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* AmazonBrigade: Even without their hardsuits, each Knight Saber is physically adept, as seen in Episode 4 when they play paintball to keep their skills up and Episode 8 where they upgrade to a combat simulator. Before Sylia recruited tham, Priss and Linna were a streetfighter and aerobic dancer respectively.
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* EliteFour: A vigilante team of four women that's more effective at dealing with Boomer crime than the militarized police force. While Nene is a police officer and thus has inside information that's handy to the Knight Sabers, she's a fairly low-ranked member who sees little action.
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* FourGirlEnsemble: Nene is the cute naive one; Linna is a dancer with a different boyfriend every episode; Priss has the bad attitude and tomboyish ways, and Sylia is the boss who keeps them all working together as a team.
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* ThePsychoRangers: Largo's minions are a trio of Boomers that can transform into duplicates of Sylia, Linna and Priss, with Anri wearing a replica of Nene's hardsuit.
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* TheAtoner: Nigel was part of the R&D team that created Galatea, leading to the earthquake that killed millions. Out of guilt, he now works as a mechanic, but develops hardsuits so that Sylia might be able to have her revenge.
* GoodCounterpart: To Mason. Both were lab assistants on the project that lead to Galatea's conception. While Nigel washed his hands of the incident and atoned by working as a humble mechanic that assists Sylia, Mason rose through GENOM's ranks and aspires to awaken Galatea once more.
* GoodCounterpart: To Mason. Both were lab assistants on the project that lead to Galatea's conception. While Nigel washed his hands of the incident and atoned by working as a humble mechanic that assists Sylia, Mason rose through GENOM's ranks and aspires to awaken Galatea once more.
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* ThePsychoRangers: Galatea forms copies of the Knight Sabers when they try to thwart her on the Umbrella Satellite. Linna is especially disturbed when her doppelganger speaks with her own voice.
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!!As a Whole
* EightiesHair: Priss and Linna have particularly trendy haircuts that you'd expect to see on pop stars. Sylia's coiffure leans more towards PowerHair befitting her entrepreneurial image.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Each Saber has a different colour that identifies than and, for 2 of them, carries over to their [[CoolBike Moto]][[TransformingMecha slave]] (Priss has a red Motoslave, and Nene has a pink one that was only seen once).
** Priss wears blue with red accents.
** Sylia wears silver/white with a tinge of blue.
** Linna wears green with orange accents.
** Nene wears pink and violet. Her updated hardsuit trades the violet for red.
* CombatStilettos: Both the Sabers' powered armor ''and'' their Motoslaves in robot / armor mode have these. God knows how the Sabers manage to do much more than ''walk'' in theirs, as they have the same basic design as a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet_boots ballet boot.]] The shape of the hardsuit feet is not necessarily the position of the wearer's feet. The lack of an ankle probably strengthens the legs - one less point to break.
* CoolBike: The Motoslaves. Bikes that can transform into mechsuits.
* FiveManBandConcert: The Knight Sabers form a band in the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agiIQciIuzI "Touchdown to Tomorrow"]]. They're also credited with a number of other songs associated with the franchise. Priss, TheLancer and protagonist, is the lead singer and the only one with an InUniverse musical career. Sylia, TheLeader and the BigGood, is the backing vocalist and plays the bass. Nene, TheSmartGirl, plays a multineck guitar. And Linna, TheBigGirl (in terms of abilities, not appearance), is on the drums.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Priss is Choleric; Lina is Sanguine; Sylia is Phlegmatic; Nene is Melancholic, though rather more cheerful than most.
* FutureSpandex: The Knight Sabers, underneath their power suits, wear form-fitting outfits, aka innerwear. It's also justified, as it's explained that the outfits serve as a neural interface between the user and the suit.
* MetaMecha: The Motoroids/Motoslaves, which [[TransformingMecha transform]] from {{Cool Bike}}s into exoskeletons for the hardsuits, and can also act on their own as robots.
* MidSeasonUpgrade: By the time "Red Eyes" commences, Sylia has modified their hardsuits, due to Largo developing a team of Boomers armed with replica suits.
* MsFanservice: All four Knight Sabers are gorgeous young women in peak physical condition. If they're not in a state of undress, they're likely wearing something skintight.
* MultinationalTeam: If you count base ethnicity rather than actual citizenship. Specifically, Priss seems to be part-American, Sylia is at least part British or otherwise Western European (unless you consider the ''Grand Mal'' comic canon, in which her name is really Stengovich), Linna seems to be straight-up Japanese and Nene has some blatant Russian/Eastern European background, if the name didn't clue you in.
* ObstructiveCodeOfConduct: Downplayed. [[AllThereInTheManual As revealed in supplemental material]], and occasionally referenced in the series, the Knight Sabers have 11 rules:
## Do not divulge any information concerning this organisation.
## Do not act upon a personal grudge.
## Do not act without the mutual consent of all members.
## Do not secede from this organisation.
## Members are personally responsible for any damage done to the organisation's equipment unless that damage was unavoidable.
## Do not divulge any information concerning our clients.
## Do not gather information on your own. The task of intelligence gathering is to be distributed evenly among all the members.
