History Anime / PatemaInverted

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Somewhat inevitable, given the setting. Izamura, the dictator of Age's people, "falls" upwards into the sky as part of TheReveal that they're the true inverted ones.]]

[[caption-width-right:320: They turn each others' worlds [[{{Pun}} upside-down]].]]

* AlienSky: Patema never in her life saw open sky and the sole concept of it is frightening to no end, as she seems to be "falling" up, with no stable surface to stand on. [[spoiler:Then there is the ''real'' sky, where all the debris from the failed experiment created a ring around the moon]].
* ApatheticCitizens: {{Subverted}}. The Aigans are being conditioned by their government to conform to their societal norms and to not think for themselves, or question those in authority. Simply being caught looking at the sky earns them 3 demerits since, according their government, that's the direction of "sinners". Any student who deviates in any way is labelled a "deviant" and placed under strict watch.
* ArtificialOutdoorsDisplay: [[spoiler:About 2/3 into the film, Patema and Age/Eiji get swallowed up into the sky, seemingly to their deaths. It's only then that they realize that the "sky" is really the underside of an abandoned facility. It illuminates during the night, while they're stranded there, revealing that the "stars" had only been lights. At first, this provides a MindScrew of how exactly the world is operating with all the gravitational mishmash, before leading to TheReveal in the end]].

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: The story flat-outs portrays Izamura as a dangerous fanatic blinded by his belief to anything that goes against scriptures, while the religion in question harbors irrational hatred towards other people. [[spoiler:It gets an ironic twist in the end when Aigans are revealed as the inverted ones]].

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Somewhat inevitable, given the setting. Izamura, the dictator of Age's people, "falls" upwards into the sky as part of TheReveal that they're the true inverted ones.]].

* CoversAlwaysLie: One of the most subtle and clever instances of it. [[spoiler:Patema isn't "inverted", Age is]].
** [[spoiler:Averted in the versions of the cover that are flipped. Though thats [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil another trope altogether.]]]]

* FacelessMooks: [[spoiler:As it turns out, Bat Men are not only real, but also StateSec of Aiga. Not a single one of them is shown without wearing the protective gas mask with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red lenses]]]].

* AFatherToHisMen: [[spoiler:Rather than pointlessly trying to fight "Inverts", Jaku without hesitation goes against the orders and saves his soldiers from falling down the shaft. Izamura completely loses it and tries to shoot his own [[TheDragon dragon]]]].
* FutureImperfect: Unspecified time has passed since 2067 (the year of the failed experiment), implied to be entire generations. Nobody any longer has any knowledge of what exactly happened. [[spoiler:This includes who ''really'' is inverted, why Patema's people live underground and why Aigans are banned from flying]].

* {{Irony}}: "The sinners shall be devoured by the sky!" [[spoiler:It turns out that the entire story takes place ''inside'' the Earth. The "inverted" people were meant to watch over those even ''deeper'' on the inside, who are the ''actual'' inverted ones. In the end, the BigBad [[DisneyVillainDeath dies]] by way of being sucked into the heavens.]]
* JustFollowingOrders: Entire society of Aiga is indoctrinated into this, which would explain how they could ever consider following someone like [[ObviouslyEvil Izamura]]. [[spoiler:Jaku, his very [[TheDragon Dragon]], eventually decides to do what's right rather than just taking orders and is wise enough to pretend he's still loyal]].

* MakeAnExampleOfThem: [[spoiler:Izamura put Lagos dead body in a stasis chamber, still moving against gravity, making him a proof of the inverted still being around and endangering Aiga]].

* PathOfInspiration: The Aiga's religion considers even looking up in the sky to be a sin and deviation, while also forbidding flying on the grounds of being "the sinner's way". [[spoiler:Turns out the real reason is because "sky" is just a massive backdrop, but due to FutureImperfect, not even top brass knows about this anymore]].
* PunchClockVillain: [[spoiler:Jaku doesn't share his boss' obsessions nor fanaticism and simply follows orders, because that's his job and the alternative is being branded a sinner. He does, however, have second thoughts when Izamura starts tormenting a harmless child and eventually grows tired of being a heartless cog in the Aiga's StateSec]].

