History Characters / LittleTailBronx

* OrganicTechnology: Possibly. While the second ''Fuga'' game intends to refer to them as "androids", both it and ''Solatorobo'' show that hybrids are not simply [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots humanlike robots with AI]], either-- hybrids have to use biological energy energy to power and operate machines, Merveille donated some of her purely organic cells in creating Red, and Jihl is shown eating food in one illustration. While the exact physical makeup of a hybrid has never been fully explored in any installment to date, it can be surmised that it may be a bio-mechanical one that has elements of both cell tissue and nanometal (since hybrids are meant to interface with Juno or Juno-derived technology), with a possible comparison to hybrids being the Replicants from the ''Franchise/BladeRunner'' franchise. This may be why "hybrid" is used as a technical term for these beings, as whatever cybernetic and organic elements they have are too integrated with one other for even "cyborg" to be a completely adequate description.

* OrganicTechnology: Possibly. While the second ''Fuga'' game intends to refer to them as "androids", both it and ''Solatorobo'' show that hybrids are not simply [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots humanlike robots with AI]], either-- Merveille donated some of her purely organic cells in creating Red, and Jihl is shown eating food in one illustration (a line of dialogue also indirectly describes him as being "bio-organic" in some way, and of course the Soul Cannon needs Bio-Energy to power it). While the exact physical makeup of a hybrid has never been fully explored in any installment to date, it can be surmised that it may be a bio-mechanical one that has elements of both cell tissue and nanometal (since hybrids are meant to interface with Juno or Juno-derived technology). This may be why "hybrid" is used as a technical term for these beings, as whatever cybernetic and organic elements they have are too integrated with one other for even "cyborg" to be a completely adequate description.

* SuperMode: The Caninu- or Felineko-based pseudo-hybrids created by Baion and Merveille have access to a power known as "Trance", which allows them to assume a human form and gain a substantial increase in power as a result. Full hybrids seem to not have or need this power, however-- Baion's blue-skinned appearance while riding the Bérius is not explicitly stated by the art books as being his Trance form (although the appendix of the "Daybreak" book refers to it as "Trance-like"). Likewise, Jihl is a pseudo-hybrid without a Trance form to speak of.
* SuperToughness: It's heavily implied that the reason Red survived the [[HumanSacrifice Rite of Forfeit]] in ''Solatorobo'' was due to his hybrid physiology. PlayedForDrama with Jihl, who was able to survive having his bio-energy [[PoweredByAForsakenChild sacrificed to the Soul Cannon]] ''over and over again'' due to his hybrid physiology. Even if his body managed the ordeal, [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil his psyche didn't]].

* FreudianTrio: While individual members have spread the entire spectrum, hybrids as a while play the role of '''Ego''' between the Titano-Machina and Juno. While the Titano-Machina are relentless killing machines when left to their own devices, hybrids are meant to consciously control and operate them. Likewise, hybrids are seemingly also meant to make in-the-moment decisions so that they can act in ways that Juno cannot by itself.

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: If one subscribes to the "divine will of the Earth" theory. Likewise, Juno themselves have developed AI-like physical avatars that take the forms of human women (Yurlungur is an example of one of these, and [[VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel Jeanne]] is a "pseudo-Juno" AI based on them), as a way for them to communicate with humans directly. Only some Juno have developed these personalities, however-- Tartaros' Juno lacks a personality avatar since it never needed to interact with humans in the way that Yurlungur did.

* GodIsInept: They're technological marvels beyond any description, able to alter the environment at a moment's notice… and as Red himself points out in ''Solatorobo'', it's thanks to their presence that humanity turned on itself. The art books also describe their recreation of the world as being "half-baked" in a way, theorizing that this was a result of them (or at least Yurlungur specifically) picking up on [[HumanityIsInfectious humanity's own irrationalities]]. It's especially evidenced through the actions and motivations of Baion-- a being created directly by Juno and believing its will to be absolute-- that as much as humanity could not truly understand the nature of Juno, the inverse is just as apparent.

