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->''"Labor: The common name for robots designed for heavy industrial use. The rise of labors sparked a revolution in construction and civil engineering, but labor-related crime skyrocketed as well. To combat this new threat, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police created a patrol labor unit, the Special Vehicles Unit Second Section. This was the origin of Patlabor."''
-->-- Tagline used in the Early Days [=OVA=]
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* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: {{Conversed}} in a GhostStory told in "The Tragedy of L", where a civilian bystander is said to now haunt the Labor training camp after being killed by an errant shot from a Patlabor's revolver cannon during an exercise; the pilot was said to have been DrivenToSuicide. [[spoiler:Gotoh made the whole thing up as part of a ScoobyDooHoax meant to [[ScareEmStraight get Ohta to shape up]].]]
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* ScoobyDooHoax: Gotoh plays one of these on his team about the ghost of a civilian killed in a negligent discharge accident in the hopes of scaring Ohta onto the straight and narrow regarding his trigger-happy nature. It doesn't work because Kanuka exposes the hoax.
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* ScoobyDooHoax: "The Tragedy of L". After yet another PR incident caused by Ohta being trigger-happy, Commander Gotoh plays one of these on his team sends [=SV2=] to a training camp where they hear a GhostStory about the ghost of a civilian being [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace killed in a negligent discharge accident in of a Patlabor's cannon]]; the hopes of scaring Ohta onto shooter then walked the straight Labor into the lake and narrow regarding his trigger-happy nature. It doesn't work because Kanuka drowned himself. There are then several haunting incidents around the camp, including sightings of both the ghost of the dead civilian and an apparently pilotless Labor covered in mud and weeds. [[spoiler:Kanuka exposes the hoax.hoax: the undead civilian is actually Gotoh's very-much-alive niece and the whole thing was orchestrated by Gotoh in an attempt to ScareEmStraight.]]
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* MilitaryCoup: "The SV2's Longest Day (Part 1)" consists of [[RogueSoldier rogue soldiers]] from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) leading a revolt against the civilian government.
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* MilitaryCoup: "The SV2's [=SV2's=]'s Longest Day (Part 1)" consists of [[RogueSoldier rogue soldiers]] from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) leading a revolt against the civilian government.
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* FailedFutureForecast: The last episode of the original OVA premiered less than five months before the Berlin Wall fell, so in 1998, there is still a Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall still exists (with West German "Brocken" labors standing guard). Judging by the 2nd movie, it has ended, so it either [[AlternateHistory ended later than in]] RealLife or it was a {{Retcon}}.
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* FailedFutureForecast: The last episode of the original OVA OVA, "Go North, SV2!", premiered less than five months before the Berlin Wall fell, so in 1998, there is still a Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall still exists (with West German "Brocken" labors standing guard). Judging by the 2nd movie, it has ended, so it either [[AlternateHistory ended later than in]] RealLife or it was a {{Retcon}}.
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* {{Kaiju}}: Used in episode 3 of the first OVA series, where [[spoiler:the monster walks off into the sea immediately after it appears]]. It has an appearance similar to Gaira from ''Film/WarOfTheGargantuas'' ...and Hiromi Yamizaki.
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* {{Kaiju}}: Used in episode 3 of the first OVA series, "The 450-Million-Year-Old Trap", where [[spoiler:the monster walks off into the sea immediately after it appears]]. It has an appearance similar to Gaira from ''Film/WarOfTheGargantuas'' ...and Hiromi Yamizaki.Yamizaki.
* MilitaryCoup: "The SV2's Longest Day (Part 1)" consists of [[RogueSoldier rogue soldiers]] from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) leading a revolt against the civilian government.
* MilitaryCoup: "The SV2's Longest Day (Part 1)" consists of [[RogueSoldier rogue soldiers]] from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) leading a revolt against the civilian government.
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* WholePlotReference: The third episode is a hilarious ''Film/{{Gojira}}'' send-up, down to the one-eyed MadScientist and the "Oxygen Destroyer" (actually a bit of dry ice in a plastic tube).