* RewatchBonus: [[spoiler:There are countless tiny hints all over the whole film pointing out who really is inverted. The Aiga's religious ban to not look in the sky and forbidding people from flying makes much more sense after TheReveal]].
* RuinsOfTheModernAge: [[spoiler:In the final scene, Age asks Patema to take him with her to explore the ruins of the surface world. Which is strewn with collapsed skyscrapers that've been overgrown with vines, set beneath an AlienSky]].
* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:During the climax, Izamura shoots Age in the thigh, causing him not only tremendous pain, but deliberately aiming for femoral artery. The boy now has a choice: let Patema go to cover his own wound, or bleed to death, which will lead to Patema's fall anyway]].
* SanityHasAdvantages: [[spoiler:The very reason Izamura dies comes from insanity overriding his very self-preservation. Rather than getting to safety, he continues to torment Age and tries to pointlessly kill Patema. All while not only being trapped in a shaft waaaaay below Aiga, but also being one step away from falling into the ''real'' sky]].

** [[spoiler:When they in turn reach the very bottom of the danger zone, the "floor" is cracked and revealed to be a ceiling, thus showing that it's the Aigans that are inverted while Patema's people are facing the right way. They are the descendants of the scientists, who, through their gravity experiment, caused the disaster and [[TheAtoner were looking out for Age's people as an atonement for "inverting" them]]. Both populations forgot that (although it is at the very least possible, that the village elder and Jii knew) and the regime governing Age's people started to oppress Patema's people [[UngratefulBastard in a show of great ingratitude]]]].
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: It's clear from the start that Porta's nursing a crush on Patema. Sadly, he misses out on the adventure and loses what could've been his chance to get closer to her. [[spoiler:She winds up together with Age by the end of the film.]]

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: All shown texts are always written in English. It manages to apply different styles for government propaganda, surveillance records and private journals.

* AlienSky: Patema never in her life saw open sky and the sole concept of it is frightening to no end, as she seems to be "falling" up, with no stable surface to stand on. [[spoiler: Then there is the ''real'' sky, where all the debris from the failed experiment created a ring around the moon]].

* ArtificialOutdoorsDisplay: [[spoiler: About 2/3 into the film, Patema and Age/Eiji get swallowed up into the sky, seemingly to their deaths. It's only then that they realize that the "sky" is really the underside of an abandoned facility. It illuminates during the night, while they're stranded there, revealing that the "stars" had only been lights. At first, this provides a MindScrew of how exactly the world is operating with all the gravitational mishmash, before leading to TheReveal in the end]].

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: The story flat-outs portrays Izamura as a dangerous fanatic blinded by his belief to anything that goes against scriptures, while the religion in question harbors irrational hatred towards other people. [[spoiler: It gets an ironic twist in the end when Aigans are revealed as the inverted ones]].

* CoversAlwaysLie: One of the most subtle and clever instances of it. [[spoiler: Patema isn't "inverted", Age is]].

* DeadAllAlong: Patema dreamt of being able to explore the surface world with [[spoiler: Lagos]], ever since she was a child. She last saw him as he was preparing to set off on another journey. When she finally makes to the surface, years later, she finds out that [[spoiler: Lagos had been captured by the Aigans and killed]].

* FacelessMooks: [[spoiler: As it turns out, Bat Men are not only real, but also StateSec of Aiga. Not a single one of them is shown without wearing the protective gas mask with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red lenses]]]].

* AFatherToHisMen: [[spoiler: Rather than pointlessly trying to fight "Inverts", Jaku without hesitation goes against the orders and saves his soldiers from falling down the shaft. Izamura completely loses it and tries to shoot his own [[TheDragon dragon]]]].
* FutureImperfect: Unspecified time has passed since 2067 (the year of the failed experiment), implied to be entire generations. Nobody any longer has any knowledge of what exactly happened. [[spoiler: This includes who ''really'' is inverted, why Patema's people live underground and why Aigans are banned from flying]].