* OutsideContextProblem: A major reason why they caused humanity to collapse-- despite some alleged cases of them shaping history beforehand, Juno technology was so advanced that the human race was unable to properly understand it, and the fact that many nations hoarded Juno technology for themselves led to entire economies [[TerminallyDependentSociety being destabilized]] when Crystals supplanted fossil fuels and nuclear energy.

* OrganicTechnology: Possibly. While the second ''Fuga'' game intends to refer to them as "androids", both it and ''Solatorobo'' show that hybrids are not simply [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots humanlike robots with AI]], either— Merveille donated some of her purely organic cells in creating Red, and Jihl is shown eating food in one illustration (and a line of dialogue indirectly describes him as being "bio-organic" in some way). While the exact physical makeup of a hybrid has never been fully explored in any installment to date, it can be surmised that it may be a bio-mechanical one that has elements of both cell tissue and nanometal (since hybrids are meant to interface with Juno or Juno-derived technology). This may be why "hybrid" is used as a technical term for these beings, as whatever cybernetic and organic elements they have are too integrated with one other for even "cyborg" to be a completely adequate description.

Per ''Solatorobo'' supplementary material and implications from the ''Fuga'' games, there are two main types of hybrids: the "full" or "original" hybrids like Baion that were created by Juno directly, and the weaker "pseudo-hybrids" such as Red or Jihl that were created through reverse-engineering Juno technology. The generation of pseudo-hybrids that Red comes from also have a special ability known as "Trance", a SuperMode that grants them a boost in power strong enough to allow them to control the Titano-Machina or Juno, along with shifting from a Caninu or Felineko base form to one that resembles an Old World human.

* OrganicTechnology: Possibly. While the second ''Fuga'' game intends to refer to them as "androids", both it and ''Solatorobo'' show that hybrids are not simply [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots humanlike robots with AI]], either— Merveille donated some of her purely organic cells in creating Red, and Jihl is shown eating food in one illustration (and a line of dialogue indirectly describes him as "bio-organic"). While the exact physical makeup of a hybrid has never been fully explored in any installment to date, it can be surmised that it may be a bio-mechanical one that has elements of both cell tissue and nanometal (since hybrids are meant to interface with Juno or Juno-derived technology). This may be why "hybrid" is used as a technical term for these beings, as whatever cybernetic and organic elements they have are too integrated with one other for even "cyborg" to be a completely adequate description.

* {{Cyborg}}: It can be argued that "hybrid" refers to them being a mix of Juno technology and "human" biology, given that interfacing with Juno technology is their main purpose. The English localization of the second ''Fuga'' game outright referred to them as "cyborg hybrids" in the initial release, with a later update [[OrwellianRetcon changing]] their description to "androids".[[note]]The original Japanese version uses the term ''jinzōningen'' (人造人間) to describe these hybrids. This term's literal meaning is "artificial human", but it can refer to any kind of humanoid being with an artificial makeup, such as androids, cyborgs or organic humans with genetic modification.[[/note]]

* {{Cyborg}}: It can be argued that "hybrid" refers to them being a mix of Juno technology and "human" biology, given that interfacing with Juno technology is their main purpose. The English localization of the second ''Fuga'' game outright referred to them as "cyborg hybrids" in the initial English version, with a later update [[OrwellianRetcon changing]] their description to "androids".[[note]]The original Japanese version uses the term ''jinzōningen'' (人造人間) to describe these hybrids. This term's literal meaning is "artificial human", but it can refer to any kind of humanoid being with an artificial makeup, such as androids, cyborgs or organic humans with genetic modification.[[/note]]

* {{Cyborg}}: It can be argued that "hybrid" refers to them being a mix of Juno technology and "human" biology, given that interfacing with Juno technology is their main purpose. The second ''Fuga'' game outright refers to them as "cyborg hybrids" in the English version.