## Keep in contact with the other members regularly.
## The members do not know each other outside of this organization.
## Do not get involved with a man.
## The penalty for violating any of the ten regulations listed above is death.
** This would certainly constitute an Obstructive Code of Conduct if followed strictly - however, almost all of the rules get broken, and rule 11 is never enforced. Ultimately, they seem to be ideals which have been rapidly modified in the face of reality.
*** Rule 1 is a tricky case - while several people know the identities of some or all of the members, nobody actually ''reveals'' anything.
*** Similarly, Priss has ''almost'' broken rule 2 several times, but the others always end up supporting her grudges.
*** However, Priss ''has'' broken rules 3 and 4, and how her personal duel with Largo and his Hyperboomers (which resulted in the destruction of her hardsuit and motorslave) relates to rule 5 is also a scary thought.
*** Linna, on the other hand, breaks rule 10 regularly. To say nothing of the ShipTease between Priss and Leon, and Nene and Mackie.
*** Everyone except Sylia has broken rule 8.
*** Rule 9 is flagrantly disregarded by all four members.
*** Rules 6 and 7 seem to have been followed, though (regarding 7, in OVA 1, Priss is doing what she's told... until she's chased by Boomers, then she's surviving).
* {{Superhero}}: The ladies are a quartet of [[ComicBook/IronMan Iron (Wo)men]]. However, Sylia has more in common with [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] than Tony Stark.
* WeHelpTheHelpless: The Knight Sabers usually take paying clients for mercenary and private detective work, but they'll fight Boomers for free if they're major threats to the AD Police and the city.
* EightiesHair: Priss and Linna have particularly trendy haircuts that you'd expect to see on pop stars. Sylia's coiffure leans more towards PowerHair befitting her entrepreneurial image.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Each Saber has a different colour that identifies than and, for 2 of them, carries over to their [[CoolBike Moto]][[TransformingMecha slave]] (Priss has a red Motoslave, and Nene has a pink one that was only seen once).
** Priss wears blue with red accents.
** Sylia wears silver/white with a tinge of blue.
** Linna wears green with orange accents.
** Nene wears pink and violet. Her updated hardsuit trades the violet for red.
* CombatStilettos: Both the Sabers' powered armor ''and'' their Motoslaves in robot / armor mode have these. God knows how the Sabers manage to do much more than ''walk'' in theirs, as they have the same basic design as a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet_boots ballet boot.]] The shape of the hardsuit feet is not necessarily the position of the wearer's feet. The lack of an ankle probably strengthens the legs - one less point to break.
* CoolBike: The Motoslaves. Bikes that can transform into mechsuits.
* FiveManBandConcert: The Knight Sabers form a band in the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agiIQciIuzI "Touchdown to Tomorrow"]]. They're also credited with a number of other songs associated with the franchise. Priss, TheLancer and protagonist, is the lead singer and the only one with an InUniverse musical career. Sylia, TheLeader and the BigGood, is the backing vocalist and plays the bass. Nene, TheSmartGirl, plays a multineck guitar. And Linna, TheBigGirl (in terms of abilities, not appearance), is on the drums.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Priss is Choleric; Lina is Sanguine; Sylia is Phlegmatic; Nene is Melancholic, though rather more cheerful than most.
* FutureSpandex: The Knight Sabers, underneath their power suits, wear form-fitting outfits, aka innerwear. It's also justified, as it's explained that the outfits serve as a neural interface between the user and the suit.
* MetaMecha: The Motoroids/Motoslaves, which [[TransformingMecha transform]] from {{Cool Bike}}s into exoskeletons for the hardsuits, and can also act on their own as robots.
* MidSeasonUpgrade: By the time "Red Eyes" commences, Sylia has modified their hardsuits, due to Largo developing a team of Boomers armed with replica suits.
* MsFanservice: All four Knight Sabers are gorgeous young women in peak physical condition. If they're not in a state of undress, they're likely wearing something skintight.
* MultinationalTeam: If you count base ethnicity rather than actual citizenship. Specifically, Priss seems to be part-American, Sylia is at least part British or otherwise Western European (unless you consider the ''Grand Mal'' comic canon, in which her name is really Stengovich), Linna seems to be straight-up Japanese and Nene has some blatant Russian/Eastern European background, if the name didn't clue you in.
* ObstructiveCodeOfConduct: Downplayed. [[AllThereInTheManual As revealed in supplemental material]], and occasionally referenced in the series, the Knight Sabers have 11 rules:
## Do not divulge any information concerning this organisation.
## Do not act upon a personal grudge.
## Do not act without the mutual consent of all members.
## Do not secede from this organisation.
## Members are personally responsible for any damage done to the organisation's equipment unless that damage was unavoidable.
## Do not divulge any information concerning our clients.
## Do not gather information on your own. The task of intelligence gathering is to be distributed evenly among all the members.
## Keep in contact with the other members regularly.
## The members do not know each other outside of this organization.
## Do not get involved with a man.
## The penalty for violating any of the ten regulations listed above is death.
** This would certainly constitute an Obstructive Code of Conduct if followed strictly - however, almost all of the rules get broken, and rule 11 is never enforced. Ultimately, they seem to be ideals which have been rapidly modified in the face of reality.