* HappyFlashback: When Age finds his father's notebook, he finds it contains a detailed account of how [[spoiler: he met and befriended Lagos]]. Which is shown via a montage sequence of the time they spent together working on their flying machine, so they could explore the mysteries of the sky together. The final entry is a scribbled note, summing up their elation: "We are alive."

* {{Irony}}: "The sinners shall be devoured by the sky!" [[spoiler: It turns out that the entire story takes place ''inside'' the Earth. The "inverted" people were meant to watch over those even ''deeper'' on the inside, who are the ''actual'' inverted ones. In the end, the BigBad [[DisneyVillainDeath dies]] by way of being sucked into the heavens.]]
* JustFollowingOrders: Entire society of Aiga is indoctrinated into this, which would explain how they could ever consider following someone like [[ObviouslyEvil Izamura]]. [[spoiler: Jaku, his very [[TheDragon Dragon]], eventually decides to do what's right rather than just taking orders and is wise enough to pretend he's still loyal]].

* MakeAnExampleOfThem: [[spoiler: Izamura put Lagos dead body in a stasis chamber, still moving against gravity, making him a proof of the inverted still being around and endangering Aiga]].

* OrdinaryHighschoolStudent: A rare instance where the character in question is exactly that: ordinary. Age has no hidden powers or secret lineage, and remains that way throughout the film. The only thing that makes him different is that his father was obsessed with exploring the sky [[spoiler: due to having encountered Lagos]].
* PathOfInspiration: The Aiga's religion considers even looking up in the sky to be a sin and deviation, while also forbidding flying on the grounds of being "the sinner's way". [[spoiler: Turns out the real reason is because "sky" is just a massive backdrop, but due to FutureImperfect, not even top brass knows about this anymore]].
* PunchClockVillain: [[spoiler: Jaku doesn't share his boss' obsessions nor fanaticism and simply follows orders, because that's his job and the alternative is being branded a sinner. He does, however, have second thoughts when Izamura starts tormenting a harmless child and eventually grows tired of being a heartless cog in the Aiga's StateSec]].

* RewatchBonus: [[spoiler: There are countless tiny hints all over the whole film pointing out who really is inverted. The Aiga's religious ban to not look in the sky and forbidding people from flying makes much more sense after TheReveal]].
* RuinsOfTheModernAge: [[spoiler: In the final scene, Age asks Patema to take him with her to explore the ruins of the surface world. Which is strewn with collapsed skyscrapers that've been overgrown with vines, set beneath an AlienSky]].

* SanityHasAdvantages: [[spoiler: The very reason Izamura dies comes from insanity overriding his very self-preservation. Rather than getting to safety, he continues to torment Age and tries to pointlessly kill Patema. All while not only being trapped in a shaft waaaaay below Aiga, but also being one step away from falling into the ''real'' sky]].

* SceneryPorn: The [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x16ty98_patema-inverted-theme-song-by-estelle-micheau_music ENTIRE FILM]] is rife with scenic backdrops and [[http://dalian.7thstyle.com/2012/06/Screen-Shot-2012-06-28-at-8.46.23-AM.png dramatic lighting]]; including [[http://www.listal.com/viewimage/6983057h the underground]] city where Patema lives and the [[spoiler: ceiling structure above the clouds, when she and Age get pulled into the "sky"]].
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[spoiler: Jaku eventually starts to question Izamura's pointless fanaticism, but keeps it for himself. The first indication of this happens when he fires a net toward escaping Patema and Eiji, but rather than capturing them, he provides them with additional thrust, making their escape leap possible]].

* SinisterSurveillance: The Aigan government has an extensive network of surveillance cameras everywhere -- from their government offices, to Age's school. And those are the ones you can ''see'', as it's later revealed that [[BigBrotherIsWatching they have hidden ones monitoring the surrounding area outdoors.]] Which is how Izamura finds out what [[spoiler: Age had been hiding]].