* MeaningfulName: Juno ("Hera" to the Greeks) was the queen of the gods in Myth/ClassicalMythology and the wife of Jupiter, which is possibly meant to emphasize how Juno is the most powerful (meta)physical force in the setting of ''Little Tail Bronx''.

** The Juno within Tartaros takes on the form of a jellyfish-like creature, with its "hood" able to open like a flower bud. The chamber inside reveals what appears to be an orb floating above two extended branches. The art books clarify that this inner structure— named "Ariane"— is the interface for Tartarus' Juno, but that it never developed a personality like Yurlungur due to it not needing to communicate with humans. ''Solatorobo'' itself already refers to the chamber as "Ariane's Chamber", and it can be viewed as an equivalent to Mirrirmina in the Futzu Tower.

* FantasticNuke: As ironic as it is that ''actual'' nuclear fuels were phased out once Juno and its Crystal manufacturing data came along, how the Titano-Machina were used by humanity is [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything reminiscent of the nuclear arms race experienced in our world]], as shown by how multiple nations wanted to hoard as much of their power for themselves, and how they ended up nearly destroying the planet's biosphere with their ability to decimate entire regions on a massive scale.

* MechanicalAbomination: They're robotic, towering giants the size of entire cities that are completely alien in design, and boast enough destructive power that they are preceded by legends and stories telling of how seeing them means TheEndIsNigh. The most one can usually do to combat them is to seal them away, but this is far from a permanent solution-- hence why the Paladins were formed to ensure safety across generations.
* MechanicalMonster: Their appearances have some variations to them depending on their source nation and Juno, but the Titano-Machina we've seen so far tend to take design elements from animals or mythological creatures-- the Iron Giant's head looks very shark- or lizard-like, Lares and Lemures are incredibly draconic in appearance, and the Vanargand looks like a six-legged sauropod dinosaur mixed with a beetle shell.

* RobotMaster: While it's been shown that Titano-Machina are capable of acting autonomously, hybrids are designed to control them and regulate their abilities.

* StarfishRobots: Allegedly, they look like a stick figure with two pairs of arms, and a head that can take the form of a human woman should it need to communicate, but if Tartaros is any indication, they can also take on stranger, more jellyfish-like forms that can open up like a flower bud. Akin to the different forms of Lavos from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', Juno also seem to come in an outer "shell" of sorts with the true Juno being inside. Per the Japanese art books, Tartaros originally had a more human-accessible appearance akin to the Futzu Tower, but it took on a more abstract form when the Reset occurred. The Juno itself within Tartaros is nicknamed "Ariane" by the same art books, with ''Solatorobo'' itself referring to the arena within it as "Ariane's Chamber".

Per ''Solatorobo'' supplementary material and implications from the ''Fuga'' games, there are two main types of hybrids: the "full" or "original" hybrids like Baion that were created by Juno directly, and the weaker "pseudo-hybrids" such as Red or Jihl that were created through reverse-engineering Juno technology. The generation of pseudo-hybrids that Red comes from also have a special ability known as "Trance", a SuperMode that grants them a boost in power strong enough to allow them to control the Titano-Machina or Juno.

* BornAsAnAdult: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Red, Nero and Blanck-- while it's not outright stated, they were created at the biological age of around eight and aged normally from that point on. In-game reports for the second ''Fuga'' game indicate that Jihl and the other hybrids created by Crusade were born at an adolescent age, with Jihl himself looking about fourteen.
* {{Cyborg}}: It can be argued that "hybrid" refers to them being a mix of Juno technology and "human" biology, given that interfacing with Juno technology is their main purpose. The second ''Fuga'' game outright refers to them as "cyborg hybrids".

* {{Cyborg}}: It can be argued that "hybrid" refers to them being a mix of Juno technology and "human" biology, given that interfacing with Juno technology is their main purpose. The second ''Fuga'' game outright refers to them as "cyborg hybrids" in the English translation (despite the original Japanese preferring to use "artificial human").

