History Anime / Xabungle

* {{Bokukko}}: Tron Miran, a member of Sault - it's through her actions that the Iron Gear eventually joins with Sault. She also beats Jiron in a fair fistfight - the beating she gives him is almost completely one-sided. [[spoiler: Sadly, she dies in her debut episode. Jiron keeps her WM-sized bazooka as a memento.]]

* {{Fanservice}}: On several occasions - for example, one scene in episode 2 has a good shot of Rag's rear end while she's trying to hotwire the Xabungle vehicles. And then there's Elchi's short dress. And the fact that Rag is shown to not wear a bra...

[[https://www.hidive.com/tv/blue-gale-xabungle The show is available to watch on HIDIVE,]] with episodes being added every Tuesday. In 2018, Maiden Japan announced that they've licensed the show for a DVD release.

* AceCustom: Timp's "Government"-type Walker Machine seems to be the only one of its kind with missile launchers mounted on the forearms. He also replaces one of the forearms with a missile launcher... only for it to revert to being an arm ''[[OffModel in the very next scene]]''. This is recreated ''faithfully'' in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ''.

[[caption-width-right:280: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAq6iSRo0YA HAYATE NO YOU NI... XABUNGLE XABUNGLE]]]]

* PantyShot: Elche tends to provide plenty of these.

* DenserAndWackier: In direct comparison to ''Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon'', the work Tomino did right before this series. Although considering [[CosmicHorrorStory just what]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt happened in]] [[KillEmAll that series]], anything in Tomino's catalogue barring ''Anime/Zambot3'' (and possibly ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam'') would probably fall under this trope in comparison to ''Ideon''

* {{Bishounen}}: Biel, and Arthur Rank - a high-ranked Innocent and their leader. Pretty much all the girls call him Arthur-''sama~''. They both turn out tougher than expected as well.

* FiveManBand: Among the Sandrats:
** Jiron - TheHero.
** Rag - TheLancer [[ActionGirl cleverly disguised as]] TheChick.
** Chiru - The ''other'' ActionGirl cleverly disguised as a half-BrattyHalfPint, half-TagalongKid.
** Burume - [[TheSmartGuy The Smart]][[DeadpanSnarker (ass)]] [[TheSmartGuy Guy]].
** Dike - TheBigGuy.
** {{Sixth Ranger}}s - [[AndZoidberg Garuro, Maare, and Haiya.]]

** TheMedic: Medic Helt. Also the SmartGuy on the Iron Gear.

* UnfortunateNames: Either one hell of a coincidence, or done completely on purpose, but there appears to have been a Jiron, Amos J. serving in the Korean War.

* BlueIsHeroic: The titular mecha is mainly blue.

* HotBlooded: Jiron has this in ''freaking spades''. [[JustBugsMe/SuperRobotWars Some]] [[WMG/SuperRobotWars speculators]] believe the universe will implode if Jiron gets anywhere near ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. If he's this badass just running on ''gasoline'', imagine what he'd do with Spiral Power.
** Make a fortune in a Blue Stone mining operation?
** Their mutual appearance in [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ The second Super Robot Wars Z]] suggests that there isn't all that much interaction between them, despite being stuck with each other for [[TimeSkip ten years]].

** "Boomerang ''[[Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon Ideon]]''"?
*** Hey, they could be related. Check out [[WMG/{{Gundam}} the WMG for Gundams]]... are the civilians ''really'' Earthlings, or are they [[TomatoSurprise Buff Clan survivors after Ideon's]] "[[MemeticMutation Universe's Closed]]"?
*** They're Earthlings - why else would they have an Apollo Lunar Lander as a museum piece?

* AsYouWish: Despite being brainwashed and having no proper memories of her past life, [[spoiler: Elche]] still names her new Landship after her father.

->The name of this planet is Zora. But, the people have long since forgotten that name...

->Is it a breeze or a storm?

* AceCustom: Timp's "Government"-type Walker Machine seems to be the only one of its kind with missile launchers mounted on the forearms.
** Better: he also replaces one of the forearms with a missile launcher... only for it to revert to being an arm ''[[OffModel in the very next scene]]''.
*** ...recreated ''faithfully'' in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ''.

* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]: Elche tries to be this, and finally succeeds...

** She'd otherwise make a pretty good Gundam lead.

* CallingYourAttacks: "HISSATSU! XABUNGLE PUNCH! [[LampshadeHanging Heh heh]], IAlwaysWantedToSayThat."

* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: Elchi and Rag, in the beginning - although the former's control over the Sandrats is tenacious at best. Katakam and Jiron, at first.
** Wonderfully inverted towards the end: Rag ends up as captain of the Iron Gear, and Elchi's in the Xabungle.

* CombiningMecha: The two Xabungle units (and later Walker Gallier) are formed from two truck-like vehicles each.
** Somewhat [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] by the Xabungle's design - the pilot(s) in the WM's midsection can't get out or contribute to the battle.

* CommLinks: Yep, none of those here! Which justifies the series' use of yelling at each other from their Walker Machines, just as often with the aid of a megaphone as not.
** To be fair, they do use radio sometimes... but the first long-range radio seen in the show is part of a backpack bigger than the guy using it.
* [[CoolShip Cool (Land)Ship]]: The Iron Gear. Although it was originally intended to be a Cool ''Star''ship during the earliest planning stages.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Medic Helt is... [[TheMedic a doctor]]. On his own at first (he shows up in the first episode and fixes Jiron's arm), then for Sault, then finally for Iron Gear.

* TheFilmOfTheSeries: Xabungle Graffiti was released 6 months after the series ended. Basically a ClipShow. While the show is a comedic take on serious mecha tropes, the movie ''really'' takes a hammer to the fourth wall - and has an improved ending: Instead of [[spoiler: Arthur dying and Elchi being permanently blind, Arthur fakes his death and Elchi's eyesight is restorable with Innocent technology.]]
** There are some minor changes throughout. Cotoset, and not Hoora, piloting the Xabungle in its first appearance sticks out, and Timp being directly responsible for Kyaring's death (which happened before the Sandrats met/joined the Iron Gear) are some of the bigger ones. Mostly dialogue changes otherwise.

* ForgottenPhlebotinum: The Iron Gear gets a slight upgrade with the [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness Triple-Barreled Delayed-Burn High-Temperature Spreading High-Explosive Cannon]]... [[AvertedTrope Too long]]! The "Potan Cannon" area effect weapon. It's used in one battle (and Jiron rips it off, so it can fire at closer range), then either forgotten or simply not used. Clearly a WeaponOfMassDestruction in this world, and probably an example of HoldingBackThePhlebotinum.
** That, or they ran out of fuel/energy/ammunition for it. It was originally a gift anyway.

* LastGirlWins: [[spoiler:Of the three initial ladies on the team, it's Elchi who Jiron ends up with and obviously cares most for.]]

* UnfortunateNames: Either one hell of a coincidence, or done completely on purpose, but there appears to have been [[http://www.koreanwarexpow.org/info/camp_3.html a Jiron, Amos J. serving in the Korean War...]]

* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened To The Mouse?]]: Strangely, we never find out why Timp killed Jiron's parents, although he explicitly says it ''wasn't'' at the Innocents' request.
** Although given the three-day-rule, it's quite possible it was an extremely trivial reason in the first place, and Timp's simply trying to rile him up by being vague. Jiron himself seems to care to care more about avenging them to find out why, anyway.
*** Based on a few comments it's implied it was a simple robbery for Blue Stones (Jiron's father was a Stone miner) and nothing more.