, fans slowly warmed up to the character, leading to the unusual "Fairlion" robot and her {{Leitmotif}} in the {{Sequel}}, which immediately brought her more attention. When it comes to the concept of OriginalGeneration, Latooni is often deemed as the face of it with the reception to back it up.
* {{Moe}}: Even her HumongousMecha Fairlion is cute, particularly when the "[[CombinationAttack Royal Heart Breaker]]" is used.
* TheWoobie: After all [[FatalAttractor the crap]] [[BreakTheCutie she's been through]] from The School, one can't help but want to give her a hug.

!!Kai Kitamura
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Kai's case is one done from fan perception post-ContinuityReboot - thanks to how players responded (see MemeticBadass), the developers attuned him to [[ColonelBadass his status]] via GameplayAndStoryIntegration, turning Kai into a LightningBruiser. Not only was this positive, but the Gespenst was given more customization options in the {{Sequel}}s to take advantage of his strengths that only elevated Kai's standing on the roster even more. BreakoutCharacter ensued and Kai often tops lists of many fans' favorite characters in ''Original Generation''.
* MemeticBadass: As the headlining pilot behind the Gespenst, fans attributed everything the machine can do to Kai, including the Gespenst Kick ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation despite anyone being capable of using it]]). This only elevated his characteristics and status when his peers like Ratsel and Sanger have access lavish {{Super Prototype}}s, yet Kai relegates staying in a MechaMook. Things came to a head in ''Original Generation Gaiden'' when he pulled off the most insane maneuvers and martial arts-based techniques with a Gespenst against an AI-controlled "Wendigo" with nary a scratch. These days, Kai is touted as the face of BadassNormal.

!!Russel Bergman
* MemeticBadass: In some areas of the internet, [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationSteelDragonBattleGroup Russel Bagman]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc2sB7DGZjQ is the most generic]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMbbq2NtZ2g badass to ever live]]. Then again, he did wind up slapping Katina and live to tell about it.

!!Michiru Hanaten
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Though he seemed like an afterthought at first, [[spoiler:once he gets his G-Bankaran]], fans immediately proclaimed he was one of the best characters in the ''Second Original Generation'' by how unexpected it was; incidentally, [[spoiler:Michiru and the G-Bankaran are a GameBreaker]]. Needless to say, the overwhelming reception to Michiru enabled him to return for ''The Moon Dwellers'' as part of the core characters.

!!Lefina Enfield
* TheWoobie: Lefina has a lot of self-confidence issues in the first half of ''Original Generation'', to the point where she was ready to give up and run away from it all.

!!Lee Linjun
* NeverLiveItDown: Lee's FaceHeelTurn and being the catalyst of [[spoiler:Daitetsu's death]] still lingers in the minds of fans years after the ''Second Original Generation'' was released. It's difficult to see his other traits or that he had believable reasons for why he was so arrogant all of the time, but crossing that MoralEventHorizon was simply unforgettable and unforgiveable.
* TheScrappy: This character is so incredibly obnoxious, he makes it to the top of the heap for villains in a franchise usually devoid of them - TheNeidermeyer {{Jerkass}} whose high-and-mighty attitude leads to incompetence; when he gets caught by his own machinations, [[FaceHeelTurn he ups and turns heel]] without a second thought. Things come to a head when he crosses the MoralEventHorizon by attacking and killing a former ally; at that point, [[NeverLiveItDown any sympathy for him regarding his back-story of watching his wife and family lose their lives during the Aerogator attack is eclipsed by his heinous betrayal]].
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: His back-story and StartOfDarkness existed for good and were meant to garner sympathy, especially when he was an allied character on the playable roster. As seen with how many negative tropes he carried, they failed to save him from being considered unsympathetic or perhaps made him look even worse, that even when he does something actually beneficial to the Steel Dragon Battle Group [[spoiler:(namely, ramming his Air Christmas at the cost of his life to Adamatron, causing him to pop out Ing Egret and enabling the group to turn the tides)]], people still think that it's not enough to get him RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap, since for them, it felt all too sudden and not adequate enough to make up for his past douchebaggery.