* SuperMode: The Caninu- or Felineko-based pseudo-hybrids created by Baion and Merveille have access to a power known as "Trance", which allows them to assume a human form and gain a substantial increase in power as a result. Full hybrids seem to not have or need this power, however-- Baion's blue-skinned appearance while riding the Bérius is not stated by the art books as being his Trance form. Likewise, Jihl is a pseudo-hybrid without a Trance form to speak of.

* {{Cyborg}}: It can be argued that "hybrid" refers to them being a mix of Juno technology and "human" biology, given that interfacing with Juno technology is their main purpose. The second ''Fuga'' game outright refers to them as "cyborg hybrids".

[[folder: The Guardians of the Stars]]
!!Juno (ジュノ, ''Juno'')

Introduced in ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'', the "Hyper Information Convergence" Juno is a collective information system composed of fifty-three machines[=/=]supercomputers of unknown origin, and the source of the Titano-Machina. Some presume they may be alien technology, while others have assumed them to be the divine will of the Earth realized.

Humanity [[AlternateHistory in the late twentieth century]] discovered Juno and used the data within it to achieve two major breakthroughs: energy crystals that could be used as a perfectly clean power source, and nanotechnology that could be used for numerous applications. Unfortunately, not every nation was able to keep pace with these rapid technological advancements, nor did they have equal access to Juno technology. As a result, a great war broke out with the Titano-Machina, leading to the near-destruction of all life. With permission from a group of researchers, the Juno "reset" life on the planet, removing the threat of humanity and replacing them with the Caninu and Felineko, while also suspending the planet's land into the sky as {{Floating Continent}}s. Afterwards, each of the Juno vanished into separate dimensions, waiting until the day when the planet's new humanity would be advanced enough to be contacted.

While "Juno" is the collective name for all the Juno, the ''Solatorobo'' art books and in-game reports in ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'' reveal that individual Juno are divided into three major categories: '''Ace Class Juno''', the five original Juno that humanity discovered and the ones with the most data; the sixteen '''Arts Class Juno''' humanity replicated from the Ace; and the thirty-two '''Numbers Class Juno''' humanity replicated from the Arts. These Juno are also divided into "suits" (a la playing cards) depending on their Juno of origin. For instance, the Juno within Tartaros is a grade J Art that corresponds to the "jack of hearts" card, while the Juno in the Futzu Tower is an Ace that corresponds to the "joker" card.

[[folder: Hybrids]]
!!Hybrids (ハイブリッド, ''Haiburiddo'')

Introduced in ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'', hybrids are artificial beings with the power to interface with Juno or Juno-like technology, typically designed to pilot the Titano-Machina or similar creations. The most notable examples include ''Solatorobo'''s main protagonist Red Savarin and antagonists Baion, Nero and Blanck, along with ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel2'' antagonist Jihl.

Per ''Solatorobo'' supplementary material and implications from the ''Fuga'' games, there are two main types of hybrids: the "full" or "original" hybrids like Baion that were created by Juno directly, and the weaker "pseudo-hybrids" such as Red or Jihl that were created through reverse-engineering Juno technology. The generation of pseudo-hybrids that Red comes from also have a special ability known as "Trance", a SuperMode that grants them a boost in power strong enough to allow them to control the Titano-Machina or Juno.

