History Characters / SuperRobotWarsAlpha

* SeriesMascot: The SRX as a whole is one to the entire Super Robot Wars franchise. Its visor is similar to the Banpresto logo (which is itself a reference to Franchise/{{Gundam}} eyes), and Ryusei's theme is based on the Banpresto theme.

*** For a specific example: at one point in ''Alpha'', Londo Bell has to assault the Angel Halo. Akira, Aya, Bullet and Ryusei try to counteract its psychic wave but slowly fail and everyone's on the verge of being mentally assaulted, at which point Kusuha gets ''really'' mad, her {{Leitmotif}} kicks in, and she counteracts the psychic wave and gives Maria and Shakti a psychic WhatTheHellHero speech at the same time. To emphasize: Kusuha goes up against 30,000 Newtypes ''at the same time, by herself'', and '''WINS'''.

* ItRunsInTheFamily: He and Elzam/Ratsel are both incredibly skilled BadassNormal pilots, although Elzam is the more skilled brother by a country mile.

* AloofOlderBrother: {{Inverted|Trope}}; whereas the older Elzam (currently as "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationSteelDragonBattleGroup Ratsel Feinschmecker]]") is occasionally goofy, Rai keeps the same demeanor throughout all apperances.

* TheSmartGuy: He maintains the extremely powerful and highly volatile Tronium Engine that powers the SRX, and despite being a normal human being with no superpowers, he can still keep up by skill alone.

* UnskilledButStrong: Unlike Aya, Mai's psychic output outclasses her; unfortunately, she has little to no control over the exact amount she generates. This serves as a counterbalance to Aya being WeakButSkilled.

Scouted by the Divine Crusaders as a Burning PT gamer with the potential of becoming an Armored Module pilot, Ryoto lacked the willingness to kill and the mindset the position demands. Not willing to chalk him up as a complete loss, they sortie him against the ''Hagane'' battleship and its defenders, when in the middle of combat, the engine to his "Lion F" fails (much to his surprise as he has an affinity with machines and personally maintains his Armored Module). He's captured and taken aboard the ''Hagane'' when his Lion that is to follow suddenly detonates; fortunately, it isn't hauled into the hangar.

It turns out his Divine Crusaders superiors planted a bomb in his Lion and deliberately rigged the engine to fail, knowing the Earth Federation Army intents to capture a complete Armored Module, and decided to get rid of a liability at the same time. Once this is pointed out to Ryoto, his views on the Divine Cruaders changes; understandably shaken, he affirms his resolve and decides to fight against them, and joins the ''Hagane''. While not the most aggressive pilot on the roster, his natural skills coupled with his Psychodriver abilities help the Earth Federation Army end the Divine Crusaders War, and he stays aboard the ''Hagane'' to battle against the Aerogaters.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Each of the seven fleet admirals have different hair colors

* {{Leitmotif}}: "Arrow of Destiny" for the Aerogaters

* YiddishAsASecondLanguage, ThemeNaming: Mostly Hebrew and Hebrew-related literature

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''Classic Series'': [[Characters/SuperRobotWars1 1]] | [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsClassic 2, 3, 4/F/Final]]\\

''Alpha Series'': '''Alpha/Shin/Super Hero Sakusen''' | [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlphaGaiden Alpha Gaiden]] | [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha2 2nd Alpha]] | [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha3 3rd Alpha]]\\

''Z Series'': [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Z]] | [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ2 2nd Z]] | [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ3 3rd Z]] | [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZWalkingSpoilers Walking Spoilers]]\\

''[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration OG Series]]'': [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationSteelDragonBattleGroup Steel Dragon Battle Group]] | [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationEarthFederation Earth Federation]] | [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationAntagonists Enemy Factions]] | [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationOthersAndWalkingSpoilers Civilians and Walking Spoilers]] | [[Characters/EndlessFrontier Endless Frontier]]]]-]]]

This page is an index for characters who appear throughout the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha'' series. Due to the large number of individuals, this sheet comprises of those who make their debut in ''Alpha'' as well as ''[[VideoGame/ShinSuperRobotWars Shin]]'' and ''Super Hero Sakusen'', as the ''Alpha'' series are where they receive their most well known development.

''Classic Subseries'': [[Characters/MasouKishin Masou Kishin]] | '''Compati Hero Series'''\\

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This page is an index for characters who appear throughout the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha'' series. Due to the large number of individuals, this sheet comprises of those who make their debut in ''Alpha''.

