History Anime / AppareRanman

** When a prisoner messes with Appare's writings, he dares the latter to "go ahead and make me" when asked to move. In response, Appare casually [[DropThehammer hammers]] [[AgonyOfDeFeet his foot]] to get him to move.

%%* ExcitedShowTitle: An exclamation point punctuates the show's title. The title for episode 6 also ends this way.

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* BareYourMidriff: Hototo and Xiaoleng wear outfits that expose their midsections. Xiaoleng fought against Gil's female goon with knives who also bare her belly (and her gangs' snake tattoo).

* AmbiguousDisorder: Appare has no social skills at all, no apparent understanding of things like private property, does not display typical emotional responses to the situations he finds himself in, lacks impulse control, and seems to be unable to consider the consequences of his actions. He also focuses much of his time in inventing contraptions, even brushing off a photo opportunity just to keep working on his race car.

** Episode 10 [[UpToEleven ups the ante]] by having [[spoiler: Richard reveal himself as Gil to the protagonists, has his gang the Snakes hijack the train and take hostages, among them being Sofia, and Gil, after subduing most of the protagonists, disables their cars, and seemingly kills Kosame after Kosame [[TakingTheBullet took the bullet meant for Appare]].]]

* SteamNeverDies: The train owners are appalled about the idea of a Trans-American car race upsetting the StatusQuo and try to sabotage it by hiring [[spoiler:legendary outlaw Gil T. Shiga, who enters the race under an assumed name to avoid suspicion. [[DidntThinkThisThrough It backfires spectacularly on them]] when the guy who hired him is killed by Gil, who later proclaims that he doesn't care for either cars or trains, [[TheDreaded only the power being the most feared individual in the USA brings.]]]]

* TheDragAlong: Kosame didn't wanted to go on an adventure across the world, but now that he's with Appare he has no choice but to help if he wants to go home.

%%* ExcitedTitle: An exclamation point punctuates the show's title. The title for episode 6 also ends this way.

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Al takes out one of Gil's {{Mooks]} this way.

* CoolBigSis: Unlike the rest of his family, Appare's older sister at least tries to be accepting towards her little brother's ideas. She even gives him an amulet when he leaves their household.

* CrazyEnoughToWork: Only Appare would have come up with ''shooting the engine'' of his vehicle like a rocket to gain the edge over Al, allowing Kosame to run to the finish line right before, winning their non-official race.

* LaserGuidedKarma: David gets his in episode 4 after causing Xiaoleng to spin out during their race by having the race team's manager punch him square in the face.

* PoliceAreUseless: Though through no fault of their own, [[spoiler:Both a sheriff and his deputy are killed while attempting to stop Gil's gang from robbing the train.]]

* ShoutOut: The cars in the race resemble new takes on ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' with two cars in particular resembling Penelope Pitstop and the Ant Hill Mob's cars, Al's car in particular is a LighterAndSofter version of the Mean Machine painted white.

* TemptingFate: When a prisoner messes with Appare's writings, he dares the latter to "go ahead and make me" when asked to move. In response, Appare casually [[DropThehammer hammers]] [[AgonyOfDeFeet his foot]] to get him to move.

* WouldHurtAChild: When Hototo blocks the race from starting, the first thing the crowd does is to throw stones at him, which quickly escalates to WouldHitAGirl as Xiaoleng and Sophia jump in to help shield him from the throwing. [[spoiler:Completely averted with Chase and his brother, who assures the boy that they don't harm women or children.]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Appare has red and white hair, Hototo is green, Xiaoleng is blue, TJ is blue and ''electric pink''.

* MulticoloredHair: Appare's hair is mostly red with some white. TJ's dreadlocks seem to be blue with electric pink.

* BareYourMidriff: Hototo and Xiaoleng wear outfits that expose their midsections. Xiaoleng fought against Gil's female goon with knives who also bare her belly (and her gangs'snake tattoo).

* BareYourMidriff: Hototo and Xiaoleng wear outfits that expose their midsections. Xiaoleng fought against Gil's female goon with knives who also bare her belly.

* BareYourMidriff: Hototo and Xiaoleng wear outfits that expose their midsections.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: A healthy dose of this pops up in episode 4:
** Xiaoleng gets this dumped on her twice; after revealing her intentions to race, Al tells her that despite the fact that she has some experience behind the wheel, racing is much different than simply driving alone. A fact shown during her race with David, as he's the team's driver, has far more experience than she does and as a result, manages to get a lead on her several times despite her own ability being shown on full display. Later when the race is over, her boss ends up telling her why being a female racer is next to impossible to accomplish even with her driving skills- mainly that most of the spectators that watch the races are males who want to see men battle each other and that no one is going to root for a female racer- but tells her that if she took part in the Trans-America race, then perhaps opinions could change and offers to help her get started with preparations.
** Despite ultimately winning the race to determine Xiaoleng's future with the team, absolutely everyone is shocked and appalled at David's DirtyCoward approach to make her spin out that the team's owner not only [[LaserGuidedKarma punches him in the jaw]], but tells him that had she crashed, he would have been fired immediately.
** For all of Gil's boasting [[spoiler: he ends up losing rather handidly in the final episode after Dylan and TJ team up to take him on. While Gil may individually being the strongest of the Thousand Three, it's still not enough for him to overcome that type of handicap.]]

* RealityEnsues: A healthy dose of this pops up in episode 4:

* AnachronismStew: The time period is supposed to be the Meiji era (1868-1912), but the cars in the race look more modern (1920s-40s), except Appare's steam-powered boat on wheels. And TJ is apparently listening to [[AnachronisticSoundtrack 21st century rap music]]. And there are still typical western Outlaws as well. Meanwhile, the ship captain who takes Appare and Kosame to America mentions sailing through the Panama Canal (not opened until 1914) and the American flag has the 50 star pattern that wouldn't exist until the second half of the 20th Century. It's revealed in episode 9 that the series is set in 1890.