* ArtificialHuman: They're beings created for the purpose of controlling Juno, Titano-Machina or similar technology.
* BornAsAnAdult: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Red, Nero and Blanck-- while it's not outright stated, they were created at the biological age of around eight and aged normally from that point on. In-game reports for the second ''Fuga'' game indicate that Jihl and the other hybrids created by Crusade were born at an adolescent age, with Jihl himself looking about fourteen.
* {{Cyborg}}: It can be argued that "hybrid" refers to them being a mix of Juno technology and "human" biology, given that interfacing with Juno technology is their main purpose. The second ''Fuga'' game outright refers to them as "cyborg hybrids".
* SuperMode: The Caninu- or Felineko-based pseudo-hybrids created by Baion and Merveille have access to a power known as "Trance", which allows them to assume a human form and gain a substantial increase in power as a result. Full hybrids seem to not have or need this power, however-- Baion's blue-skinned appearance while riding the Bérius is not stated by the art books as being his Trance form. Likewise, Jihl is a pseudo-hybrid without a Trance form to speak of.
* SuperToughness: It's heavily implied that the reason Red survived the [[HumanSacrifice Rite of Forfeit]] in ''Solatorobo'' was due to his hybrid physiology. PlayedForDrama with Jihl, who was able to survive having his bio-energy [[PoweredByAForsakenChild sacrificed to the Soul Cannon]] ''over and over again'' due to his hybrid physiology. Even if his body managed the ordeal, [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil his psyche didn't]].
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!!Entities From the World Before
[[folder: The Titano-Machina '''(MAJOR SPOILERS!)''']]
!!Titano-Machina (ティタノマキナ, ''Titanomakina'')

Introduced in ''VideoGame/TailConcerto'' and explored in ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'', Titano-Machina are massive unmanned entities that were said to be created by an ancient civilization-- [[EarthAllAlong old humanity]]-- as weapons of war, but ended up ravaging their planet to near-destruction. Legends of their existence still persist in the new world, however, and quite a few Caninu and Felineko have been eager to reawaken them and use their power for their own.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: When under someone's control, a Titano-Machina is about as good or evil as its master (though usually the latter). When left to its own devices, a Titano-Machina will most likely begin destroying anything in its path, as evidenced by how the Iron Giant began a ravenous attack on Prairia the ''moment'' it woke up, and how Lares' rampage would've eventually destroyed the world.
* {{Kaiju}}: [[VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter Lares]] alone has an upright height of about ''five kilometers'', and [[VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel the Vanargand]] is implicitly even bigger than that.
* KillerRobot: Man-made monsters made of nanometal, and designed for the express purpose of wiping entire cities off the map. For extra emphasis on the "killer" part, the art books claim that due to their presence, the Third World War had a high death toll of ''250 million'' within the span of just three months.
* MechanicalAbomination: They're robotic, towering giants the size of entire cities that are completely alien in design, and boast enough destructive power that they are preceded by legends and stories telling of how seeing them means TheEndIsNigh. The most one can usually do to combat them is to seal them away, but this is far from a permanent solution-- hence why the Paladins were formed to ensure safety across generations.
* MechanicalMonster: Their appearances have some variations to them depending on their source nation and Juno, but the Titano-Machina we've seen so far tend to take design elements from animals or mythological creatures-- the Iron Giant's head looks very shark- or lizard-like, Lares and Lemures are incredibly draconic in appearance, and the Vanargand looks like a six-legged sauropod dinosaur mixed with a beetle shell.
* MeaningfulName: Aside from effectively being another way to say "big robot", the phrase "Titano-Machina" is likely a PunnyName based on "Titanomachy", a war told of in Myth/ClassicalMythology where the Titans (older gods) and Olympians (newer gods) battled for ten years over which side would rule over the universe, with the Olympians eventually winning and the Titans being banished deep into the abyss of Tartarus. With this in mind, a possible interpretation is that the "Titano-Machina" name is also meant to refer to how their war indirectly resulted in the end of an "old world" and the birth of a "new" one, along with how the Titano-Machina themselves were sealed into the ground during the Reset. However, it is worth noting that some of the original Titans of mythology were set free after some time…
* ZergRush: The art books for ''Solatorobo'' mention this as being the ''modus operandi'' for Titano-Machina created by Numbers Class Juno-- while they aren't as individually powerful as their Ace- or Arts-created counterparts, they still have their usefulness in that they can overwhelm their enemies through their sheer numbers. %%The existing translation erroneously says that Numbers-created TMs can simply be "taken out by a higher-level aircraft", I've checked and the original Japanese says otherwise

[[folder: The Guardians of the Stars '''(MAJOR SPOILERS!)''']]
!!Juno (ジュノ, ''Juno'')

Introduced in ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'', the "Hyper Information Convergence" Juno is a collective information system composed of fifty-three machines[=/=]supercomputers of unknown origin, and the source of the Titano-Machina. Some presume they may be alien technology, while others have assumed them to be the divine will of the Earth realized.