*** Rule 1 is a tricky case - while several people know the identities of some or all of the members, nobody actually ''reveals'' anything.
*** Similarly, Priss has ''almost'' broken rule 2 several times, but the others always end up supporting her grudges.
*** However, Priss ''has'' broken rules 3 and 4, and how her personal duel with Largo and his Hyperboomers (which resulted in the destruction of her hardsuit and motorslave) relates to rule 5 is also a scary thought.
*** Linna, on the other hand, breaks rule 10 regularly. To say nothing of the ShipTease between Priss and Leon, and Nene and Mackie.
*** Everyone except Sylia has broken rule 8.
*** Rule 9 is flagrantly disregarded by all four members.
*** Rules 6 and 7 seem to have been followed, though (regarding 7, in OVA 1, Priss is doing what she's told... until she's chased by Boomers, then she's surviving).
* {{Superhero}}: The ladies are a quartet of [[ComicBook/IronMan Iron (Wo)men]]. However, Sylia has more in common with [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] than Tony Stark.
* WeHelpTheHelpless: The Knight Sabers usually take paying clients for mercenary and private detective work, but they'll fight Boomers for free if they're major threats to the AD Police and the city.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Priss brushes off Leon's advances, leading him to wonder out loud if she's a lesbian. Priss also gets very attached to Sylvie. Her deceased lover is never shown onscreen, leaving one to wonder if they were a man or woman.
* ArmedLegs: Priss' PoweredArmor has ''contact-triggered explosives'' on top of both its feet. And rockets on both ankles. Attack sequence; 1). Jump. 2). Kick. 3). Activate rockets for ''rocket assisted kick''. 4). Explosives go off once {{Mecha Mook|s}} receives kick to head. 5). Get dustpan to sweep up remains of mook.
* BathOfPoverty: Priss has her bathtub clumped into the one room semi-truck trailer that she lives in alongside several unrelated furniture.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In ''Bubblegum Crash!'' Priss starts using ''ore'' instead of ''watashi'' as a first person pronoun, which she hadn't done before[[note]]or at least not on a regular basis, although she did use it from time to time, such as in the last scene of ''Revenge Road''[[/note]] [[TheOtherDarrin her voice actress was replaced]]. Her animosity to the idea of Adama being a boomer who thinks exactly like a human is inexplicable considering her previous relationship with Sylvie.
* CoolBike: The Highway Star, a bike custom-built by Mackie and used by Priss to chase the Gryphon during the 4th OVA.
* CoolBike: The Highway Star, a bike custom-built by Mackie and used by Priss to chase the Gryphon during the 4th OVA.
* FreeHandedPerformer: Priss is the lead singer for her band, [[ShoutOut The Replicants]], but does not play any instrument.
* ImprobableAge: The Knight Sabers are experienced combatants with full-time jobs, but their age range is 18-22. Priss being a singer at the age of 20 and living in the slums is the most plausible of the four.
* CoolCar: Sylia drives a replica (according to the [[AllThereInTheManual artbooks]]) of a red 1954 Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing. Her ''2040'' counterpart has a Porsche 911, but it only appears in two episodes.
* CrimeFightingWithCash: While the Knight Sabers do operate as bounty hunters, their highly-advanced hardsuits establish that Sylia started out with some very generous capital.
* CrimeFightingWithCash: While the Knight Sabers do operate as bounty hunters, their highly-advanced hardsuits establish that Sylia started out with some very generous capital.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In ''Bubblegum Crash!'' Nene TookALevelInBadass, right after OVA 8 gave her ADayInTheSpotlight episode that was all about how she didn't ''need'' to be a conventional badass.
* CheeryPink: Nene is the most girlish of the quartet and her hair and hardsuit are both hot pink.
* CheeryPink: Nene is the most girlish of the quartet and her hair and hardsuit are both hot pink.
* DuelingHackers: In the eighth and final episode of the original series, Nene, the {{Hackette}} of the Knight Sabers, is caught in the middle of a DieHardOnAnX situation at A.D. Police headquarters caused by a disgruntled scientist and the hero hunter [[KillerRobot boomers]] he created -- one of which physically merges with the ADP's main server and takes control of the building. Once Nene's teammates come to the rescue, Nene has to battle the hacker boomer in order to [[LiveActionEscortMission escort the police chief's daughter to safety]], opening locked doors and overriding building defenses all the while. After the other boomers are defeated, Nene has to prevent the hacker boomer from self-destructing the headquarters building.
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* PutOnABus: In Crash the Sabers mention he left to go study in Europe. He cameos in the final episode giving the team exposition on their potential foe and encouraging his sister to return to researching Boomers.
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* PutOnABus: In Crash ''Crash'' the Sabers mention he left to go study in Europe. He cameos in the final episode giving the team exposition on their potential foe and encouraging his sister to return to researching Boomers.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: Sylvie is forcibly rigged up to the D.D. Battlemover as it goes on a rampage. She begs Priss to destroy the mech knowing full well that it would also lead to Sylvie's death.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: Aside from Priss, the other three have completely different hairstyles to their OVA counterparts.
