History Anime / BattleSpiritsShonenGekihaDan

* CharClone: Shula. Let's see: Blonde, wears red, has a mask, and is an aloof big brother to his long lost sister.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: While Clackey seems to be the official spelling, according to Sunrise's Brave website, Krakki, Kurakkii and Cracky have been seen on official sites and in the anime, and numerous other spellings of his name have popped up on assorted fansites. Fortunately, said website has released official spellings for most characters.
** Also the first fansubs used Prim rather than Plym, and Duke rather than Duc. The latter of each are used on the Sunrise site. While Prim makes more sense than Plym, Duc probably is the legitimate spelling, as it's French for duke.

* WhipItGood: Kazan wields a whip

* BareYourMidriff: Magisa. Zazie is a male example.

* OddlyVisibleEyebrows

* OldMaid: Magisa. An exaggeratedly old one.

* ChristmasCake: Magisa. An exaggeratedly old one.
* CollectibleCardGame:

* OffModel: A couple episodes look very off, especially if they're right before or after a great looking episode.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: The Pentan Empire, based on a universe in the card game ruled by penguins. In the Grand Lolo counterpart, all inhabitants are forced to wear penguin costumes.

* {{Bishonen}}: The series is full of pretty men, including Yuuki, Clackey, Suzuri, Serge and Belga.
** In Brave, Barone and Zazie.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Clackey and Kazan. At least in Clackey's case, he's AmbiguouslyBrown.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Many red spirits

* IllGirl: Kajitsu. [[spoiler: Bearing Mother Core puts a huge burden on her body. She's often bed-ridden because of this.]]

** Stella continues the trend in Brave, though this time it's more likely a case of MaliciousMisnaming

* AllLovingHero: Dan. He's willing to give everyone a chance. He'll jump to save anyone, even if he hardly knows them [[spoiler: or they're an enemy. He even tried to take in Mother Core, which his body couldn't physically handle.]] And his friends adore him.

* {{Bishounen}}: The series is full of pretty men, including Yuuki, Clackey, Suzuri, Serge and Belga.

** The sequel web series ''Saga Brave'' as well, which opens with [[spoiler: an assassination attempt on one of the main heroes by a radical hate group.]] To be fair, this season wasn't aimed at kids, instead being aimed at the grown-up original audience.

* TheDeterminator: Dan, especially in Brave. [[spoiler:r. Even with a doomed fate, he is going to carry out his mission until the end.]]

* DistressedDamsel: Kajitsu in the manga version is constantly kidnapped.

* EmptyShell: After losing to Otherworld King [[spoiler: This happens to Dan temporarily.]]
* EmotionlessGirl: Kajitsu at first

* EvilOldFolks: The Otherworld King [[spoiler: Until he has his youth restored.]]

** At first glance, Flora seemed to be an expy to Kajitsu, down to having flower motifs, a similar deck and the same seiyuu. This is actually explained when she's revealed to be so similar [[spoiler:because she's Kajitsu's Reincarnation.]]

* FlowerMotifs: Roses are very significant to Yuuki and Kajitsu. And then of course, there's [[MeaningfulName Flora]] [[spoiler:Kajitsu’s reincarnation.]]

* GoodCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler: Yuuki and Kajitsu each get one around the time where they switch sides]]

* IKissYourHand: Belga tends to do this

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Duc gets this, erasing parts of his former identity. It’s all a part of his BrainwashedAndCrazy]]

* LotusEaterMachine: Episode 42 involves one [[spoiler: where Dan, Mai and Clackey are trapped, and start to forget their role, until Kajitsu interferes.]]

* {{Mons}}: The spirits
* MoodWhiplash: Some episodes in this show are about Suzuri being possessed by the ghost of an onmyouji, or a monster trying to marry Magisa. Both of which were played for pure comedy.[[spoiler: Others involve characters dying depressing deaths.]]
* MoralityPet: Kajitsu to Yuuki. He treats her much kinder than he does anyone else and after realizing he had been hurting her more than helping her [[spoiler: leaves her in the care of the Bearers of Cores Light. He later leaves Otherworld King and joins with them as well for her sake.]]

* OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchphrase: Some variation of "Let's go! Attack step!"

* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler: Yuuki and Kajitsu, or at least who they were in past lives]]

-->'''Dan''': [[spoiler: I am the trigger. I don't have to pull anything. [[HeroicSacrifice I become it]].]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Otherworld King basically does this to Leon]]

* DuelsDecideEverything: As expected in a card game anime, a game can decide the fate of the world, or be used for anything much less mundane.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: The Pentan Empire

* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Most of the spirits. The Great Angelia Sophia is a notable exception, which may or may not have something to do with the fact that Clackey is in love with her.

