History Anime / Macross7

* SoLastSeason: Inverted. When the new Emerald Force is comissioned, even though they have the latest model Variable Fighters, they have trouble with Gigil of the Protodevlin. When one of Emerald Force's members gets so obsessed with shooting Gigil down that his shots hit City 7, Gamlin gives him a WhatTheHellHero before telling the other two members of Diamond Force to use a series of formations against Gigil, [[{{Curb-Stomp Battle}} completely kicking his ass and shooting down his AceCustom TransformingMecha.

[[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome: Diamond Force's Commander Kinryu got one. The Battle 7 was in the middle of transforming when one of the Protodevlin ships was about to fire at it. Even though he was in a VF-11C, Kinryu had it purge its armor, charge into the Protodevlin ship, and fire at its core after he got inside. Oh, and he did all this when by all rights, he should have been in a hospital bed. The scene can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSAwU26JC3k here.]]]]

* Loophole Abuse: In episode 6, Gamlin was out on patrol when he found a disguised enemy craft. He chased it for a little while, but it got away. When he asked for permission to search for it, he was told that it fell out of the range of his duties, and that he should let an investigative team search for it and enjoy the vacation time he would be getting the next day. His response was to say that his vacation time started in one hour, and that he wanted permission to continue searching in his free time. Needless to say, he got permission.

* SuperRobotWars: (Debuted in ''[[SuperRobotWarsDestiny D]]'', later appeared in ''[[SuperRobotWarsAlpha Alpha 3]]'', and is going to appear in ''[[SuperRobotWarsZ Z2: Saisei-hen]]'', with ''Dynamite 7'' debuting in the same game.)

The show prominently features an outstanding soundtrack from a real J-Rock band ("Hummingbird") hired to double as the fictional band "Fire Bomber." Very popular in Japan, though controversial among hard core HumongousMecha fans. [[NoExportForYou Unlikely to appear any time soon in North America]], due to the untranslatability of the song lyrics, the fact that the animation and music rights are owned by different companies (and the fact that getting the music rights ''costs more than getting the rights to the series''), ''and'' because it's {{Macross}} and several companies can all get involved in any English releases.

* {{Oba-san}}: (Serves as a mild BerserkButton for Milia, who is strikingly similar [[TenchiMuyoGXP to another green-haired woman in space whose rather snappy]])

* {{Sneezing}}

**** Which is ironic, since his singing is still enough to (wake up Basara from critical Spirita drain, with help from Mylene).

* BigBrotherInstict: Basara shows this towards Mylene several time throughout the story.

* TheAce (Max. Downplayed since he's in charge of the battleship, but when he goes out to fight, he proves that he's still got his touch.)
* AceCustom (The Sound Forces Valkyries are modified versions of existing fighters.)
* ActualPacifist (Basara. The guy gets massively pissed if he's forced to attack someone, regardless of why he had to.)
* AgainstTheSettingSun (subversion: it's a fake setting sun projected against a huge screen to make the colony ship feel more like home)

* ArcNumber (7)
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever (Some of the Protodeviln. In the movie, Emilia featured a somewhat funny side-effect of being giant-sized; namely, bigger body means louder voice. She couldn't sing in a populated area while full-sized without disrupting the peace.)
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking (Max and Milia. Max is the Macross 7 battlefleet commander, and Millia is the Mayor/President of Macross 7's civillain government. Justified Trope in that they were Ace Pilots before reaching their positions of authority.)

* BeachEpisode (mildly subverted: they nearly freeze to death)

* BettyAndVeronica (Gamlin as the Betty and Basara as the Veronica)

* BridgeBunnies (multiple sets on multiple ships, all of which have male captains)
* BrokenAesop (lampshaded: at the end of one episode, Basara remarks how the lesson would not have been learned had he not cause the problem in the first place)
* CallingYourAttacks (in the beach episode Basara yells out "Pinpoint Barrier Punch")
* CatchPhrase ("LISTEN TO MY SONG!" and Max's less used "Don't take your eyes off that monitor!")

* ChickMagnet (Basara. On top of fan girls, he's got BikerBabe Rex, the Flower Girl, Sivil, Mylene and Mylene's older sister.)

* TheChosenOne (Anima Spiritia)
* CombinedEnergyAttack (a big one in the GrandFinale, involving just about everybody)

* CoolShip (a rock-and-roll band is equipped with customized versions of the most advanced mecha available)
* CoolOldGuy (Max Jenius. Milia may also qualify, but she's more of HotShounenMom, though, despite being in her fifties. Meltlandi must age like fine wine.)