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* WholePlotReference: The third episode "The 450-Million-Year-Old Trap" is a hilarious ''Film/{{Gojira}}'' send-up, down to the one-eyed MadScientist and the "Oxygen Destroyer" (actually a bit of dry ice in a plastic tube).
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* ShownTheirWork:
** Seen in the manga version, which used an actual map of the city of Tokyo for accuracy. Also seen in the following link with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwNRv-lubCg the intercept sequence]] of the 2nd Movie.
** The series as a whole went out of its way to depict a real and modern Tokyo, deviating only when copyright or trademarks got in the way.
** The Ingram's design is an astonishingly well-thought out representation of how a (relatively small) humanoid mecha might work. While the proportions vary DependingOnTheArtist, they're generally depicted with a stocky, compactly-built (not to mention mostly hollow) torso atop comparatively long legs with short, thin thighs and large, flared lower legs and feet. This keeps the machine's center of gravity low, a crucial consideration in something that tall. Additionally, using extensible armatures to draw the revolver cannon from the retractable ankle holster inside the aforementioned flared legs rather than simply bending down to grab it reduces wear and tear on the joints of the Ingram's limbs and body, which are noted in the anime to need constant maintenance due to the massive loads they carry.
** Seen in the manga version, which used an actual map of the city of Tokyo for accuracy. Also seen in the following link with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwNRv-lubCg the intercept sequence]] of the 2nd Movie.
** The series as a whole went out of its way to depict a real and modern Tokyo, deviating only when copyright or trademarks got in the way.
** The Ingram's design is an astonishingly well-thought out representation of how a (relatively small) humanoid mecha might work. While the proportions vary DependingOnTheArtist, they're generally depicted with a stocky, compactly-built (not to mention mostly hollow) torso atop comparatively long legs with short, thin thighs and large, flared lower legs and feet. This keeps the machine's center of gravity low, a crucial consideration in something that tall. Additionally, using extensible armatures to draw the revolver cannon from the retractable ankle holster inside the aforementioned flared legs rather than simply bending down to grab it reduces wear and tear on the joints of the Ingram's limbs and body, which are noted in the anime to need constant maintenance due to the massive loads they carry.
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As the series opens, the newly assembled RagtagBunchOfMisfits that is Special Vehicles Division 2 is on standby, awaiting the delivery of their AV-98 Ingram Patrol Labors... which are stuck in traffic. With little else to do, the team starts weeding the yard of their base... until they're scrambled by their commanders and are forced to pick up their Labors en route to deal with a terrorist incident.
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As the series opens, the newly assembled RagtagBunchOfMisfits that is Special Vehicles Division 2 is on standby, awaiting the delivery of their AV-98 Ingram Patrol Labors... which are stuck in traffic. With little else to do, the team starts weeding the yard of their base... base, until they're [[RedAlert scrambled by their commanders commanders]] and are forced to pick up their Labors en route to deal with a terrorist incident.
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''Mobile Police Patlabor: The Early Days'' (also titled ''Patlabor: The Mobile Police'') was the animated component of the ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' RealRobot [[{{Franchises}} media mix]]. It was a seven-episode OriginalVideoAnimation written by Creator/{{Headgear}} and produced by Creator/{{Sunrise}}, which originally released on VHS and [=LaserDisc=] from 25 April 1988 to 25 June 1989.
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''Mobile Police Patlabor: The Early Days'' (also titled ''Patlabor: The Mobile Police'') was the animated component of the ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' RealRobot [[{{Franchises}} [[{{Franchise}} media mix]]. It was a seven-episode OriginalVideoAnimation written by Creator/{{Headgear}} and produced by Creator/{{Sunrise}}, which originally released on VHS and [=LaserDisc=] from 25 April 1988 to 25 June 1989.
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''Mobile Police Patlabor: The Early Days'' was the animated component of the ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' RealRobot [[{{Franchises}} media mix]]. It was a seven-episode OriginalVideoAnimation written by Creator/{{Headgear}} and produced by Creator/{{Sunrise}}, which originally released on VHS and [=LaserDisc=] from 25 April 1988 to 25 June 1989.
