History Anime / NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater

*** She also despises the thought of people being killed, even when their intention was to murder her.

* BreadAndCircuses: Apparently, no one came in kicking doors and asking names when [[spoiler:a UFO attacks and destroys part of Paris. Jean reveals in the ''Nadia Omake Theater'' featurettes that the Eiffel Tower was rebuilt, but nothing else raised any concern in the public]].

* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: After Nemo shoots a Neo-Atlantean to save Nadia from being killed, [[UngratefulBitch Nadia shows no gratitude]], [[WhatTheHellHero but instead calls Nemo a murderer, ignoring all arguments that said soldier was aiming at her]].

* CrucifiedHeroShot: While Gargoyle's prisoners, Nadia finds herself tied to a cross (Marie and King dangle below her on a rod). Later happens to the Grandis Gang when they are captured by Gargoyle.

%%* DreamSequence

** When Marie lashes at Nadia lividly for being ungrateful at the fact that they just saved her.

** Jean is unwaivingly loyal to Nadia.

* {{Tsundere}} (Type A-1): Nadia (she gradually gets better, however, [[FanonDisContinuity if you don't count her actions in the filler arc.]])
* {{Underboobs}} Nadia inadvertently reveals hers while adjusting her top. Naturally, [[AccidentalPervert poor Jean can't help but look.]] It doesn't help that it's a tiny, ''tiny'' tube top to begin with.

** It's never made clear why Nemo was so tardy in meeting the arms race against Gargoyle when he apparently had the Red Noah and the Blue Noah at his disposition, though it's implied that it has to do with his fall from grace; [[spoiler:he is either reluctant in using the Blue Water or simply lacks the authority to wield it that Nadia apparently has. It's shown that the souls in his Blue Water reside in agony and anger towards him, while in Nadia's they're accepting and caring of her]].

* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Nemo effectively killed his own son when he blew up the Tower of Babel at Atlantis (his body was eventually reconstructed by Gargoyle); he also slaps Nadia for lashing out at him]].

This series, jointly produced by Creator/StudioGainax, Creator/GroupTAC and [[UsefulNotes/SouthKorea South Korean]] studio Creator/SeiYoung from a concept of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, originally aired starting in 1990 on Creator/{{NHK}} – Japanese public broadcasting (their equivalent of Creator/{{BBC}}). Carl Macek's Creator/StreamlinePictures released a VHS of the first eight episodes. Years later, [[Creator/ADVFilms ADV]] translated, dubbed, and released the entire 39-episode TV series (as well as the maligned, mostly forgotten movie sequel) on DVD. A series of humorous bonus featurettes were also released in [=LaserDisc=] as ''Anime/NadiasOmakeTheater'' during the original broadcast of the anime in Japan.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Gargoyle.

* NeverMyFault: Played for black comedy in Episode 38 when [[spoiler: Grandis has the ''Gratan'' take a shortcut inside ''Red Noah'' instead of sticking to the route on the schematics...and they get lost ''fast''. Grandis naturally refuses to take responsibility, but that doesn't mean Sanson and Hanson are blameless. They're ''also'' at fault, because they only put up a token resistance to deviating from the plan and try to pin the blame on Grandis.]]

* Episode38: Gargyole and Nemo's first face-to-face reunion in 13 years, which reveals their true names: [[spoiler: Eleusis La Arwall and Nemesis La Algol respectively. The reveal that Gargoyle was the Prime Minister of Minister, also instantly and finally clarifies details about his history with Nemo, how he knew the hidden secrets of Atlantis, and how he was able to organize the coup against Nemo.]]

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: When Jean and Nadia end up on the ''Nautilus'' in Episode 04, they're intentionally locked out by Electra for security reasons to protect the ''Nautilus''. It happens again initially when they and the Gang wind up on the submarine in Episode 09. However, once the decision is made to integrate the characters into the crew, they're slowly and gradually brought in. However, even then, the characters ''still' don't learn everything about the mission and crew [[spoiler: (such as Tartessos, the ''Nautilus'' actually beeing a covnerted spaceship, etc.)]] until the closing episodes when keeping any further screts is pointless.