* AdaptationalLateAppearance: As it turns out, Sylia originally led a different team of Knight Sabers before meeting Priss and Nene, with Linna only joining the team in the third episode.
* GoingCommando: In ''2040'', the Knights Saber are at first commando in their plug suits. Later, they don't even get plugsuits and are naked under their upgraded power armor (which is now transparent in places). Lampshaded by Sylia when she tells Mackie that "he's in the girls' changing room" when they're discussing it, and a totally flustered Mackie runs away all red-faced.
* HotterAndSexier: The second generation of hardsuits require the wearer to be completely naked underneath. Not only does this lead to more tittilating suit-up scenes, but in the finale Priss, Linna and Nene are last seen in the nude as their suits were destroyed.
* NoisyRobots: Their feet make very loud clanking sounds.
* RedOniBlueOni: Linna and Nene are the Red to Priss and Sylia's Blue.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: Aside from Priss, the other three have completely different hairstyles to their OVA counterparts.
* AdaptationalLateAppearance: As it turns out, Sylia originally led a different team of Knight Sabers before meeting Priss and Nene, with Linna only joining the team in the third episode.
* GoingCommando: In ''2040'', the Knights Saber are at first commando in their plug suits. Later, they don't even get plugsuits and are naked under their upgraded power armor (which is now transparent in places). Lampshaded by Sylia when she tells Mackie that "he's in the girls' changing room" when they're discussing it, and a totally flustered Mackie runs away all red-faced.
* HotterAndSexier: The second generation of hardsuits require the wearer to be completely naked underneath. Not only does this lead to more tittilating suit-up scenes, but in the finale Priss, Linna and Nene are last seen in the nude as their suits were destroyed.
* NoisyRobots: Their feet make very loud clanking sounds.
* RedOniBlueOni: Linna and Nene are the Red to Priss and Sylia's Blue.
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* TsurimeEyes: Priss has the sharpest-looking eyes out of the Knight Sabers. Combined with her pallid complexion they make her look rougher.
* CleavageWindow: Sylia owns at least one outfit that leaves her breasts fully exposed save for her jacket.
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* HotterAndSexier: In the original OVA Linna was one of the more modestly-presented of the Knight Sabers. In the 2040 reboot she's shown naked on a few occasions.
* PluckyOfficeGirl: Linna's day job. She frequently gets reprimanded by her supervisor for her inability to hold her temper or stay focused.
* SirSwearsALot: Within the first episode Linna says "ass", "damn" and "frickin'" within the space of a minute. She also has a PrecisionFStrike upon seeing an entire building turn into a rogue Boomer.
* PluckyOfficeGirl: Linna's day job. She frequently gets reprimanded by her supervisor for her inability to hold her temper or stay focused.
* SirSwearsALot: Within the first episode Linna says "ass", "damn" and "frickin'" within the space of a minute. She also has a PrecisionFStrike upon seeing an entire building turn into a rogue Boomer.
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* BreakTheCutie: Nene undergoes this in the 2040 episodes ''My Nation Underground'' and ''Woke Up With A Monster'' when her bratty arrogance finally comes back to bite her in the ass after she tries to play match maker between Priss and Leon, earning her a long overdue scolding from Sylia for endangering the team's secrecy, and then gets her ass handed to her in a boomer fight when she tries to rush in and beat the boomer by herself in a misguided attempt to prove herself. Probably more BreakTheHaughty in her case though.
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* BlueIsHeroic: Priss' hardsuit is deep blue and she's the most visible of the Knight Sabers.
* HeroicSecondWind: Priss struggled against Largo at first, but once she gets her second hardsuit she's able to tear through his three henchmen at once before wrecking Largo's arm.
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* MsFanservice: The series ''begins'' by showing Priss in her dressing room.
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* ButNotTooForeign: Averted. Linna is one of the few characters in the whole series, and the only one among the Knight Sabres, who isn't implied to have non-Japanese origins.
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* ObviouslyEvil: With his pale complexion, slick black hair, VillainousCheekbones and chin to impale you with, he couldn't look any more villainous.
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* CovertPervert:
** When he gets caught using the security camera in the Knight Sabres' changing room to sneak peeks at them while they're suiting up, Priss throws her shirt over the camera lens.
** Mackie is also infatuated with his big sister and uses his morning deliveries as an excuse to perv on her.
** When he gets caught using the security camera in the Knight Sabres' changing room to sneak peeks at them while they're suiting up, Priss throws her shirt over the camera lens.
** Mackie is also infatuated with his big sister and uses his morning deliveries as an excuse to perv on her.
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**CovertPervert: When he gets caught using the security camera in the Knight Sabres' changing room to sneak peeks at them while they're suiting up, Priss Sylia throws her shirt over the camera lens.
** Mackie islens. He also infatuated with his big sister and regularly uses his morning deliveries as an excuse to perv on her.
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* AllForNothing: Out of the group of Sexaroids that try to escape the moon colony, only Sylvie and Anri make it to Earth. [[spoiler: Sylvie dies trying to sustain Anri, then Anri dies shortly afterwards.]]
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* SecretRelationship: She was implied to be in one with Priss (noted on the [[HoYay/BubblegumCrisis Les Yay page]]).