** [[spoiler: When Age and Patema get sucked into the sky thanks to Patema's ankle being weighted, they discover that the "sky" is actually a complex machine designed to emulate a realistic sky. This ties into the next reveal]].
** [[spoiler: When they in turn reach the very bottom of the danger zone, the "floor" is cracked and revealed to be a ceiling, thus showing that it's the Aigans that are inverted while Patema's people are facing the right way. They are the descendants of the scientists, who, through their gravity experiment, caused the disaster and [[TheAtoner were looking out for Age's people as an atonement for "inverting" them]]. Both populations forgot that (although it is at the very least possible, that the village elder and Jii knew) and the regime governing Age's people started to oppress Patema's people [[UngratefulBastard in a show of great ingratitude]]]].
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: It's clear from the start that Porta's nursing a crush on Patema. Sadly, he misses out on the adventure and loses what could've been his chance to get closer to her. [[spoiler: She winds up together with Age by the end of the film.]]

* WingedHumanoid: [[http://imgur.com/kgCEwv8 Porta claims, that the danger area is haunted by bat people]], which is [[MetaphoricallyTrue somewhat true]] - [[spoiler: The Aiga's StateSec wears clothes and masks that does make them look like bats, especially since they walk on what's ceiling for Patema]].

* YouKilledMyFather: To everyone present at the time, it appeared Age's father lost his balance and fell to his death, at the start of his maiden voyage into the sky. [[spoiler: But when Jaku has a flashback of the event, he views the flying machine through a sniper scope, with Izamura standing right next to him]].

* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: During the climax, Izamura shoots Age in the tigh, causing him not only tremendous pain, but deliberately aiming for femoral artery. The boy now has a choice: let Patema go to cover his own wound, or bleed to death, which will lead to Patema's fall anyway]].

* AlienSky: Patema never in her life saw open sky and the sole concept of it is frightening to no end, as she seems "falling" up, with no stable surface to stand on. [[spoiler: Then there is the ''real'' sky, where all the debris from the failed experiment created a ring around the moon]].
* ApatheticCitizens: {{Subverted}}. The Agian's are being conditioned by their government to conform to their societal norms and to not think for themselves, or question those in authority. Simply being caught looking at the sky earns them 3 demerits since, according their government, that's the direction of "sinners". Any student who deviates in any way is labelled a "deviant" and placed under strict watch.
* ArtificialOutdoorsDisplay: [[spoiler: About 2/3 into the film, Patema and Age/Eiji get swallowed up into the sky, seemingly to their deaths. It's only then that they realize that the "sky" is really the underside of an abandoned facility. It illuminates during the night, while they're stranded there, revealing that the "stars" had only been lights. At first, this provides a MindScrew of how exactly the world is operating with all the gravitonal mishmash, leading to TheReveal in the end]].

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: The story flat-outs portrays Izamura as dangerous fanatic blinded by his belief to anything that goes against scriptures, while the religion in question harbours irrational hatered to other people. [[spoiler: It gets an ironic twist in the end when Aigans are revealed as the inverted ones]].

* DeadAllAlong: Patema dreamt of being able to explore the surface world with [[spoiler: Lagos]], ever since she was a child. She last saw him as he was preparing to set off on another journey. When she finally makes to the surface, years later, she finds out that [[spoiler: Lagos had been captured by the Agians and killed]].
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: She learns what became of [[spoiler:Lagos]] shortly after being captured by the Agians. Izamura shows her [[spoiler:[[MakeAnExampleOfThem Lagos' dead body preserved in a glass stasis chamber]]]] to both taunt her, and instill fear in her.

* FutureImperfect: Unspecified time has passed since 2067 (the year of the failed experiment), implied to be entire generations. Nobody any longer has any knowledge of what exactly happend. [[spoiler: This includes who ''really'' is inverted, why Patema's people live underground and why Agians are banned from flying]].
* GoodGunsBadGuns: Not only Izamura is the only character shown to carry an actual weapon, it's a Walther P38 pistol. Gold-plated one.

* PathOfInspiration: The Aiga's religion considers even looking up in the sky to be a sin and deviation, while also forbidding flying on the ground of being "sinner ways". [[spoiler: Turns out the real reason is because "sky" is just a massive backdrop, but due to FutureImperfect, not even top brass knows about this anymore]].
* PunchClockVillain: [[spoiler: Jaku doesn't share his boss obsessions nor fanaticism and simply follows orders, because that's his job and the alternative is being branded a sinner. He does, however, have second thoughts when Izamura starts tormenting harmless child and eventually grows tired of being heartless cog in the Aige's StateSec]].

* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: During the climax, Izamura shoots Age in the tight, causing him not only trendemous pain, but deliberately aiming for femoral artery. The boy now has a choice: let Patema go to cover his own wound, or bleed to his death, which will lead to Patema's fall anyway]].

* SanitySlippage: Izamura eventually completely loses to his fanaticism, to the point where he no longer can properly evaluate situation around him or such "minor" inconviniences like numerical inferiority or direct danger to his own life.

* SinisterMinister: Izamura's reign has clear religious overtones, as he's the only member of the Agian government to dress in clerical robes and spreads the propaganda of the "inverted" ones being sinners, who were and are punished for causing "the incident" years ago. But he's also an exaggeration, in that he's so ObviouslyEvil it's hard to believe anyone could ever seriously consider his intentions or actions to be just.
* SinisterSurveillance: The Agian government has an extensive network of surveillance cameras everywhere -- from their government offices, to Age's school. And those are the ones you can ''see'', as it's later revealed that [[BigBrotherIsWatching they have hidden ones monitoring the surrounding area outdoors.]] Which is how Izamura finds out that [[spoiler: Age had been hiding]].

* {{Steampunk}}: While the Agian surface world is idyllic, the underground city where Patema lives is rustic and set deep in what appears to be an abandoned facility.

* WouldHurtAChild: Shortly after Patema is captured by the Agians, Izamura interrogates Age about his involvement with her. When [[HeroicBSOD Age fails to respond]], Jack kicks Age out of his chair then pins him on the floor and restrains him with an armbar, which seems to briefly snap him out of it. [[SmugSnake Izamura picks up Age's chair and sits in it himself]] so he can resume questioning him, while also mocking his attempt to keep Patema hidden from him, by telling him she was now in his custody. When Age dares look him in the eye, [[DeathGlare Izamura loses]] it and forces Age's face back down on the floor by stepping on the back of his head and [[LoserSonOfLoserDad verbally lashes out at him about his father]], before issuing a final warning to not defy him further. They leave Age lying on the floor in catatonic shock.

''Patema Inverted'' (''Sakasama no Patema'') was originally a four-episode OVA series by the same man who directed ''Anime/TimeOfEve'', which was adapted into a film in 2013.

''Patema Inverted'' (''Sakasama no Patema'') was originally a four-episode ONA series by the same man who directed ''Anime/TimeOfEve'', which was adapted into a film in 2013.

* AfterTheEnd: Long before the film takes place, people launched an experiment using the power of gravity that nearly destroyed the world. According to the history books, the "sinners" responsible for doing so were devoured by the sky...

* ArtificialOutdoorsDisplay: About 2/3 into the film, Patema and Age/Eiji get swallowed up into the sky, seemingly to their deaths. It's only then that they realize that the "sky" is [[spoiler: really the underside of an abandoned facility]]. It illuminates during the night, while they're stranded there, revealing that the "stars" had only been lights.
%%* BigBad: Izamura.
%%* BigBrotherIsWatching: Covered in both the ApatheticCitizens and SinisterSurveillance entries.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Somewhat inevitable, given the setting. [[spoiler:Izamura, the dictator of Age's people, "falls" upwards into the sky as part of TheReveal that they're the true inverted ones.]].

%%* TheDragon: Jack to Izamura.

* FantasticRacism: The government agents after Patema refer to her as a monster and Izamura even wants to hunt down and kill her people.
* GovernmentConspiracy: Age's world [[spoiler:isn't ours]]. Schools have apparently taught the same things for years, and a lot of the curriculum is just propaganda ([[spoiler:e.g. on who's really inverted]]). Some of the top brass in the military and government are also aware of the underground world.
* HappyFlashback: When Age finds his father's notebook, he finds it contains a detailed account of how he met and befriended [[spoiler: Lagos]]. Which is shown via a montage sequence of the time they spent together working on their flying machine, so they could explore the mysteries of the sky together. The final entry is a scribbled note, summing up their elation: "We are alive."
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Jack]] rebels against Izamura, [[TheAtoner so he could atone]] for his role in [[spoiler:Izamura's murder of Age's father]] and the arrest of [[spoiler:Lagos, Patema's older-brother-figure]].