[[folder:The SRX Team]]

!!Ryusei Date

!!Raidiese 'Rai' Fujiwara Branstein

!!Aya Kobayashi

!!Mai Kobayashi

!!Ingram Prisken

!!Viletta Vadim

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!!Kusuha Mizuha

!!Brooklyn "[[InSeriesNickname Bullet]]" Luckfield

Kusuha's boyfriend dating back to the ''Alpha'' series, Bullet is a promising Psychodriver and pilot for the Earth Federation Army, and the default partner option for her. For this {{Continuity}}, Bullet behaves more of a JamesBondage, an unfortunate result of being pigeonholed into the partner role of ''Alpha'', thus he winds up in peril rather often (which becomes a small, memetic RunningGag by the ''Alpha'' sequels due to his archetype being "the HotBlooded hero who requires rescue"). For example, in ''Alpha 2'', after TheFederation declares the ''Choukijin'' too dangerous, he hides them away, but is BrainwashedAndCrazy into serving "the will of the Earth" until Kusuha snaps him out of it.

!!Leona Garstein

!!Tasuku Shinguji

!!Ryoto Hikawa

!!Rio Mei Long

!!Yuuki Jaggar

!!Ricarla "[[InSeriesNickname Carla]]" Borgnine

The female "[[GenkiGirl logical, yet flirty]]" archetype character in ''Alpha'', Carla makes her appearance in ''Original Generation 2'', serving in the Neo Divine Crusaders alongside Yuuki. With a prior dream of becoming a professional dancer, it is cut short when in the ''Divine Wars'' adaptation, she's seen fleeing the Aerogators during an attack on San Diego, losing her family in the assault. Presumably, she is rescued by Yuuki, although he vehemently denies he ever did such a thing. Still, this incentive is enough that she follows him and joins the Neo Divine Crusaders soon afterwards. Unlike Yuuki, Carla's more jovial and kind, often addressing him affectionately as "Yuu". This comes to a head when given a choice to leave the military post-Operation Plantagenet, she makes the decision to stay, despite his insistence. As of the ''Second Original Generation'', Carla is also part of the crew of the ''Kurogane''.

[[folder:Supporting Characters]]

!!Robert H. Ohmiya

-> '''Voiced by:''' Takuya Kirimoto

!!Kirk Hamill

-> '''Voiced by:''' Yuuto Kazama

!!Doctor Kenzo Kobayashi

!!Eri Anzai

[[folder:Antagonists]]

!ZE BALMARY EMPIRE

!! Laodecia Judecca Gozzo

[[folder:The Walking Spoilers]]

Due to the nature of the following character(s), spoilers are unmarked to avoid redundancy.

* The art style hides it, but the pistols used by the R-1 and ART-1 are pretty big, extending from the mech's waist all the way down to the knees when holstered in robot mode.

The team responsible for the titular {{combining|Mecha}} {{super robot|Genre}} SRX ("Super Robot Type-X"), they made their debut in the ill-fated ''VideoGame/ShinSuperRobotWars'' and various other games, but have their stories refined in ''Super Robot Wars Alpha''. In ''Shin'' and ''Alpha'', they're labeled as characters from ''Choki Taisen SRX'' ("Super War Machine SRX") instead of "Originals", which suggests they were treated as a separate series (similar to ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsGaiden The Lord of Elemental]]'' in the same game).

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn

One of the recurring heroes in ''Alpha'' (actually debuting in ''Shin'' and improved in the ''Alpha'' series with a side-stop in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotSpirits'' along the way), Ryusei's the prime example of the AscendedFanboy, especially regarding video games and and HumongousMecha (particularly super robots), and is apparently [[ChasteHero uninterested in human girls, but swoons over girly-looking giant robots]]; he also has a sickly mother. His story, especially told in ''Original Generation'', revolves around getting drafted into a super robot team because he's the champion (runner-up in the AnimatedAdaptation ''Divine Wars'') of a competitive MechaGame "Burning PT", as [[IKnowMortalKombat the robots used by the military have similar controls to the game]]. There, he learns RealLife wars are completely different matters compared to video games. He's joined by fellow pilots [[TheLancer Raidese F. Branstein]] and [[TheChick Aya Kobayashi]] and becomes the core member of the SRX Team.