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* SecretRelationship: She Sylvie was implied to be in one with Priss (noted on the [[HoYay/BubblegumCrisis Les Yay page]]).
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Vision's stage oufit seems to be made of ribbons and half a pair of pants.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Zigzagged. Priss's kinder moments are much fewer and in-between this time around, but she doesn't have her classic version's more openly abrasive side.
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* AdaptationalSkimpiness: Priss's shows more skin in her casual clothing here, compared to her classic self, as her street ware involves wearing a jacket over what is essentially corset, giving the viewers a good look at her cleavage and shoulders. Her sleepware is definitely more skimpy compared to her classic selve's pajamas as ,for what little can be seen of it, Priss wears a yellow long sleeved shirt of some kind to sleep in the classic series. In here, she wears a yellow tank top, panties and that's about it, with her clearly [[VaporWear not wearing a bra of any kind.]]
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* AdaptationalSkimpiness: Priss's shows more skin in her casual clothing here, compared to her classic self, as her street ware involves wearing a jacket over what is essentially corset, giving the viewers a good look at her cleavage and shoulders. Her sleepware is definitely more skimpy compared to her classic selve's pajamas as ,for as, for what little can be seen of it, Priss wears a yellow long sleeved shirt of some kind to sleep in the classic series. In here, she wears a yellow tank top, panties and that's about it, with her clearly [[VaporWear not wearing a bra of any kind.]]
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* AlasPoorVillain: Galatea mutates Mason into a mass of flesh and machine parts, then leaves him suspended outside GENOM tower to watch the carnage unfold. After which, we get a glimpse of Mason's troubled childhood. The last we see of him, the Knight Sabers can only take pity on his state. Given his unresponsive state, he's implied to be either dead or catatonic.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Galatea mutates Mason into a mass of flesh and machine parts, then leaves him suspended outside GENOM tower to watch the carnage unfold. After which, we get a glimpse of Mason's troubled childhood. The last we see of him, the Knight Sabers can only take pity on his state.him. Given his unresponsive state, he's implied to be either dead or catatonic.
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* SmugSmiler: While less ObviouslyEvil than Brian, his default expressrion is a smug smirk that are commonly shown on villains.
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* SmugSmiler: While less ObviouslyEvil than Brian, his default expressrion expression is a smug smirk that are is commonly shown on villains.
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*YoungerThanTheyLook: Sylia physically looks and sounds like a woman in her late 20's-early 30's. You'd never guess she was 22, [[AllThereInTheManual unless you've read her character bio]].
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* AgeLift: Quincy was implied to be in his 60s-70s in the original series, bu here he's stated to be well over 80, since he's reliant on tubes and wires to stay alive.
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: Quincy's surname was never mentioned in the 2040 series.OVA series. ''Tokyo 2040'' gave him the surname "Rosenkroitz".
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* PurpleIsPowerful: A high-ranking GENOM who not only dresses in purple, but also has purple hair and eye colour.
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* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler:He was the one who caused the earthquake that leveled most of Tokyo. This was done as a last resort to stop Galatea's original rampage. Nigel remarks that despite how many that died in the incident, Quincy did the right thing as the alternative would have been even worse]].
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* BloodbathVillainOrigin: She leveled most of Tokyo when she was born.
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->Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Teresa Ibarrola (''2040''/adult), Gaby Ugarte (''2040''/child)
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* EvilCounterpart: He's set up as one for Nigel, as they were both assistants to SYlia's father and thus partially responsible for the development of Boomer technology. Mason is a white-collar villain that craves power, treats his allies like dirt and treats Boomers like sex slaves. Nigel on the other hand is a humble mechanic that cares about Mackie, Sylia and Priss and has a much more chaste personality.
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* EvilCounterpart: He's set up as one for Nigel, as they were both assistants to SYlia's Sylia's father and thus partially responsible for the development of Boomer technology. Mason is a white-collar villain that craves power, treats his allies like dirt and treats Boomers like sex slaves. Nigel on the other hand is a humble mechanic that cares about Mackie, Sylia and Priss and has a much more chaste personality.
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->Voiced in Japanese by: Creator/ToshioFurukawa (''Bubblegum Crisis''), Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (''2040'')
->Voiced in English by: Brad Moranz (classic series), Adam Henderson (''[=AD=] Police)'', Creator/JasonDouglas (''2040'')
->Voiced in English by: Brad Moranz (classic series), Adam Henderson (''[=AD=] Police)'', Creator/JasonDouglas (''2040'')
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->Voiced in Japanese by: Creator/ToshioFurukawa (''Bubblegum Crisis''), Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (''2040'')
->Voiced in English by:Brad Moranz (classic series), Adam Henderson (''[=AD=] Police)'', Creator/JasonDouglas (''2040'')
->Voiced in English by:
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rich idiot with no day job was disambiguated by TRS. Moving examples to proper tropes.
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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Mild-mannered lingerie store owner by day, power-armored mercenary[=/=]vigilante by night.
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* SecretIdentity: Mild-mannered lingerie store owner by day, power-armored mercenary[=/=]vigilante by night.