Humanity [[AlternateHistory in the late twentieth century]] discovered Juno and used the data within it to achieve two major breakthroughs: energy crystals that could be used as a perfectly clean power source, and nanotechnology that could be used for numerous applications. Unfortunately, not every nation was able to keep pace with these rapid technological advancements, nor did they have equal access to Juno technology. As a result, a great war broke out with the Titano-Machina, leading to the near-destruction of all life. With permission from a group of researchers, the Juno "reset" life on the planet, removing the threat of humanity and replacing them with the Caninu and Felineko, while also suspending the planet's land into the sky as {{Floating Continent}}s. Afterwards, each of the Juno vanished into separate dimensions, waiting until the day when the planet's new humanity would be advanced enough to be contacted.

While "Juno" is the collective name for all the Juno, the ''Solatorobo'' art books and in-game reports in ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'' reveal that individual Juno are divided into three major categories: '''Ace Class Juno''', the five original Juno that humanity discovered and the ones with the most data; the sixteen '''Arts Class Juno''' humanity replicated from the Ace; and the thirty-two '''Numbers Class Juno''' humanity replicated from the Arts. These Juno are also divided into "suits" (a la playing cards) depending on their Juno of origin. For instance, the Juno within Tartaros is a grade J Art that corresponds to the "jack of hearts" card, while the Juno in the Futzu Tower is an Ace that corresponds to the "joker" card.

* RiddleForTheAges: '''Many.''' Are they [[AncientAstronauts a form of alien technology]] that made its way to Earth, or [[AnthropomorphicPersonification the Earth's divine will made real]]? If it's the former, ''how'' did they arrive on Earth? What impact did they have on the planet's history before they were properly studied and discovered? Why were there legends on fifty-three of them existing back when only ''five'' of them did? Why did the "Australian Ace" Juno already possess a "Reset" command ''before'' humans discovered it?

[[folder: Hybrids '''(MAJOR SPOILERS)''']]

Introduced in ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'', hybrids are artificial beings with the power to interface with Juno or Juno-like technology, typically designed to pilot the Titano-Machina or similar creations. Examples include ''Solatorobo'''s main protagonist Red Savarin and antagonists Baion, Nero and Blanck, along with ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel2'' antagonist Jihl.

* SuperToughness: It's heavily implied that the reason Red survived the [[HumanSacrifice Rite of Forfeit]] in ''Solatorobo'' was due to his hybrid physiology. PlayedForDrama with Jihl, who was able to survive having his bio-energy [[PoweredByAForsakenChild sacrificed to the Soul Cannon]] ''over and over again'' due to his hybrid physiology.

[[folder: Old World Humans '''(MAJOR SPOILERS)''']]
!!Old World Humans

The former inhabitants of Earth before Juno erased them from existence and replaced them with the Caninu and Felineko.

* HumansAreFlawed: The Caninu and Felineko who know of humanity (at least those that don't covet the technology they left behind for selfish reasons) seem to be generally sympathetic toward their precursors over how they were done in by the technology that they tried and failed to fully master.

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* AlienAstronauts: If one subscribes to the "technology from another world" theory. Per ''Solatorobo'' supplementary material, many powerful ancient figures made use of the original five Juno terminals, and it's said that the followers of Jesus Christ [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer (yes, really)]] interpreted these terminals as the holy relics.

* {{Kaiju}}: [[VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter Lares]] alone has a front-to-back length of about ''five kilometers'', and [[VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel the Vanargand]] is clearly even bigger than that.