* CrapsackWorld (Guvava's homeworld.)
* CuteLittleFangs (Gavil, Sivil)
* {{Delinquents}} (the Rex gang)
* {{Determinator}} (Basara. As a kid, he'd sing songs ''to a mountain'' everyday in an effort to literally ''move it'' by singing alone. Even in a wind storm. While playing a guitar that was almost as big as he was.)
* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did You Just Teach Cthulhu To Sing]] [[spoiler: The Protodevlin eventually realize that singing allows them to produce their own internal Spiritia, and no longer need to steal human Spiritia.]]
* DittoAliens (averted: except for one matched set, no two Protodeviln even vaguely resemble each other)
* DreadfulMusician (Never EVER make Gamlin Kizaki sing)

* DrillSergeantNasty (Milia was this, as revealed in Gamlin's backstory omake)
* EldritchAbomination (All the Protodeviln in their true forms except [[CuteMonsterGirl Sivil]].)
* EstablishingCharacterMoment (Basara has three. The first one involves him singing at a bunch of thugs to make them stop fighting. The second (same scene) is when he gets mad ''at Mylene'' because him trying to protect her ended up making him attack the thugs. The third is him going out in his Valkyrie into a battlefield to try and stop it by singing.)

* FanGirl (While Fire Bomber gets to be pretty famous, the Flower Girl is definitely Basara's Number One fan. One episode focuses on another fan, though this one's a ''boy'' on Mylene. Also, the Fleet of the Strongest Women episode; must be seen to be believed.)
* FestivalEpisode (another mild subversion: it's a HumongousMecha festival)

* FriendToAllLivingThings (even aside from his absolute refusal to attack people, Basara also loves animals of all shapes and sizes)
* GenkiGirl (Mylene)

* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave (Both Max and Milia. Their first daughter is about 34 years old, meaning they could be grandparents by this time.)

* HalfHumanHybrid (Mylene. Eventually proves pivotal in learning some important information.)
* HeroicResolve (Basara in the finale [[spoiler: '''I'M GONNA MOVE IT TODAY. THE MOUNTAIN. THE GALAXY. ''LISTEN TO MY SONG!!!!''''']])

* HotBlood (Basara is to HotBlooded singing as [[GaoGaiGar Gai Shishioh]] is to HotBlooded courage.)
* HotShoujoDad ''and'' HotShounenMom (Max and Milia. Made more amazing considering Milia's given birth ''7'' times. WordOfGod says Max has stopped aging by sheer force of being a genius.)
* HotSkittyOnWailordAction (In the short movie, Emilia tries kissing Basara. While she's a giant-sized Meltran and he's human-sized. Yeah...)

* IdenticalGrandson (Emilia, Mylene's older sister, has long green hair like Milia.)

* ImprobableWeaponUser (Two Words: Speaker Pods)
* InTheNameOfTheMoon ("Listen to my song!")
* JapaneseVampire　(Sivil fits this the most.)
* {{Jerkass}} (It's hard to see why, if he weren't TheMessiah, anyone would put up with Basara at all. He's continually blowing out the rest of the band, and, indeed, their fans, for his own reasons. He endangers the lives of military and civilian personnel by turning up in combat and getting in the way, and is completely insensitive to the feelings of pretty much everyone around him.)
* {{Kaiju}} (Gabil)
* KarmaHoudini ([[spoiler: Despite repeated unprovoked attacks on the Earth Forces, kidnapping an entire colonization fleet, sucking the life force out of anyone whom he didn't kill, and nearly wiping out all life in the galaxy, Gepelnich gets to fly away to live peacefully somewhere else... in the body of the dude he jacked before the series started.]])
* KiAttacks (...through the power of rock and roll)
* KotonoMitsuishi (Voices Clore in the "Fleet of the Strongest Women" episode.)
* LifeEnergy (Spiritia)

* LoveTriangle (at the center of a LoveDodecahedron)

* MeaningfulName ("Nekki" means "enthusiasm")
* MechaExpansionPack (the Sound Boosters)
* TheMessiah (Basara is a twisted version of this.)

* MidSeasonUpgrade (going from one VF-19 with speakers to a whole custom squad of musical Variable Fighters)
* MotorcycleOnTheCoastRoad (...IN SPACE)
* MyBrainIsBig (Exedore's new design)
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone - The expression on Sivil's face shows this when she realizes she's almost completely drained Basara.
* MythArc (the whole ''Macross'' saga)
* NoExportForYou (Even aside from the usual licensing issues surrounding Macross, no anime translation company could afford the music for Macross 7, which is held under separate license from the series.)

* NoNameGiven (The "Flower Girl" who always turns up around Basara, never has any lines, and, aside from the last episode, never actually succeeds in getting her bouquets to him.)