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* RealMenWearPink: If the Knight Sabers were a FiveManBand, then the only GUY in the group would be TheChick.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: [[spoiler:spoiler:She delivers one to Reika Chang after Reika still insists on getting revenge for her family.]]
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* HeartbrokenBadass: She temporarily quits the Knight Sabres, after being forced to kill Sylvie. And later [[TearsOfRemorse apologizes to Anri]], for not being able to save her, [[spoiler: while embracing the latter, whose knife was buried in her abdomen.]]
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* HeartbrokenBadass: She temporarily quits the Knight Sabres, after being forced to kill Sylvie. And later [[TearsOfRemorse apologizes to Anri]], for not being able to save her, [[spoiler: while [[spoiler:while embracing the latter, whose knife was buried in her abdomen.]]
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* BrainyBrunette: She has a genuis level IQ, and personally designed all of their equipment, due to [[spoiler: her father augmenting her with a cyberbrain implant containing all of his research data, which included the designs for the Knight Sabres' hardsuits.]]
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* BrainyBrunette: She has a genuis level IQ, and personally designed all of their equipment, due to [[spoiler: her [[spoiler:her father augmenting her with a cyberbrain implant containing all of his research data, which included the designs for the Knight Sabres' hardsuits.]]
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%%* {{Cyborg}} / {{Transhuman}}: [[spoiler: Maybe. It's complicated.]]
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%%* {{Cyborg}} / {{Transhuman}}: [[spoiler: Maybe.[[spoiler:Maybe. It's complicated.]]
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* SecretKeeper: A variation. [[spoiler: In episodes 5 and 6, it was made blatantly clear that Sylia was aware that Largo was Brian J. Mason back from the dead, and confirmed it at the end of episode 6, but she never mentioned it to anyone else]].
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* SecretKeeper: A variation. [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In episodes 5 and 6, it was made blatantly clear that Sylia was aware that Largo was Brian J. Mason back from the dead, and confirmed it at the end of episode 6, but she never mentioned it to anyone else]].
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: [[spoiler: She delivers one to Reika Chang after Reika still insists on getting revenge for her family.]]
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: [[spoiler: She [[spoiler:spoiler:She delivers one to Reika Chang after Reika still insists on getting revenge for her family.]]
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* {{Hackette}}: It's how she got her job as a member of the A.D. Police. [[spoiler: They caught her after she had hacked their computers several times to get information on every case involving the Knight Sabres in order to uncover their identities. The A.D. Police considered her a potential asset, and chose to hire her rather than arrest her.]] It's also how she became a Knight Sabre, see directly below.
* TheSmartGuy: She knows her way around computers, which is how she became a Knight Sabre, [[spoiler: by acing a cyberspace challenge from Sylia, who had been scouting her, after becoming aware of Nene's attempts to find them. So Sylia designed the challenge specifically for Nene, to test her. When Nene completed it, it revealed a simple two word message: "You're hired".]]
* TheSmartGuy: She knows her way around computers, which is how she became a Knight Sabre, [[spoiler: by acing a cyberspace challenge from Sylia, who had been scouting her, after becoming aware of Nene's attempts to find them. So Sylia designed the challenge specifically for Nene, to test her. When Nene completed it, it revealed a simple two word message: "You're hired".]]
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* {{Hackette}}: It's how she got her job as a member of the A.D. Police. [[spoiler: They [[spoiler:They caught her after she had hacked their computers several times to get information on every case involving the Knight Sabres in order to uncover their identities. The A.D. Police considered her a potential asset, and chose to hire her rather than arrest her.]] It's also how she became a Knight Sabre, see directly below.
* TheSmartGuy: She knows her way around computers, which is how she became a Knight Sabre,[[spoiler: by [[spoiler:by acing a cyberspace challenge from Sylia, who had been scouting her, after becoming aware of Nene's attempts to find them. So Sylia designed the challenge specifically for Nene, to test her. When Nene completed it, it revealed a simple two word message: "You're hired".]]
* TheSmartGuy: She knows her way around computers, which is how she became a Knight Sabre,
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: He takes this attitude in the 7th episode, when [[spoiler: Reika confronts him with Irene's murder.]] Quincy laughs it off, saying he couldn't be bothered to remember, [[spoiler: [[WhatMeasureIsANonSuper "some insignificant girl"]]]], since he's such a busy man.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: He takes this attitude in the 7th episode, when [[spoiler: Reika [[spoiler:Reika confronts him with Irene's murder.]] Quincy laughs it off, saying he couldn't be bothered to remember, [[spoiler: [[WhatMeasureIsANonSuper [[spoiler:[[WhatMeasureIsANonSuper "some insignificant girl"]]]], since he's such a busy man.
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* DecoyGetaway: He does it twice: first to Largo, then [[spoiler: Reika]]; both times by using a robotic stand-in. Though, in the second instance, it was a modified combat Boomer.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: See PragmaticVillainy. Also., [[spoiler: his reaction to Largo hijacking the satellite and destroying a handful of GENOM locales, murdering thousands in the process.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: See PragmaticVillainy. Also., [[spoiler: his reaction to Largo hijacking the satellite and destroying a handful of GENOM locales, murdering thousands in the process.]]
