History Anime / Promare

* ChekhovsSkill: While in the cave, Galo watches Lio try to revive a dying Burnish girl with a KissOfLife. [[spoiler:After rescuing Lio from the spaceship's core and noticing that he's turning to ash, Galo desperately takes the last of the Burnish power Lio temporarily granted him and attempts it himself. It works.]]

* CurbStompBattle: Galo's fight against Gueira and Meis after Lucia powers up his Matoi-Tech. His mech becomes fast enough to completely outclass and restrain both Burnish, destroying both of their vehicles and armor.
* DeathIsGray: The Burnish [[NoBodyLeftBehind don't leave corpses]] when they die. Instead, they turn gray before slowly disintegrating into ash, [[spoiler:as shown with Thyma]]. Lio's theme, 'Ashes' references this fact.

* {{Eagleland}}: The setting, the city of Promepolis, gives off this vibe. Burning Rescue is meant to embody Type 1, brave, resourceful heroes who never give up. Freezing Force [[spoiler: and the Foresight Foundation]] embody type 2, militaristic, bullying racists who are willing to sell out everyone else for their own benefit.

** The Burning Rescue mechs seem to be done in bright colors, mostly orange. While the Mad Burnish heavily use black.

** Also, [[spoiler:even the Burnish themselves aren't exempt from this as their TechnicolorFire at first seems menacing and a telltale sign of their villainy but are actually heroic—at least in the case of The Mad Burnish anyway, as Kray Foresight's own Burnish powers manifest with predominantly an inverted color scheme that shows PurpleIsPowerful.]]

* HealingFactor: Burnish can heal from any injury thanks to their fire powers, but eventually this energy will be exhausted, which results in the Burnish turning to ash.
* HumongousMecha: [[spoiler:To combat Kray’s plans, Galo and Lio receive one called the ''[[DeusExMachina Deus X Machina]]'' by Deus Prometh. They remodel it with Burnish Fire into a cooler-looking one Galo names the “Lio de Galon.” Meanwhile Kray Foresight wields his own in the penultimate fight that, while not [[NoNameGiven name-dropped]] by Kray, is given the name ''[[IncrediblyLamePun Krazor-X]]'' [[TheNicknamer by Galo]], which dwarfs theirs in both size and armament. Ultimately, this is all topped in the finale when Galo and Lio, coupled with all the Burnish energy in the world, form [[AstralFinale a planet-sized mecha]] by the name of the ''Galo de Lion'' to save the world and return [[StarfishAliens the Promare]] to their home dimension.]]

* KissOfLife: The Burnish method of resuscitation [[spoiler: by blowing the performer’s flames into the receiver’s body]]. [[spoiler: Burnish flames are lively alien flame cells that are parasitic towards their hosts’ body, if the flames are to be forcefully taken out of the host (a Burnish individual), that host will lose his life]]. [[spoiler: Galo performs this on Lio by exhaling the last bit of flame Lio left to protect The Burning Rescue back into Lio’s body to save Lio’s life]].

* PlayingWithFire: Burnish in general can create and manipulate fire, but this trope is especially prevalent with The Mad Burnish, an organization whose goal is to scorch everything. [[spoiler: However, their main opponents are the Foresight Foundation, who are experimenting on Burnish, and they never kill anyone and always leave escape routes for civilians]].

* SacredFirstKiss: Parodied. Galo freaks out after saving Lio's life via [=CPR=] not because he "kissed" Lio, but because he lit a fire for the first time in his life.

** Galo's mech seems to share some design cues from [[Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx Strelizia.]] He also wields the [[Anime/KillLaKill Matoi Gear]], which contains a firefighting soul from "an eastern land". It also seems to take a page or two from the [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gunmen]].

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The Burning Rescue loved a certain local pizzeria, and threw a pizza party for Galo after his badge ceremony. Varys and Galo chowed down the most pies, and even went on competing with each other.

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* OneHundredAndEight: During the opening rescue, Galo is launched onto the 108th floor of Foresight Pharmaceuticals.

** Ignis bares a striking resemblance to [[WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes Mr. Gar.]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** The Burnish are a persecuted minority whose symbol is a pink triangle, much like the one Nazi Germany used to denote gay prisoners in its concentration camps. It may be worth noting that the word holocaust is the name of Ancient Greece's religious animal sacrifice that is completely consumed by fire.
** It's very easy to read much of the film as a direct commentary on the rise of fascism and the climate crisis of TheNewTens. This is especially apparent when contrasting the solemn, oppressive Freeze Force against real-life institutions like ICE, right down to the similarity of their names. The scene where Freeze Force, apropos of nothing, raids a pizzeria to arrest one of the employees for being an unregistered Burnish, can ring very similar to [[TheIllegal illegal immigrant crackdowns]].

* Distressed Dude: Lio is this. Surprisingly in need of saving a fair few times. Mainly in the latter half of the film, when Kray tricks him and captures him in order to use him for his plans.

* TheArk: Kray's plan is to [[spoiler:launch a ColonyShip with 10,000 Earth civilians to a habitable planet to escape what he claims is the inevitable meltdown of the planet.]] This is later revealed to be [[spoiler:a symptom of his savior complex, as it ''was'' possible to stop the meltdown, he just didn't try.]]

* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Burnish Flames are revealed to be a [[StarfishAliens parasite type alien life form]] in which responds with certain types of humans who are emotionally sensitive with a strong desire for an outlet, and or for a change of life. Once mutated, Burnish whose will are strong enough are able to [[MorphWeapon morph their flames into however powerful, and useful forms they wish]]; which includes The Mad Burnish armors, transportation vehicles, and weapon shapes. Depending on the mindset of their host, Burnish members can be [[HeroicHost Heroic Hosts]]; which The Mad Burnish members are.]]

* MiniMecha: The "Matoi-Tech", named after the "matoi" banners that Edo-period firefighting units used. They're taller than people and big enough to fit the pilot, but not tall on skyscraper levels.

** The title itself, the city of Promepolis, and the deceased Dr. Promesh all allude to the myth.

** Lio looks like [[Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco Nova]]

* UnderwaterBase: There's an entire secret laboratory hidden under [[spoiler:Galo's favorite lake; run by a [[BrainUploading computer copy]] of a deceased researcher.]]

** The deceased Professor Prometh, who [[spoiler:was killed for ''not'' wanting to burn up the world to power the Prometech Engine]], evokes Prometheus, the Titan ChainedToARock for giving humanity fire. For bonus points, the names of Kray and Biar, who [[spoiler:are responsible for and likely aware of the truth behind his death, respectively]], [[MythicalMotifs bring to mind Kratos and Bia]], the agents of Zeus who are responsible for Prometheus's torment in ''Theatre/PrometheusBound''.

** It's very easy to read much of the film as a direct commentary on the rise of fascism and the climate crisis of TheNewTens. This is especially apparent when contrasting the solemn, oppressive Freeze Force against real-life institutions like ICE, right down to the similarity of their names.

* ChekhovsSkill: While in the cave, Galo watches Lio try [[spoiler:and fail]] to revive a dying Burnish girl with a KissOfLife. [[spoiler:After rescuing Lio from the spaceship's core and noticing that he's turning to ash, Galo desperately takes the last of the Burnish power Lio temporarily granted him and attempts it himself. It works.]]

* GoodColorsEvilColors: The Burning Rescue mechs seem to be done in bright colors, mostly orange. While the Mad Burnish heavily use black. [[spoiler:It's later somewhat inverted with the reveal that the Mad Burnish are actually the good guys, and the true villain is a case of LightIsNotGood. Burning Rescue do remain heroic however.]] Also, [[spoiler:even the Burnish themselves aren't exempt from this as their TechnicolorFire at first seems menacing and a telltale sign of their villainy but are actually heroic—at least in the case of The Mad Burnish anyway, as Kray Foresight's own Burnish powers manifest with predominantly an inverted color scheme that shows PurpleIsPowerful.]]

* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: [[spoiler: When Kray and Deus discovered what was happening to the Earth's core and how the Burnish could potentially power the warp gate, Deus refused to go through with it because of the damage it could cause. When Kray confirms with him that they're the only two people to have discovered this information, Deus finds himself on the receiving end of a bullet to the head. Fortunately, it turns out that he had enough foresight to realize this was a possibility and saved his mind via BrainUploading.]]

* PlayingWithFire: The Mad Burnish, an organization whose goal is to scorch everything. [[spoiler: However, their main opponents are the Foresight Foundation, who are experimenting on Burnish, and they never kill anyone and always leave escape routes for civilians]].

** The Burnish are a persecuted minority whose symbol is a pink triangle, much like the one Nazi Germany used to denote gay prisoners in its concentration camps. It may be worth noting that the word "holocaust" translates to "completely burnt" in its original Greek.

--->'''GKIDS:''' [[https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1252788038935236608 A drill, huh?]] Hey Yuri, you know a thing or two about [[spoiler:drills]]?

* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: [[spoiler: After Galo wakes up after being captured to seeing Lio, Galo's ready to go swinging. Lio admonishes him to be quiet as the other Burnish are having a meal, he then sets off a small fire burst in Galo's face after Galo makes a crack about the Burnish actually eating. Lio calmly follows-up asking Galo if he [[ArmorPiercingQuestion really thought that the Burnish didn't need to eat because they weren't human]]. This makes Galo realize that despite believing that the Burnish deserve rights, he still subconsciously holds onto [[FantasticRacism society's dehumanizing views of them]]. All the while as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtCZuTewcDc Λsʜᴇs]]" plays softly in the background.]]

** Galo's mech seems to share some design cues from [[Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx Strelizia.]] He also wields the [[Anime/KillLaKill Matoi Gear]], which contains a firefighting soul from "an eastern land".
** Galo himself looks like [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]].

** The way Aina pilots her plane is similar to the pose taken by the girls inside a [[Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx Franxx]]

* FantasticRacism: The Burnish are given a lot of this as shown in the opening scenes of their first appearance in the world; showing protests and counter protests as they demand a place in society. In the present, although the heroes are fair enough to acknowledge that they're not all bad, the other patrons of a pizzeria they frequent are disgusted after learning that the baker of their pizza is a Burnish.

Thirty years later, society and technology have adjusted to the existence of the Burnish, but they are still hated and feared, with most preferring to hide their identities. Mad Burnish, a radical group from the days of the Great World Blaze, continues to commit large-scale arson to draw attention to oppression of the Burnish, spurring the creation of a special firefighting unit named Burning Rescue. After a confrontation with Mad Burnish, Burning Rescue rookie Galo Thymos is forced to examine what drives the Burnish to such extreme methods.