*** This happens again in episode 35 when [[spoiler: Nadia tries to commit suicide by throwing herself off the Tower of Babel. Grandis and Sanson in particular are ''enraged'' (with Grandis outright slapping her), but it's also because they've both come to care about Nadia over the course of the show and were ''terrified'' they'd lost her.]]
** Nadia, on the other hand, is shown to be remorseful from the start (she had previously yelled at Jean unfairly earlier when they were forced to separate rooms) and is only mentioned to just breaking down.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Episode 10: After Jean, Hanson, and Sanson barely survive the Neo-Atlantean minefield, an exhausted Hanson sarcastically asks Jean what he learned from this experience. Jean’s innocent, outraged response (“That I ''really'' hate mines!”) sends Sanson and Hanson into paroxysms of laughter. Even Jean cracks up too.
** Earlier in the episode when Sanson and Hanson launch the Gratan's underwater operation, Nemo asks Sanson what happened to Granidis. Upon hearing that Gang 'forgot' to bring her along, and despite the seriousness of the situation, Nemo can't help cracking a small smile.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Nadia, though she's suspicious of most adults.
* FullyAutomaticClipShow: A good twenty minutes straight of the movie.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Similarly to Bond Villain Stupidity, this gets zigzagged with Gargoyle throughout the show. There are multiple instances where he can kill Nemo and blow up the ''Nautilus''. But it’s justified in-story because of his history with Nemo. [[spoiler: Gargoyle’s still pissed at his former best friend and monarch’s ‘betrayal’ and how his sabotage of the Old Tartessos Tower of Babel set the Neo-Atlantis grand plan back over a decade. He ''has'' to stick it to Nemo, to show he was wrong, and that Gargoyle was right all along.]]

* ShooOutTheClowns: Grandis, Sanson, and Hanson are separated from the Nautilus just in time for the ''incredibly'' dramatic and revealing episode 22.
** [[spoiler: As non-combat personnel, Marie, King, and Ayerton are all left behind in Episode 37 ''N-Nautilius'' prepares to take the fight to ''Red Noah''. It's also delibertley averted with the Grandis Gang this time around, as they eaglerly volunteer for the final assault -- or at least up until they the tide of battle in Episode 38. Once they take out ''Red Noah'''s Tower of Babel, their role/prominence in the climax is then basically over and all focus shifts to the final confrontration between Nemo and Gargoyle.]]

*** This happens again in episode 35 when [[spoiler: Nadia tries to kill herself. Grandis and Sanson in particular are ''enraged'' (with Grandis slapping her), but it's also because they've both come to care about Nadia and were terrified they'd lost her.]]

* TheFellowshipHasEnded: [[spoiler: By the time of the epilogue, the surviving ''Nautilus'' crew and their allies have all gone their seperate ways in the interim since Gargoyle's defeat (though obviously everybody's still in touch as Marie's narration demonstrates). The Grandis Gang has also formally disbanded.]]

** Earlier in the episode when Sanson and Hanson launch the Gratan's underwater operation, Nemo asks Sanson what happened to Granidis. Upon hearing that Sanson 'forgot' to bring her along, and despite the seriousness of the situation, Nemo can't help cracking a small smile. Electra's likewise visibly amused in the background.

* BecomingTheMask: Kinda when Grandis decides to stay aboard the ''Nautilus'' after the Cape Verde incident. Nadia thinks she's just going to try and steal the Blue Water again. However, Grandis adopts a more formal, nicer persona and apologizes to Nadia, treating her and Jean more kindly and sweetly (which amusingly unnverves the kids at first). She ''is' doing this to help make her attractive to Nemo, but also arguably because since she now knows Gargoyle put out the bounty on the Blue Water and there's no point trying to collect on it (or to antagonize Nadia any further). However, it quickly becomes clear that Grandis isn't ''that'' bad at the end of the day. While she never loses her fiery temper and persona, she's a better person for the remainder of the series and even becomes close with both Nadia and Jean.

** Blue and Red Noah are gigantic and they have hundreds of smaller vessels in stock that are the same type as the Nautilus.

** Jean is indirectly responsible for the events of Episodes 20-22 and [[spoiler:the destruction of the original ''Nautilus''. His rocketry experiments accidentally alert a Garfish submarine the ''Nautilis'' is covertly surveilling. They're unable to destroy the sub before it can signal Gargoyle (who already had suspcisions that Nemo had survived the False Flag Operation in Episode 15). Now knowing their position, Gargoyle is able to deploy his forces in a successful bid to irrepably cripple Nemo's ship.]]

** Episode36: [[spoiler: The [=Gratan=] trying to escape Gargoyle's bomardment of Old Tartessos. Their getaway speed is hampered by the cumulative damage the Tank's sustained since Episode 21. Hanson's patched it up as best as he can (during the Island Arc), but even he could only do so much without access to a garage.]]
** ''The Secret of Fuzzy'': [[spoiler: Given the global reach and membership of Neo-Atlantis, blowing up ''Red Noah'' in Episode 39 would ''not'' automatically destroy the entire organization. It is ''completley'' realistic that there would be survivors who’d go underground either to protect themselves from Nemo and hummanity, or who would carry on Gargoyle’s goals (or hijack them for their own ends).]]

* XanatosGambit: See Batman Gambit.