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* DecoyGetaway: He does it twice: first to Largo, then [[spoiler: Reika]]; [[spoiler:Reika]]; both times by using a robotic stand-in. Though, in the second instance, it was a modified combat Boomer.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: See PragmaticVillainy. Also.,[[spoiler: his [[spoiler:his reaction to Largo hijacking the satellite and destroying a handful of GENOM locales, murdering thousands in the process.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: See PragmaticVillainy. Also.,
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: See the CorruptCorporateExecutive and ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice examples below. On that note, it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.]]
* BackFromTheDead:[[spoiler: As Largo's subconscious.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The guy's a douche. He bought a housing complex, evicted all the residents (including Priss) and leveled it so Genom could develop the property into another of their research facilities, [[spoiler: even after being told someone was still inside at the time. Oh, and years prior to that, [[YouKilledMyFather he murdered Sylia's Father too.]]]]
* DeathBySecretIdentity:[[spoiler: Challenging the Sabres in combat and forcing Sylia's helmet open wasn't the smartest move in his career, especially since she [[BladeBelowTheShoulder still had an arm free.....]]]]
* BackFromTheDead:[[spoiler: As Largo's subconscious.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The guy's a douche. He bought a housing complex, evicted all the residents (including Priss) and leveled it so Genom could develop the property into another of their research facilities, [[spoiler: even after being told someone was still inside at the time. Oh, and years prior to that, [[YouKilledMyFather he murdered Sylia's Father too.]]]]
* DeathBySecretIdentity:[[spoiler: Challenging the Sabres in combat and forcing Sylia's helmet open wasn't the smartest move in his career, especially since she [[BladeBelowTheShoulder still had an arm free.....]]]]
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: See [[spoiler:See the CorruptCorporateExecutive and ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice examples below. On that note, it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.]]
*BackFromTheDead:[[spoiler: As BackFromTheDead:[[spoiler:As Largo's subconscious.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The guy's a douche. He bought a housing complex, evicted all the residents (including Priss) and leveled it so Genom could develop the property into another of their research facilities,[[spoiler: even [[spoiler:even after being told someone was still inside at the time. Oh, and years prior to that, [[YouKilledMyFather he murdered Sylia's Father too.]]]]
*DeathBySecretIdentity:[[spoiler: Challenging DeathBySecretIdentity:[[spoiler:Challenging the Sabres in combat and forcing Sylia's helmet open wasn't the smartest move in his career, especially since she [[BladeBelowTheShoulder still had an arm free.....]]]]
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The guy's a douche. He bought a housing complex, evicted all the residents (including Priss) and leveled it so Genom could develop the property into another of their research facilities,
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: By Sylia, who kills him when Brian forces her helmet open, revealing her identity.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Courtesy of the woman whose father he murdered when she was a child.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: For all the reasons mentioned in the preceding examples.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Courtesy of the woman whose father he murdered when she was a child.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: For all the reasons mentioned in the preceding examples.]]
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: By [[spoiler:By Sylia, who kills him when Brian forces her helmet open, revealing her identity.]]
* KarmicDeath:[[spoiler: Courtesy [[spoiler:Courtesy of the woman whose father he murdered when she was a child.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma:[[spoiler: For [[spoiler:For all the reasons mentioned in the preceding examples.]]
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* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler: He left Quincy utterly horrified when he used the satellite particle beam to destroy numerous Genom towers and research centers around the world, including the research center in Tokyo.]]
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* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He left Quincy utterly horrified when he used the satellite particle beam to destroy numerous Genom towers and research centers around the world, including the research center in Tokyo.]]
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* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: In Crash!, he tells Sylia that they're the same, being neither human or Boomer; implying that they're a new species altogether. This is also hinted at in the original OVA, but never expanded upon due to his [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat supposed]] DisneyVillainDeath and subsequent explosion while trying to kill her.]]
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* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In Crash!, he tells Sylia that they're the same, being neither human or Boomer; implying that they're a new species altogether. This is also hinted at in the original OVA, but never expanded upon due to his [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat supposed]] DisneyVillainDeath and subsequent explosion while trying to kill her.]]
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* MadeOfIron: He had to be, to survive [[CurbstompBattle the beatings]] he got from the DD Battlemover and Lando. Although it helped that [[spoiler: he bore a resemblance to one of Lando's former soldiers, which triggered a flashback that prevented Lando from finishing him off.]]
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* MadeOfIron: He had to be, to survive [[CurbstompBattle the beatings]] he got from the DD Battlemover and Lando. Although it helped that [[spoiler: he [[spoiler:he bore a resemblance to one of Lando's former soldiers, which triggered a flashback that prevented Lando from finishing him off.]]
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* BackupTwin: [[spoiler: Reika has a strong, but not perfect, resemblance to Irene, whose murder in the second OVA is second only to the deaths of Sylvie and Anri in the list of things [[FixFic the fanbase tries to change in fanfic]]. "Double Vision" revolves around Reika taking vengeance for her sister, while making friends with Linna.]]