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''Mobile Police Patlabor: The Early Days'' (also titled ''Patlabor: The Mobile Police'') was the animated component of the ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' RealRobot [[{{Franchises}} media mix]]. It was a seven-episode OriginalVideoAnimation written by Creator/{{Headgear}} and produced by Creator/{{Sunrise}}, which originally released on VHS and [=LaserDisc=] from 25 April 1988 to 25 June 1989.
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''Mobile Police Patlabor: The Early Days'' was the animated component of the ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' RealRobot [[{{Franchises}} media mix]]. It was a seven-episode OriginalVideoAnimation written by Creator/{{Headgear}} and produced by Creator/{{Sunrise}}, which originally released on VHS and [=LaserDisc=] from 25 April 1988 to 25 June 1989.
As the series opens, the newly assembled RagtagBunchOfMisfits that is Special Vehicles Division 2 is on standby, awaiting the delivery of their AV-98 Ingram Patrol Labors... which are stuck in traffic. With little else to do, the team starts weeding the yard of their base... until they're scrambled by their commanders and are forced to pick up their Labors en route to deal with a terrorist incident.
The OVA debuted one month after the ''Manga/MobilePolicePatlabor'' manga, and was followed up by the better-known animated film trilogy beginning with ''Anime/PatlaborTheMovie'' on 15 July 1989. It is an AlternateContinuity to ''Anime/PatlaborTheTVSeries'', which began its run in October 1989.
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!! Tropes:
* ChanceMeetingBetweenAntagonists: About midway through ''"The [=SVU's=] Longest Day part 1"'', Asuma happens to meet Kai, while he's eating at a ramen noodle stall. He'd later learn, from Gotoh, that Kai was the leader of the rebel army that was laying siege to Tokyo.
* FailedFutureForecast: The last episode of the original OVA premiered less than five months before the Berlin Wall fell, so in 1998, there is still a Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall still exists (with West German "Brocken" labors standing guard). Judging by the 2nd movie, it has ended, so it either [[AlternateHistory ended later than in]] RealLife or it was a {{Retcon}}.
* GatlingGood: Ohta is unsurprisingly a big believer in this, and [[spoiler:Clancy hooks him up with what looks like a ''GAU-8 Avenger'' towards the end of the first OVA series. Somehow.]]
* {{Kaiju}}: Used in episode 3 of the first OVA series, where [[spoiler:the monster walks off into the sea immediately after it appears]]. It has an appearance similar to Gaira from ''Film/WarOfTheGargantuas'' ...and Hiromi Yamizaki.
* ScoobyDooHoax: Gotoh plays one of these on his team about the ghost of a civilian killed in a negligent discharge accident in the hopes of scaring Ohta onto the straight and narrow regarding his trigger-happy nature. It doesn't work because Kanuka exposes the hoax.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: [=SV2's=] most powerful weapon is a riot shotgun scaled up for use by an Ingram. Thanks to the fact that shotguns are not precision weapons, and the collateral damage from a shotgun pellet that big would be huge, it only gets used once against the Kaiju.
* ShownTheirWork:
** Seen in the manga version, which used an actual map of the city of Tokyo for accuracy. Also seen in the following link with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwNRv-lubCg the intercept sequence]] of the 2nd Movie.
** The series as a whole went out of its way to depict a real and modern Tokyo, deviating only when copyright or trademarks got in the way.
** The Ingram's design is an astonishingly well-thought out representation of how a (relatively small) humanoid mecha might work. While the proportions vary DependingOnTheArtist, they're generally depicted with a stocky, compactly-built (not to mention mostly hollow) torso atop comparatively long legs with short, thin thighs and large, flared lower legs and feet. This keeps the machine's center of gravity low, a crucial consideration in something that tall. Additionally, using extensible armatures to draw the revolver cannon from the retractable ankle holster inside the aforementioned flared legs rather than simply bending down to grab it reduces wear and tear on the joints of the Ingram's limbs and body, which are noted in the anime to need constant maintenance due to the massive loads they carry.
* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: Noa and Asuma are very close, although until the later films they're just friends and coworkers.
