History Characters / ObanStarRacers

* TeensAreShort: The shortest member of the Earth team.

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Crosses this hard when he realizes the Crog Imperium is sweeping aside Sol's defenses, all because he decided to launch a preemptive attack and thus violate the ceasefire of the Great Race. When Don contacts him the final time, he finds the President in an almost catatonic state, surrounded by apocalyptic pleas for help from military channels, mumbling that the Crogs were untrustwthy and that humanity had no choice but to attack first.]]

* SleepCute: With Jordan. [[OverprotectiveDad Don Wei was not happy]].

* SleepCute: While sitting together with Molly, he ends up falling asleep with her. Don Wei alter finds them cuddle-sleeping and [[OverprotectiveDad isn't happy to find them that way.]]

* OverprotectiveDad: After he finds out Molly is Eva and Jordan has feelings for her, he gets a little hostile when he sees them getting too close.

* BareYourMidriff: Her Earth Racing uniform exposes her stomach area.

* HeManWomanHater:[[invoked]] Not quite as bad as most examples but Don Wei clearly has a low opinion of women in racing, which likely stems from Maya's death. This causes conflict with "Molly" even before he realize she's his daughter. He initially refuses to make her a replacement pilot after Rick's accident, and tries to take Jordan instead, [[WhatAnIdiot despite the fact that Jordan has a poor track record at flying.]] Predictably, Jordan nearly crashes the Whizzing Arrow on his first flight, and it takes Eva ''stealing the ship'' to get him to even consider her.

* WouldHurtAChild: If "would murder their mother in front of them to groom them into being his pawn" counts, then he definitely does qualify. Oh, and did we forget to mention he's killed entire worlds and that his [[KillEmAll plan]] would definitely ''not'' spare any children?

* CuriousAsAMonkey: Downplayed as she's not that young, but Molly have several these moments. To kick off, she drags Jordan along on an expedition to the temple ruins on Alwas and nearly dies when the whole structure begins to collapse into the sea. Fortunately, Rush is there to drag her out of the water after she’s knocked unconscious. As a result, she and Jordan gain a good friend and Molly learn a little about the whole avatar and Oban situation from the temple ruins.

* HeroicBSOD: Gets a heavy one when it's discovered that [[spoiler:the winner of the race won't receive any wish they desire, but instead become the next Avatar. She all but gives up the will to even compete in the race. Eva/Molly only does return to racing because she couldn't let someone like Lord Furter or General Kross abuse the power.]]

--> ''Spirit, you will not escape me this time. That's a promise.''

--> ''If I really was your daughter, you'd know it immediately. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion I mean, you really wouldn't need to ask, would you?]]

* HeManWomanHater: Not quite as bad as most examples but Don Wei clearly has a low opinion of women in racing, which likely stems from Maya's death. This causes conflict with "Molly" even before he realize she's his daughter. He initially refuses to make her a replacement pilot after Rick's accident, and tries to take Jordan instead, [[WhatAnIdiot despite the fact that Jordan has a poor track record at flying.]] Predictably, Jordan nearly crashes the Whizzing Arrow on his first flight, and it takes Eva ''stealing the ship'' to get him to even consider her.

* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: His best pilot is his rebellious, estranged daughter with abandonment issues. His best gunman is a rambunctious military cadet. Both of them are in their teens.

* MrFanservice: Look at him.

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* ShipTease: With Eva.

* BadassBiker:
** Molly on her rocket seat, which she grafts on the ''Arrow's'' steering column.
** Over the course of the series, Eva transforms into an [[AcePilot experienced pilot]]. Before she became one of the contestants for Ōban, she would fix up her rocket bike and try to escape her abusive boarding home.

* PinocchioSyndrome: [[spoiler:He wants to use the ultimate prize to become an organic creature, or at least understand what it feels like.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: His main weapons are a bow and arrow.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: It remains a mystery if the blonde side of his hair is dyed or natural. [[spoiler:Exaggerated when becoming the Avatar makes his hair grow long and turns it completely white]].

* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Stan has the darkest skin of the Earth Team and has dark, red hair.

* DarkSkinnedRedhead: He has dark skin like other Nourasians and has natural red hair.

* FatalFlaw: He may sometimes get carried away with calculations when too many things around him are mathematically possible, causing him to go into a state of awe, as was exemplified in ''Optimised Like Ondai''.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: His last name is ''Wilde''.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: His last name is '''thunderbolt'''.

* BadassBiker: Ning and Skun's star racers are both essentially flying motorcycles - one is a racing bike and the other's a chopper, based on the handlebars.

* BikerBabe: Both are attractive bikers who wear revealing outfits.

* BadassBiker: Molly on her rocket seat, which she grafts on the ''Arrow's'' steering column. Over the course of the series, Eva transforms into an [[AcePilot experienced pilot]].

* BikerBabe: Before she became one of the contestants for Ōban, she would fix up her rocket bike and try to escape her abusive boarding home.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: It remains a mystery if the blonde side of his hair is dyed or natural. [[spoiler:TakenUpToEleven when becoming the Avatar makes his hair grow long and turns it completely white]].

* {{Expy}}: He is an ancient, terrifyingly nihilistic, seemingly invincible entity who ascended to godlike power from mere mortalhood, wears black robes, manipulates fate to his advantage, and frequently tries to tempt lower beings into joining his life-destroying mission. As such he could easily be taken for [[Manga/{{Berserk}} one of the Godhand]], particularly Void. Design wise though he strongly resembles [[Franchise/TheDarkCrystal a Skeksis]], which is helped that his nemesis Satis is similar looking to a UrRu.

--> '''Canaletto:''' Your inner resources never cease to amaze me, but you are destined not to defeat me, Eva.\\
'''Eva:''' You know my real name.\\
'''Canaletto:'''I know everything about you, my dear child. For centuries, I wove the threads of time just to find you. You are my creation. My secret weapon. My most trusted pawn.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: His disposal of Sul is callous(as is everything he does) but Sul himself is a SmugSuper who is only in the race out of boredom, mocks Molly for trying to warn him of danger, and shows zero sympathy to the ones who have legitimate stakes for competing. Although it's downplayed by the fact that Canaletto is way, ''way'' worse by comparison.

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* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:The Avatar rules for [[TenThousand exactly ten-thousand years]], before hosting the Great Race of Oban to determine a successor. The winner of the Great Race becomes the new Avatar for the next ten millennia, while the previous Avatar dies. Satis is the current Avatar, while [[BigBad Canaletto]] was a former Avatar who was defeated and imprisoned when he refused to relinquish his title to his successor. At the end of the series, Jordan Wilde becomes the newest Avatar.]]

* AcePilot: Generally, the current Avatar is the one who wins the Great Race every 10,000 years. [[spoiler:Canaletto and Satis were examples in their mortal lives, though the former became evil. Jordan is an aversion as he's as abysmal pilot, so he's only the gunman; Eva/Molly as the winner would've become the Avatar, but she refused because it wouldn't bring her mother back to life. Jordan became the Avatar to stop Canaletto from resuming his destruction of the galaxy]].

* LargeAndInCharge: In every appearance, the Avatar is gigantic, though YourSizeMayVary - when overseeing the preliminary rounds on Alwas, he's a sixty-foot-tall colossus, but he is clearly much smaller when he appeared before the Earth government's council (which was obviously meeting indoors) and during the final rounds on Oban.
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:The Avatar rules for exactly ten-thousand years, before hosting the Great Race of Oban to determine a successor. The winner of the Great Race becomes the new Avatar for the next ten millennia, while the previous Avatar dies. Satis is the current Avatar, while [[BigBad Canaletto]] was a former Avatar who was defeated and imprisoned when he refused to relinquish his title to his successor. At the end of the series, Jordan Wilde becomes the newest Avatar.]]