%%* MakeAnExampleOfThem: As seen in the DeadGuyOnDisplay entry.

* OrdinaryHighschoolStudent: A rare instance where the character in question is exactly that: ordinary. Age has no hidden powers or secret lineage, and remains that way throughout the film. The only thing that makes him different is that his father was obsessed with exploring the sky [[spoiler: due to having encountered Lagos]]

* ReligionOfEvil: Izamura's cult calls the "inverted" ones collectively sinners worthy of persecution.
* RuinsOfTheModernAge: In the final scene, Age asks Patema to take him with her to explore the ruins of [[spoiler: the surface world]]. Which is strewn with collapsed skyscrapers that've been overgrown with vines, set beneath [[spoiler: an AlienSky]].

%%* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The journal of Age's father.

** When Age and Patema get sucked into the sky thanks to Patema's ankle being weighted, [[spoiler:they discover that the "sky" is actually a complex machine designed to emulate a realistic sky]]. This ties into the next reveal.
** When they in turn reach the very bottom of the danger zone, [[spoiler:the "floor" is cracked and revealed to be a ceiling, thus showing that it's the Aigans that are inverted while Patema's people are facing the right way. They are the descendants of the scientists, who, through their gravity experiment, caused the disaster and [[TheAtoner were looking out for Age's people as an atonement for "inverting" them]]. Both populations forgot that (although it is at the very least possible, that the village elder and Jii knew) and the regime governing Age's people started to oppress Patema's people [[UngratefulBastard in a show of great ingratitude]]]].

* WingedHumanoid: [[http://imgur.com/kgCEwv8 Porta claims, that the danger area is haunted by bat people]], which is [[BlatantLies complete horseshit]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Patema's hair is light silver-blue, although no other characters have impossible hair colors so Patema's hair is probably dyed, and given that her eyes look like a dark shade of red she might be a HeroicAlbino.
* YouKilledMyFather: To everyone present at the time, it appeared Age's father lost his balance and fell to his death, at the start of his maiden voyage into the sky. But video footage of the incident showed [[spoiler:he was killed by a sniper (implied to have been Jack), on Izamura's orders]].

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The government leader Izamura's obsession with Patema, his plan to use StockholmSyndrome to make her obedient to him, and utter ''rage'' at being "rejected" by her in favor of Age have [[{{Lolicon}} some unsettling]] [[PedophilePriest undertones]].

* RedEyesTakeWarning: The security forces wear [[FacelessMooks face-concealing masks]] with red lenses.

* OrdinaryHighschoolStudent: A rare instance where the character in question is exactly that: ordinary. Age has no hidden powers or secret lineage, and remains that way throughout the film.

* SpoilerCover: [[spoiler:The cover where Patema is up and down and Age being upside down is a suitable hint.]]

* BigBrotherIsWatching: Covered in both the ApatheticCitizens and SinisterSurveillance entries.

* BigBad: Izamura.

* TheDragon: Jack to Izamura.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The journal of Age's father.

* UsefulNotes/EsperantoTheUniversalLanguage: The film's vocal theme, "Patema Inverse" by Estelle Micheau, is entirely in Esperanto.

* MakeAnExampleOfThem: As seen in the DeadGuyOnDisplay entry.

* SinisterMinister: Izamura's reign has clear religious overtones, as he's the only member of the Agian government to dress in clerical robes and spreads the propaganda of the "inverted" ones being sinners, who were and are punished for causing "the incident" years ago. But he's also an exaggeration, in that he's so ObviouslyEvil it's hard to believe anyone could ever seriously consider his intentions or actions to be justt.

[[caption-width-right:320:They turn each others' worlds [[{{Pun}} upside-down]].]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Patema's hair is light silver-blue.

* YouKilledMyFather: To everyone present at the time, it appeared Age's father lost his balance and fell to his death, at the start of his maiden voyage into the sky. But video footage of the incident showed [[spoiler he was killed by a sniper (implied to have been Jack), on Izamura's orders]].

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