!!ODE System
* NeverLiveItDown: It made a ''very poor'' career-defining action in the eyes of the fandom, being a BigBadWannabe that took out an otherwise beloved character. Despite the Steel Dragons Squad eventually putting the blame to Duminuss for overall orchestrating the thing, the overall fandom will still consider the System the true culprit of Lamia's near death experience. And using Wilhelm von Juergen's face to do the task also ensured that [[{{Misblamed}} Juergen takes the whole blame instead of the system.]]
* NightmareFuel: Snarking aside, let's just say if it's not Lamia, [[YouWillBeAssimilated anyone else taken by the ODE-controlling Bartolls]] will be turned into goo. And even so, it's no better for being Lamia, because before she got shot down, she was said to be 'utterly physically wrecked to the point that the current technologies cannot repair her fully'.
* TheScrappy: A combination of being a MemeticLoser for the unintended manner (and not an endearing one at that) and having a particularly UnintentionallyUnsympathetic creator (see below), and it was only defined for committing that one PlayerPunch, made the ODE System one of the more disliked 'character' or sorts amongst the series. (while it was an artificial system, it could possess sentience as long as it has an avatar, and having its own personality, as much as it was more like an assimilating HiveMind).
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The game clearly wanted to display Juergen as a sympathetic AntiVillain and at least a slightly morally better alternative compared to Adler Koch or Kaoru Tomine. Selcia still thought of him highly and mourned for him (and [[EveryoneHasStandards the good guys have enough standards]] to not curse him further despite just losing Lamia, out of concern of Selcia). But even then, the creation of ODE system is widely considered as Juergen throwing a massive {{Wangst}} over losing his family (he certainly handled it better than Tempest Hawker or Lee Linjun, but he could've done better), and presumably, he didn't even bother to properly test the first version of ODE installed into Mironga, which caused Selcia's brother Kyle Bean to go berserk as if riding a GEIM-installed machine and die. And even putting aside of the near death of Lamia, which makes it more personal to the Steel Dragon Battle Group, it doesn't take away that the ODE System caused untold amount of deaths of innocent people, all over Juergen's tantrum of losing his family. Even in the original OVA, Kyosuke tells him (through the ODE System using his face) that [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse it's tragic that he lost his family, but that doesn't excuse the mass death and attempt to mind control everyone.]] And even if he's more moral than Adler and Kaoru, [[HateSink they're at least intentional attempts to generate audience hate.]]

!!Amara Barton
* DracoInLeatherPants: [[spoiler:Destroyed the ''entire Huckebein line'', shoots [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationSteelDragonBattleGroup Ing Egret]] down twice in a surprise attack, and is very fanatical of her boss Euzeth]]. Fan reaction to all this? "It's not her fault! Banpresto had their hands forced by Bandai Namco!". Granted, these acts are far from MoralEventHorizon (compared to, say, [[spoiler:Lee killing Daitetsu]]) and ever since ''The Inspectors'', Bandai Namco has been shuffling out the Huckebeins, thus the reactions ''might'' look justified.
* NeverLiveItDown: Amara will never escape the stigma of being considered [[spoiler:the "Huckebein destroyer"]], even if she has a lot more characterization within her, like being TheRival to Ing and [[spoiler:another one of Ingram's "Balshem" clones]], especially since [[spoiler:she makes a surprise return in ''Coffin of the End'' and ''The Moon Dwellers'', and the reveal in ''DD'' that thanks to Shizuki Shizukawa, Amara actually failed to completely destroy the Huckebein line. People also ignore her personality during her servitude under Shu in ''Coffin of the End'']].

!!Chienne, Chien and Chiot
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Chienne is a girl, Chiot is a guy. Without carefully looking at them, one would think it'd be the other way around.

!!Jun Kanan
* LesYay: Very, very eager to point out the bodily figures of other girls with her battle quotes more akin to flirting.
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