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* BackupTwin: [[spoiler: Reika [[spoiler:Reika has a strong, but not perfect, resemblance to Irene, whose murder in the second OVA is second only to the deaths of Sylvie and Anri in the list of things [[FixFic the fanbase tries to change in fanfic]]. "Double Vision" revolves around Reika taking vengeance for her sister, while making friends with Linna.]]
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* MafiaPrincess: The Triad Princess. In name only [[spoiler: until she begins her quest for vengeance against Genom for murdering her sister, Irene]].
* OrphansPlotTrinket: [[spoiler: Irene's engagement ring]], which was given to her by Linna.
* ThatManIsDead: Reika was so consumed by vengeance over her sister's death, that she told Lina her comeback tour was a farce. It was only a cover to get her into Japan so she could hunt down Irene's killers. By the end of the episode, she was prepared to abandon her singing career altogether to assume leadership of the Houbang Triad - until Linna slapped her and replaced Reika's triad ring with [[spoiler: Irene's engagement ring]].
* OrphansPlotTrinket: [[spoiler: Irene's engagement ring]], which was given to her by Linna.
* ThatManIsDead: Reika was so consumed by vengeance over her sister's death, that she told Lina her comeback tour was a farce. It was only a cover to get her into Japan so she could hunt down Irene's killers. By the end of the episode, she was prepared to abandon her singing career altogether to assume leadership of the Houbang Triad - until Linna slapped her and replaced Reika's triad ring with [[spoiler: Irene's engagement ring]].
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* MafiaPrincess: The Triad Princess. In name only [[spoiler: until [[spoiler:until she begins her quest for vengeance against Genom for murdering her sister, Irene]].
* OrphansPlotTrinket:[[spoiler: Irene's [[spoiler:Irene's engagement ring]], which was given to her by Linna.
* ThatManIsDead: Reika was so consumed by vengeance over her sister's death, that she told Lina her comeback tour was a farce. It was only a cover to get her into Japan so she could hunt down Irene's killers. By the end of the episode, she was prepared to abandon her singing career altogether to assume leadership of the Houbang Triad - until Linna slapped her and replaced Reika's triad ring with[[spoiler: Irene's [[spoiler:Irene's engagement ring]].
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* ThatManIsDead: Reika was so consumed by vengeance over her sister's death, that she told Lina her comeback tour was a farce. It was only a cover to get her into Japan so she could hunt down Irene's killers. By the end of the episode, she was prepared to abandon her singing career altogether to assume leadership of the Houbang Triad - until Linna slapped her and replaced Reika's triad ring with
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Mackie's less HormoneAddledTeenager and acts more sheltered, due to [[spoiler: being an artificial human]]. His attraction to Nene is also made obvious from the get-go.
* BreakTheCutie: He's a sweet kid who just wants to tinker with machines, be with his sister and maybe score points with Nene, but he's also [[spoiler: an artificial human that Galatea tries to assimilate. He's left catatonic after she tries to take over his mind with only an implication that he'll recover once she's destroyed.]]
* BreakTheCutie: He's a sweet kid who just wants to tinker with machines, be with his sister and maybe score points with Nene, but he's also [[spoiler: an artificial human that Galatea tries to assimilate. He's left catatonic after she tries to take over his mind with only an implication that he'll recover once she's destroyed.]]
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Mackie's less HormoneAddledTeenager and acts more sheltered, due to [[spoiler: being [[spoiler:being an artificial human]]. His attraction to Nene is also made obvious from the get-go.
* BreakTheCutie: He's a sweet kid who just wants to tinker with machines, be with his sister and maybe score points with Nene, but he's also[[spoiler: an [[spoiler:an artificial human that Galatea tries to assimilate. He's left catatonic after she tries to take over his mind with only an implication that he'll recover once she's destroyed.]]
* BreakTheCutie: He's a sweet kid who just wants to tinker with machines, be with his sister and maybe score points with Nene, but he's also
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* TheAssimilator: Did this to Genom Tower, all the boomers inside it, the Umbrella Satellite, [[spoiler: presumably Brian Mason and almost does it to Mackie, Sylia and Priss]]
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* TheAssimilator: Did this to Genom Tower, all the boomers inside it, the Umbrella Satellite, [[spoiler: presumably [[spoiler:presumably Brian Mason and almost does it to Mackie, Sylia and Priss]]
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* WorthyOpponent: Eventually considers [[spoiler: Priss]] to be this.
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* WorthyOpponent: Eventually considers [[spoiler: Priss]] [[spoiler:Priss]] to be this.
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* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Nene notes he and his comrades are European not Japanese.
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* BerserkButton: Boomers are a major hot-issue for Sylia to an even ''worse'' degree compared to ''Classic'' Priss.
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%% Doesn't expalin what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: Boomers are a major hot-issue for Sylia to an even ''worse'' degree compared to ''Classic'' Priss.
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dewicked Shes Got Legs
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* SexySecretary: She's drop-dead gorgeous, with [[HeadTurningBeauty a smokin' bod]], [[ShesGotLegs stewardess legs]], and [[BadassInANiceSuit dressed to kill.]]
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* SexySecretary: She's drop-dead gorgeous, with [[HeadTurningBeauty a smokin' bod]], [[ShesGotLegs stewardess legs]], legs, and [[BadassInANiceSuit dressed to kill.]]