* NotHimself (When the Protodevilns start [[GrandTheftMe bodyjacking]] people.)
* NukeEm (Basara lampshades this.)
* {{Oba-san}} (Serves as a mild BerserkButton for Milia, who is strikingly similar [[TenchiMuyoGXP to another green-haired woman in space whose rather snappy]])
* OddlyNamedSequel This is ''not'' the seventh Macross series, but the number 7 ''is'' a recurring motif in it.
* TheOjou (Mylene, although she subverts large parts of the trope; hilariously her "bodyguards" ''call'' her "ojou" even though Macross Seven is a democracy)

* OneManArmy (The Protodeviln. A single Protodeviln was able to take out an entire Zentrandi fleet. Remember the original series and how there were so many battleships? ''That'' was a fleet. The feat was so impressive that Zentrans have an innate fear of Protodeviln built into them.)

* ParentalAbandonment (Borderline with Mylene. While both of her parents are alive, they're also the commander of the fleet and mayor of the city and, for obvious reasons, extremely busy with work. One recurring bit in the story is her improving relationship with her parents.)
* PerpetualFrowner (Exedore)
* ThePowerOfRock (big time)

* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race]] (the Zentradi)

* RedshirtArmy (led by [[WeAreTeamCannonFodder Emerald Force]]. [[OvershadowedByAwesome Diamond Force]] and, later, the [[OvershadowedByAwesome Jamming Birds]] get a pass by occasionally proving their worth.)
* RetCon (The designs from ''Macross: Do You Remember Love?'' have mostly replaced the original ones)
* TheRival (Gamlin)
* RoboSpeak (vending machines)
* RunningGag (DiabolusExMachina stalks the Flower Girl, thwarting her every chance to give Basara her bouquet.)
* ShortAnimeMovie (just half a hour)

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism - Starts off neutral, and gradually shifts more and more to the idealistic side of things.

* {{Stripperific}} (Sivil's outfit, with tight leather and what can only be described as stylized breast-baring.)

* SpaceIsNoisy (although the show justifies the actual "singing at your opponent through a vacuum" bit as well as it can)
* SpandexLatexOrLeather (Basara and Mylene's clothes)

* SpySpeak - Used by Ray in episode 10 when he makes a phone call.
* TheSpock (Exedore, again)
* StockFootage (Many battles have mostly the same recycled scenes.)
* SuperRobotWars (Debuted in ''[[SuperRobotWarsDestiny D]]'', later appeared in ''[[SuperRobotWarsAlpha Alpha 3]]'', and is going to appear in ''[[SuperRobotWarsZ Z2: Saisei-hen]]'', with ''Dynamite 7'' debuting in the same game.)
* TakeThat (the Jamming Birds fail to have an effect on the Protodeviln... because, in a DiscontinuityNod, they're singing the music from ''MacrossII'')

* TeamPet (Guvava, Mylene's pet furball-thing who looks like a [[Franchise/StarTrek Tribble]] with eyes and legs.)

* {{Tsundere}} (Mylene)
* UnfortunateNames (Ray and Lt. Kinryu's former elite fighter group. I don't care how badass a fighter squadron you guys are, [[spoiler: "Pink Peckers" is not a name calculated to strike fear into the hearts of your opponents.... or anything else, aside from gay/genitalia jokes....]])

* VerbalTic (Gavil and "beauty" involving tagging a "-bi" at the ends of important nouns.)
* TheVoiceless (Veffidas, Flower Girl)
* WaveMotionGun (which proves useless against the BigBad)

* XMeetsY (''Dynamite 7'' can be summed up as ''Moby Dick'' meets ''Macross'' [-IN SPACE-])

* TeamPet (Guvava, Mylene's pet furball-thing who looks like a [[StarTrek Tribble]] with eyes and legs.)

* RedEye

* CallingYourAttacks in the beach episode Basara yells out "Pinpoint Barrier Punch"

* CrowningMomentOfFunny (The ''Fleet of the Strongest Women'' "Encore" episode.)
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome (A whole soundtrack built around this. Totsugeki Love Heart, Try Again, Angel Voice...take your pick.)

* NarmCharm (The lyrics to Totsugeki Love Heart are ludicrously cheesy, yet it is sung in such a HotBlooded and inspirational way that it loops back to awesome.)

* SuperRobotWars (Debuted in ''[[SuperRobotWarsDestiny D]]'', later appeared in ''[[SuperRobotWarsAlpha Alpha 3]]''.)

* ViewerGenderConfusion (Geppelnitch is a ''dude''?)
** (To the point where the fansub version of the anime had to point this out in his first appearance.)

* YamatoNadeshiko (Flower Girl)

* SpiritBomb (a big one in the GrandFinale, involving just about everybody)