History Anime / RioRainbowGate

* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Rosa

Not to be confused with Blue Sky Studios' ''{{WesternAnimation/Rio}}''.

A series of pachinko games, ''Rio'' was adapted into an anime titled ''Rio -Rainbow Gate!-'', which aired in the winter 2011 season. The anime can be viewed legally at [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/rio-rainbow-gate Crunchyroll.]]

A series of pachinko games, ''Rio'' was adapted into an anime titled ''Rio -Rainbow Gate!-'', which aired in the winter 2011 season.

* EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: Well, holographic sharks in this case. [[RuleOfCool Which Rio uses to surf on.]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: BLue for Elle and green for Ille and Linda.

* HairOfGold: Ania, perhaps due to her hailing from Russia.

* CuteShotaroBoy: Jack

* DidNotDoTheResearch: In Episode 5, Mint mentions [[BreakingTheFourthWall to the audience]] that the tallest city in the world is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potos%C3%AD Potosí, Bolivia]]. In reality, the tallest city in the world is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Rinconada,_Peru La Rinconada, Peru]]. She also erroneously stated that the height of Potosí is 4070 meters, twenty meters below it's actual height of 4090 meters.

* XanatosRoulette: [[spoiler:Cartia's plan.]]

Not to be confused with Blue Sky Studios' ''Film/{{Rio}}''.

Not to be confused with Blue Sky Studios' ''{{Rio}}''.

* AlliterativeName: Rio Rollins. Her mother Risa counts too.

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Woman And Her Weasel]]: Rio and her pet Chip

* BigBad: Carutia

* DefeatEqualsFriendship: Played with. Elvis and Orlin both end up helping Rio to regain her confidence. And Misery doesn't exactly hang out with or help Rio and her friends, but she does warn Rio about part of Carutia's plans. [[spoiler: Played more or less straight with Jack and, in the end, with Rina.]]

* {{Dojikko}}[=/=]CuteClumsyGirl: Ania Helsing, who is clumsy enough to cause DisasterDominoes. Lampshaded by El.
** when she trips on a tree and ''three trees fall down on cars.''
* EmotionlessGirl: Il doesn't seem to [[DullSurprise react like a normal person would]]. She usually just repeats any line her sister Elle says.
* EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: Well, holographic sharks in this case. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Which Rio uses to surf on.]]

* [[DemonicPossession Ghostly Possession]]: Rosa gets this at one point.
** BigEater: The ghost of Misery loved to eat lots of chicken wings when she was alive, and still does so as a ghost, making Rosa do so while possessing her. Rosa ended up wondering why she didn't lose weight while trying to go on a diet.

* HypocriticalHumor: Il and El remark on the oddity of the hacked Linda repeating everything she says twice. Even though they do that all the time.
** Il repeats El. Linda repeats herself. It's different. (Still an example, but it's worth pointing out.)

* IntertwinedFingers: El & Il in the opening credits.

* MagicPokerEquation: Rio's abilities cause extreme luck. [[spoiler:Subverted differently: the first episode has her winning the big hand with a pair of twos over queen-high.]]

* MissingMom: [[spoiler: Rio was abandoned by her mother, [[TheAce Risa Rollins]], who Episode 4 suggests is the BigBad.]]
** [[spoiler: Jossed in episode 11 - she had to disappear to protect Rio from the [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Casino Guild]] (which plotted to kidnap Risa after she won all the gate cards). And she also happens to be good friends with Tom Howard.]]

* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:Rina wants revenge against Rio and her mother, for stealing their father away. [[BigBad Carutia]] took full advantage of this to make Rina an UnwittingPawn.]]

* SingleMindedTwins: Il and El Adams
** SiblingYinYang: El is talkative while Il is TheQuietOne.

** By episode 11, just about [[http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/9382/riorainbowgate11imagega.jpg everyone]] in Rio's {{Nakama}} (including Mint!) end up in such outfits during a challenge.

** [[spoiler:and later comes to fruition when Risa reveals her true plan.]]
* TokenMiniMoe: Mint, although she's generally exempt from the {{fan service}}.
** Subverted in episode 11. She's in quite a skimpy warrior-esque outfit, including a notable shot that [[ShesGotLegs completely shows her legs, and they're quite...long.]]

** FridgeBrilliance: Rio is supposed to make the other players lucky. Now, as to [[FridgeLogic why it doesn't apply to her duelist opponents]]...

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Even a simple game of poker is represented as a duel on par with ''Manga/{{Saki}}'''s mahjong. Scratch that, it's at ''{{Akagi}}'' levels already.
** A Flying Casino.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Wearing a wedding dress in a game of poker. That is all.
** Rio gate opponents on the flying casino: Jack, Queen and King.

* XanatosRoulette: [[spoiler:Carutia's plan.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: El and green for Il and Linda.

* BeyondTheImpossible: Howard Resort seems to built solely out of this. Special mention goes to the Sky Resort, a building that flies without any visible propulsion, defying all kinds of physics and gravity laws.

** Taken to BeyondTheImpossible levels when she trips on a tree and ''three trees fall down on cars.''

* OddlyVisibleEyebrows
* PeekABangs: Misery though it fits into UncannyValley since her hair is transparent.
** Dana
** King
* PerpetuallyShinyBodies
* PhenotypeStereotype: Ania.

* NumerologicalMotif: Each of the Gate Holders is assigned a number or face value to their card. In numerical order:

** Four: Linda [[spoiler: The card was given to her by Cartia while Jack controlled Linda during the battle.]]

** Four: Linda, [[spoiler: The card was given to her by Cartia while Jack controlled Linda during the battle.]]

** Four: Linda, [[spoiler: while under the control of Jack]]
** Five:

** Strong-Armed King

* PhenotypeStereotype: Ania.

* IntertwinedFingers: El & Il in the opening credits.

* BeyondTheImpossible: Howard resort seems to built solely out of this. Special mention goes to the Sky Resort, a building that flies without any visible propulsion, defying all kinds of physics and gravity laws.

* NaughtyTentacles: Thanks to the [[OverlyLongGag gigantic holographic room]], Rio experiences one in episode seven.

* LesYay: Rio and Rina themselves are a little ''too'' close for comfort.
** Case and point: episode 4 opens with Rio waking up in Rina's bed. With Rina. ''Naked.'' She then wistfully remarks [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything how last night hadn't been a dream]]. Yeah.
*** To drive the point home, Rio ''puts her arms around Rina'' when they were at the poolside.
*** Oh, and taking a bath together at the hot springs and Rina embracing Rio ''while naked.'' Yeah.
** [[spoiler:And later it's revealed that they're sisters making things even more awkward...]]

* FingerTwiddling: Rio after being offered the job of training Ania. Perhaps a sign of LesYay?

* GreenEyedRedhead: Rio

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Even a simple game of poker is represented as a duel on par with ''{{Saki}}'''s mahjong. Scratch that, it's at ''{{Akagi}}'' levels already.

* [[{{ptitlebytjcbh4}} She's Got Legs]]: Rio. Most other female characters qualify, but Rio wears this ultra-short skirt as part of her standard uniform.