History Anime / BurnUp

* InternationalCoproduction: ''W'' and ''Excess''

* RelationshipVoiceActor: In the English dubs of ''W'' and ''Excess'', Rio and Yuji are voiced by Creator/AmandaWinnLee and her husband Jaxon Lee.

* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs (The last two episodes of ''W''.)
* AlternateContinuity (None of the series is in exactly the same continuity of the others.)
* ArtShift (Between the OVA, ''W'' and ''Excess'', and finally ''Scramble'' as part of the general shift in anime art style between the early and late 90s, and then the early 2000s.)
* BerserkButton (''Don't'' damage Remi's gear. "Lead enema", anyone?)
* [[spoiler:BigBadFriend]] ([[spoiler:The Commander]] in ''Scramble'')

* [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold Her Liquor]] (Lilika in ''Scramble''. Even a little gets her plastered and accentuated her {{dojikko}} and LesYay, below.)
* CherryBlossoms (In ''Scramble'', they fall while Maya informs Rio that she's leaving. They also fall on Lilika while she's [[CantHoldHisLiquor sleeping it off]].
* ColorCodedCharacters (The skinsuits in ''Scramble''. Red for Rio, green for Maya, blue for Lilika, purple for [[spoiler:The Commander]].)
* CovertPervert (For a supposed sheltered innocent, ''Scramble''!Lilika has a kinky imagination!)
* DarkActionGirl (Ruby)
* DarkSkinnedRedhead (''Scramble''!Lilika)
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep (The Commander from ''Scramble'')
* LittleMissSnarker (''Scramble''!Maya)
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything (Our first view of Rio in ''Excess'' is one of these, where she's enjoying a bowl of ramen. ''Really'' enjoying. The scenes we see before this is revealed...)
* {{Dojikko}} (Lilika in ''Scramble''.)
* GadgeteerGenius (Nanvel from ''W'' and ''Excess'')
* {{Gainaxing}} (Creator/ADVFilms had a "Jiggle Meter" as a special feature.)

* HadakaApron (''Scramble''!Lilika)
* HandOrObjectUnderwear (''Scramble''!Lilika, the "objects" being Rio and Maya)
* HandsomeLech (Yuji)
* ICallItVera (Every version of Maya.)
* InternationalCoproduction (''W'' and ''Excess'')

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold (Rio)
* LawEnforcementInc (Team Warrior is usually non-official, and always provides bounties for successfully completed missions.)
* LethalChef (Adding ''bullets'' and ''gunpowder'' to "punch up" stew? Yeah, sure thing, Lilika)
* LocalHangout (The ramen restaraunt in ''Excess'', mostly because it's one of the places Rio can afford to eat at.)
* MafiaPrincess (''W''/''Excess''!Maya was the daughter of a {{Yakuza}} boss.)
* MarshmallowHell (In ''Scramble'', [[spoiler:The Warriors Commander]] uses this as an ''attack'' against Rio, before throwing her into a stack of junked cars.)
* MarsNeedsWomen (Henry, towards Rio.)
* MsFanservice (Lots of it, but particularly Rio.)
* NonActionGuy (Yuji, although he ''is'' technically an ace helicopter pilot.)
* {{Omake}} (''Excess'' usually had an epilogue to each episode, which eventually evolved into "Yuji's Omake Theater".)

* PerpetualPoverty (Rio, because of her spendthrift habits.)
* PlayfulHacker (''W[=/=]Excess''!Lilica)
* PsychicPowers (''Scramble''!Lilica; they don't really work that well, though.)

* ScaryShinyGlasses (''Excess''!Maki, though she's a good guy)
* ScreamingWarrior (In ''Scramble'', Lilika, of all people. Also a pun.)
* SempaiKohai (In ''Scramble'', Lilika addresses Rio and Maya as "sempai".)

* ShootTheBullet (At the end of ''Scramble'')
* ShoutOut (Many, to ''Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons'', ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', and oh-so-many to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' -- such as a scene-for-scene remake of the fight with the Third Angel featuring Rio and a CampGay transvestite.)

* ShowSomeLeg (Rio does this to get out of trouble at her job in ''W''. She and the rest of Warrior also do this several other times in the line of duty.)

