History Anime / Metropolis

* BigNo: As Tima [[spoiler: falls to her death]], Kenichi does this.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The first thing Atlas and his worker rebellion does to fight against city corruption is shoot the robot police detective who pleads to handle matters peacefully before leading the revolution which leaves Metropolis and the worker class in tatters and ashes. Before his death, Atlas laments the entire revolution was a trap set by Duke Red to get rid of human opposition.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: Subverted. While it's clear that the government here needs to be toppled, Atlas's [[spoiler: murder of Pero and the subsequent wanton violence by the riot/rebellion]] shows that the "revolution" isn't all that good either.
* UnwittingPawn: Atlas and the president.

* AGodAmI: Or rather, "A Goddess I'll make!" Doesn't turn out well.

* TheDragon: Averted. Rock appears to be set up as Duke Red's Dragon for the first two minutes, then they have a chilly conversation and work at cross-purposes for the rest of the movie.

* FantasticRacism: In Metropolis, robots are popularly discriminated against to the point they must have special clearance to leave their designated work zones or be shot on sight by members of the the anti-robot disciplinary party known as The Martyrs, like Rock.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Although Rock is only Duke Red's (sort of) adopted son, his entire motivation for trying to kill Tima is to get him to love him, and only him, as his own.

* FantasticRacism: In Metropolis, robots are popularly discriminated against to the point they must have special clearance to leave their designated work zones or be shot on sight by members of the the anti-robot disciplinary party like Rock.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: A colorful, pastel city of equally plush robots who are willing to do your bidding, not to mention trustworthy people in charge. Oooh, and look, someone built a huge tower. Perfect vacation landmark, right? Until you realize what the huge tower is really for, and how corrupt the officials really are.

* ShoutOut: The ending sequence is a pretty obvious shout-out to ''DrStrangelove''.

As the film unfolds, the detective attempts to find his nephew, the nephew attempts to find out both the nature of the girl and how to escape from the undercity, the city politics take a turn for the worst, and the city's most powerful man seeks the girl as a prop in a somewhat messianic agenda.

* AGodAmI: Or rather, "A Goddess I'll make!". doesn't turn out well.

* KillAllHumans: [[spoiler: Tima goes into this mode when she discovered she was a robot, especially when she goes on the throne of power.]]

* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: It's implied that the coastal region of Windsor, Ontario is the setting of Metropolis. This can be seen in various structures and maps of the areas spread throughout the film.

** She also counts as RidiculouslyHumanRobots, seeing as even Rock said you can't tell the difference from her and a human, also, as she thought she WAS human through most of the movie.

* TearsFromAStone: Tima starts to cry, when she realizes, that she's not human.

In a {{Zeerust}} future, an elderly Japanese detective and his young assistant arrive in Metropolis, the most advanced and wealthiest city in the world, on the trail of a wanted MadScientist and organ trafficker. Assigned a robot detective as a guide, they track the man down to a lab in the undercity just to see it destroyed by a KnightTemplar with an anti-robot agenda. Out of the wreckage crawls the doctor's greatest achievement, a [[InnocentFanserviceGirl naked and inhumanly beautiful young woman]] with apparently no idea who she is, what she is, how she got there or what clothes are. The assistant and the girl then get separated from his mentor when the floor gives way.

As the film unfolds, the mentor attempts to find his ward, the assistant attempts to find out both the nature of the girl and how to escape from the undercity, the city politics take a turn for the worst, and the city's most powerful man seeks the girl as a prop in a somewhat messianic agenda.

* MacGyvering: Shunsaku jerry-rigs an old television set, a rotary phone and some loose wiring. Using Tima, he's able to hack into a government power grid and pinpoint the location of his assistant Kenichi.

* StockSoundEffects: The Ziggurat weapon winding down sounds the same as the [[TheEmpireStrikesBack Millennium Falcon failing to make a hyperspace jump]].

!!This move provides examples of the following:

* CoolOldGuy: While Kenichi's uncle is mostly presented as source of humor, he proves he's no pushover and even [[spoiler: beats down Rock, even after he was injured. ]]

* {{Determinator}}: Rock

* RobotGirl: Tima

* [[RoomFullOfCrazy Room Full of Kenichi]]

* StockSoundEffects: The Ziggurat weapon winding down sounds the same as the [[TheEmpireStrikesBack Millennium Falcon failing to make a hyperspace jump]]

* PoisonousFriend: Rock, who does whatever he can to "protect" Duke Red by refusing to let a robot have the power which he thinks can only be used by his "father", even it means completely going against his orders.

* PragmaticVillainy: Doctor Lawton doesn't use human organs in his robots, because he [[UnfortunateImplications claims they don't last very long]].

* OldShame: The reason a film adaptation was never attempted in Tezuka's lifetime was that he came to dislike the original manga as being too crude and amateurish.

->''[[SoundtrackDissonance I can't stop loving you...]]''

The 2001 Animated film by Tristar Pictures, directed by Rintaro, and animated by Creator/{{Madhouse}}. It did not actually involve OsamuTezuka and was made after his death. It draws as much from the classic German film ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' as it does from Tezuka's manga of the same name, and [[BroadStrokes does not attempt]] to be faithful to either. But it was rated on one film site's [[http://movies.ign.com/articles/650/650717p1.html all-time best animated films]] list.

* NorioWakamoto: Pero.

* GenderFlip: The main robot of the original manga was techinically able to be either male or female with the [[GenderBender flip of a switch]] on their neck but spends most of the story as a boy, whereas Tim is 100% female.

* GenderFlip: The main robot of the original manga was techinically able to be either male or female with the flip of a switch on it's neck but spends most of the story as a boy, whereas Tim is 100% female.

* [[spoiler: ApocalypseMaiden: If Tima would've gone through with it, the probability of humanity's survival would've been only 30 %.]]

* SunglassesAtNight: Rock in most of the film. This is never brought up in the movie.

* TearsFromAStone: Tima starts to cry, when she realizes, that she'snot human.