* WholePlotReference: The third episode is a hilarious ''Film/{{Gojira}}'' send-up, down to the one-eyed MadScientist and the "Oxygen Destroyer" (actually a bit of dry ice in a plastic tube).
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''Mobile Police Patlabor: The Early Days'' was the animated component of the ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' RealRobot [[{{Franchises}} media mix]]. It was a seven-episode OriginalVideoAnimation written by Creator/{{Headgear}} and produced by Creator/{{Sunrise}}, which originally released on VHS and [=LaserDisc=] from 25 April 1988 to 25 June 1989.
As the series opens, the newly assembled RagtagBunchOfMisfits that is Special Vehicles Division 2 is on standby, awaiting the delivery of their AV-98 Ingram Patrol Labors... which are stuck in traffic. With little else to do, the team starts weeding the yard of their base... until they're scrambled by their commanders and are forced to pick up their Labors en route to deal with a terrorist incident.
The OVA debuted one month after the ''Manga/MobilePolicePatlabor'' manga, and was followed up by the better-known animated film trilogy beginning with ''Anime/PatlaborTheMovie'' on 15 July 1989. It is an AlternateContinuity to ''Anime/PatlaborTheTVSeries'', which began its run in October 1989.
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!! Tropes:
* ChanceMeetingBetweenAntagonists: About midway through ''"The [=SVU's=] Longest Day part 1"'', Asuma happens to meet Kai, while he's eating at a ramen noodle stall. He'd later learn, from Gotoh, that Kai was the leader of the rebel army that was laying siege to Tokyo.
* FailedFutureForecast: The last episode of the original OVA premiered less than five months before the Berlin Wall fell, so in 1998, there is still a Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall still exists (with West German "Brocken" labors standing guard). Judging by the 2nd movie, it has ended, so it either [[AlternateHistory ended later than in]] RealLife or it was a {{Retcon}}.
* GatlingGood: Ohta is unsurprisingly a big believer in this, and [[spoiler:Clancy hooks him up with what looks like a ''GAU-8 Avenger'' towards the end of the first OVA series. Somehow.]]
* {{Kaiju}}: Used in episode 3 of the first OVA series, where [[spoiler:the monster walks off into the sea immediately after it appears]]. It has an appearance similar to Gaira from ''Film/WarOfTheGargantuas'' ...and Hiromi Yamizaki.
* ScoobyDooHoax: Gotoh plays one of these on his team about the ghost of a civilian killed in a negligent discharge accident in the hopes of scaring Ohta onto the straight and narrow regarding his trigger-happy nature. It doesn't work because Kanuka exposes the hoax.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: [=SV2's=] most powerful weapon is a riot shotgun scaled up for use by an Ingram. Thanks to the fact that shotguns are not precision weapons, and the collateral damage from a shotgun pellet that big would be huge, it only gets used once against the Kaiju.
* ShownTheirWork:
** Seen in the manga version, which used an actual map of the city of Tokyo for accuracy. Also seen in the following link with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwNRv-lubCg the intercept sequence]] of the 2nd Movie.
** The series as a whole went out of its way to depict a real and modern Tokyo, deviating only when copyright or trademarks got in the way.
** The Ingram's design is an astonishingly well-thought out representation of how a (relatively small) humanoid mecha might work. While the proportions vary DependingOnTheArtist, they're generally depicted with a stocky, compactly-built (not to mention mostly hollow) torso atop comparatively long legs with short, thin thighs and large, flared lower legs and feet. This keeps the machine's center of gravity low, a crucial consideration in something that tall. Additionally, using extensible armatures to draw the revolver cannon from the retractable ankle holster inside the aforementioned flared legs rather than simply bending down to grab it reduces wear and tear on the joints of the Ingram's limbs and body, which are noted in the anime to need constant maintenance due to the massive loads they carry.
* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: Noa and Asuma are very close, although until the later films they're just friends and coworkers.
* WholePlotReference: The third episode is a hilarious ''Film/{{Gojira}}'' send-up, down to the one-eyed MadScientist and the "Oxygen Destroyer" (actually a bit of dry ice in a plastic tube).
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