* TankGoodness (Rio has to escort a robotic AI hovertank in ''Excess''; it turns out to be controlled by a KillSat.)
* ThisLoserIsYou (Yuji in ''W'' and ''Excess''.)
* TokenMiniMoe (''W[=/=]Excess''!Lilica)
* TriggerHappy (Every version of Maya, but ''especially'' the ''W''/''Excess'' incarnation.)
* TronLines ([[spoiler:The Commander]]'s skinsuit in ''Scramble''.)
* TwelveEpisodeAnime (''Excess'', ''Scramble'')
* VirtualCelebrity (Maria from the second episode of ''W''.)

* NorioWakamoto ([=McCoy=] in the original series)

All four series were produced by {{AIC}} between 1991 (the original) and 2004 (''Scramble''). Creator/ADVFilms actually helped co-produce the two middle entries in the franchise, ''Burn Up W'' and ''Burn Up Excess''[[note]]the latter also with Creator/MagicBus[[/note]], after the success of their release of the original one-shot {{OVA}}. The latest installment, ''Burn Up Scramble'' was released in North America by Creator/{{Geneon}} USA.

* RieKugimiya: Voices ''Scramble''!Maya. [[PlayingAgainstType Goes against type]] because she's no {{Tsundere}}, much less a ShanaClone, but a LittleMissSnarker.

* RareGuns: The original OVA is the only fictional appearence of the Steyr ACR experimental flechette rifle.

* TronLines (The Commander's skinsuit in ''Scramble''.)

* ShootTheBullet (At the end of ''Scramble'')

* ShoutOut (Many, to ''CaptainScarlet'', ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', and oh-so-many to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' -- such as a scene-for-scene remake of the fight with the Third Angel featuring Rio and a CampGay transvestite.)

* ShoutOut (Many, to ''CaptainScarlet'', ''{{Ultraman}}'', and oh-so-many to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' -- such as a scene-for-scene remake of the fight with the Third Angel featuring Rio and a CampGay transvestite.)

* BizarroEpisode

All four series were produced by {{AIC}} between 1991 (the original) and 2004 (''Scramble''). Creator/ADVFilms actually helped co-produce the two middle entries in the franchise, ''Burn Up W'' and ''Burn Up Excess'', after the success of their release of the original one-shot {{OVA}}. The latest installment, ''Burn Up Scramble'' was released in North America by Creator/{{Geneon}} USA.

All four series were produced by [=AIC=] between 1991 (the original) and 2004 (''Scramble''). Creator/ADVFilms actually helped co-produce the two middle entries in the franchise, ''Burn Up W'' and ''Burn Up Excess'', after the success of their release of the original one-shot {{OVA}}. The latest installment, ''Burn Up Scramble'' was released in North America by Creator/{{Geneon}} USA.

* ShoutOut (Many, to ''CaptainScarlet'', ''{{Ultraman}}'', and oh-so-many to ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' -- such as a scene-for-scene remake of the fight with the Third Angel featuring Rio and a CampGay transvestite.)

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience (The skinsuits in ''Scramble''. Red for Rio, green for Maya, blue for Lilika, purple for [[spoiler:The Commander]].)

All four series were produced by [=AIC=] between 1991 (the original) and 2004 (''Scramble''). ADVFilms actually helped co-produce the two middle entries in the franchise, ''Burn Up W'' and ''Burn Up Excess'', after the success of their release of the original one-shot {{OVA}}. The latest installment, ''Burn Up Scramble'' was released in North America by Creator/{{Geneon}} USA.

* {{Gainaxing}} (ADVFilms had a "Jiggle Meter" as a special feature.)

* ADayAtTheBizarro

All four series were produced by [=AIC=] between 1991 (the original) and 2004 (''Scramble''). ADVFilms actually helped co-produce the two middle entries in the franchise, ''Burn Up W'' and ''Burn Up Excess'', after the success of their release of the original one-shot {{OVA}}. The latest installment, ''Burn Up Scramble'' was released in North America by {{Geneon}} USA.

* NorioWakamoto (McCoy in the original series)

* LesYay (Lilika in ''Scramble'', for Rio. She plants a kiss on her in ep 12, complete with LoveBubbles, then [[FetishFuel licks her lips]] and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny criticizes Rio's technique]].)

* CargoShip (''W''/''Excess''!Maya and her gun collection. Possibly Rio and "[[TankGoodness Henry]]" from ''Excess'', as well.)