** In Brave, she's been more of a FauxActionGirl. [[spoiler: However, once she parted ways with Dan and the rest, returning to the mazoku capital with Barone, she regained full ActionGirl status.]]
** Brave does introduce Flora, at least.

** In Brave [[spoiler: Zazie]]

* BishieSparkle: Clackey, Belga
* {{Bishounen}}: Yuuki, Clackey, Suzuri, Serge, Belga

* BrotherSisterIncest: Yuuki and Kajitsu. Somehow, this show airs on a Sunday morning kids block.

* CoolShades: Galaxy, Jin

* DarkIsNotEvil: Mai uses purple.
* DarkMagicalGirl: Kajitsu. Not really a traditional mahou shoujo, but she does have powers.
* DarkSkinnedBlond: Clackey, Kazan. At least in Clackey's case, he's AmbiguouslyBrown.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Mainly with Dan and Kenzo.

** In Brave [[spoiler: Duc]] takes this role.
* DuelsDecideEverything

** There's also one-shot character Seiru.

** Also, considering the way mazoku age, any of them might fit into this. Though, that's actually a case of Really700YearsOld.

* FingerSuckHealing: Yuuki does this to Kajitsu.
* FlowerMotifs: Roses are very significant to Yuuki and Kajitsu. And then of course, there's [[MeaningfulName Flora]].

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Magisa
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Kenzo, Kajitsu, Yuuki and Kazan]]
** [[spoiler: In Brave, Barone, Flora, Eolus and Rugain.]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Duc gets this, erasing parts of his former identity.]]
** [[spoiler: A part of his BrainwashedAndCrazy]]
* LightIsGood: Clackey, as a yellow user. Also, this could apply to core's light in general.
* LightningGlare: Kenzo and Stella.

** Magisa.

** En and Fant.
** Flora

* MerchandiseDriven

* MoodWhiplash: Some episodes in this show are about Suzuri being possessed by the ghost of an onmyouji, or a monster trying to marry Magisa. [[spoiler: Others involve characters dying depressing deaths.]]
* MoralityPet: Kajitsu to Yuuki
* NeverMessWithGranny: Magisa
* NoblewomansLaugh: Gilfam
* NonHumanSidekick: Zungurii

* OfficialCouple: Naturally, Duc and Shima. [[spoiler: Also, Dan/Mai, Yuuki/Kajitsu and Clackey/Angers.]]

* PowerGlows

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Magisa is really 4029 years old

* RedIsHeroic: He's the red core soldier, and he uses red too.

* TheRival: Dan vs. Yuuki

** Youth also seems to have a one-sided rivalry with Dan.

* StalkerWithACrush: Kousuke.

* TagalongKid: En and Fant
* TakeMyHand: Happens a few times.

* TrueCompanions: Dan, Zungurii, Magisa, Clackey, Mai, [[spoiler: Kenzo, Kajitsu, Yuuki, Suzuri]]

* WhipItGood: Kazan

** Brave gives us Youth and Rugain with blue hair, plus Duc with green, Gilfam and Lucretia with purple, and Flora with pink.

* NiceHat: A couple. There's Clackey in Brave, and Queen Gilfam. Of course, Suzuri's hat [[spoiler: When he's king]] as well.

Dan to Bashin, Yuuki to J, and Mai to Suiren. To a lesser extent, Kajitsu to Kyouka.

* {{Expy}}: Compared to the original series, Dan to Bashin, Yuuki to J, and Mai to Suiren. To a lesser extent, Kajitsu to Kyouka.
** At times, Yuuki and Kajitsu’s relationship bears very striking similarities to Lelouch and Nunnally’s from Code Geass. Since they’re both Sunrise series released at around the same time period, it may not be a coincidence.
** In the first episode of Brave, look-alikes of Jun and Maaya from the spin off manga, Batosupi! appear. Those two characters are already gender-bent expys of J and Bashin from the original series, respectively.
** Speaking of Brave, Stella is one to Magisa, Gaspard is one to Serge, Barone has definite similarities to Yuuki, both Rugain and Youth could be expys to Suzuri (purely aesthetically), and Flora is a Kajitsu expy [[spoiler: (which is quite [[{{Reincarnation}} justified.)]]]] Rugain's mother, Shima is probably one to J's mother, Miyako in the original series.