Despite the FaceHeelTurn of [[TheMole his commander, Ingram Prisken]], he continues the project and successfully forms the SRX. He remains in the "[[TheFederation Earth Federation Army]]", defending the Earth from various aliens and dissidents among the "[[TheFederation Earth Federation]]", while not letting go of his {{Otaku}} traits. Although Ryusei is absent in ''Alpha 2'', he returns in ''Alpha 3'', except he gets hit with HeroicBSOD after the SRX is destroyed and its "Tronium Engine" stolen by [[Characters/SuperRobotWars3 Hazal Gozzo]]. Despite this, he continues to fight and eventually gets to control the upgraded SRX "Altered" Banpreios and heads for the offensive against the "Ze Balmary Empire".

Worth noting is in ''Original Generation'', he proves to be quite a stud, such as getting the attention of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationSteelDragonBattleGroup Latooni]] [[ShrinkingViolet Subota]] and [[SixthRanger Mai]] [[YoungestChildWins Kobayashi]]. Oddly enough, he responds to their attention, although probably not to the extent they like. Aside from [=SRW=], Ryusei has also appeared in ''Another Century's Episode: R'' alongside Kyosuke and [[Characters/MasouKishin Masaki Andoh]]. He returns in the ''Original Generation'' sequels for minor roles.

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* LeaderFormsTheHead: Played with -- the R-1 is the head of the SRX, but Ryusei is not the leader of the SRX Team. However, once the SRX combines, control of the machine is performed by him.

!!Raidiese Fujiwara Branstein

TheLancer to Ryusei's "beatdown first, question later" attitude, Raidiese ("[[InSeriesNickname Rai]]" for short) is the designated pilot of the R-2 and a crack marksman. Though the R-2's a heavy bombardment unit, in Rai's hands it becomes a menacing foe at any range, though Rai prefers to stay back to get the most use of its [[ShoulderCannon twin shoulder-mounted cannons]], leaving the melee for Ryusei. In ''Alpha'' and ''Original Generation'', Rai was a test pilot for the SuperPrototype "Huckebein" at mecha manufacturer "Mao Industries" on the moon. However, an error with the "Black Hole Engine" in the Huckebein leveled the facility: although Rai is one of three people to survive this "Vanishing Trooper Incident", his left hand is crushed during the accident, replaced with a prosthetic. Afterwards, Ingram drafts him into the the SRX Team and has been remaining there ever since.

Rai is the younger brother of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationSteelDragonBattleGroup Elzam von Branstein]], whom he has a rocky relationship with: as an extension to his back-story for ''Original Generation'' Rai adored Elzam's wife [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationOthersAndWalkingSpoilers Cattleya Fujiwara]], but her death as a result of Elzam's decision-making led to Rai disowning his brother. He leaves the Branstein family after [[DeadGuyJunior taking Cattleya's maiden name]], swearing to get back at the family. He also informed cousin Leona Garstein should she cross his path in defense of Elzam and what he stands for, he will not hesitate and fight.

Rai initially comes across as the cold, calculating, stick-to-the-book soldier, but his interactions with the various characters causes his personality to change and loosen, though is still portayed as TheStoic. This cracks when he finds the man truly reponsible for Cattleya's death, causing him to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, but nearly gets killed for it. Learning from his lessons, Rai starts to trust his brother more and together they kill the culprit. This marks the event where Rai finally makes peace with Elzam and himself.

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The 21-year-old leader and captain of the SRX Team, Aya's the oldest daughter of Dr. Kenzo Kobayashi, head of Psychodriver research. Her Psychodriver powers are very strong and is the telekinetic key when they form the SRX. One of her hobbies is walking around art museums. She admires Ingram greatly and he was always nice to her, but was hurt the most by his FaceHeelTurn in ''Alpha'' and ''Original Generation''. During the final fight with Ingram, he tells her not to be bound by the past and start a new life for herself. Later, while fighting Levi Tolar, she realizes Levi is her younger sister Mai, whom she believed had perished years earlier during an explosion at their father's lab. While Levi is convinced in ''Alpha'' and joins the SRX Team, she is instead destroyed with her HumongousMecha Judecca at the "L5 Campaign" in ''Original Generation''. Post-L5 Campaign, Aya stays at the Far East "Izu Base" of the Earth Federation Army to cooperate in her father's research.

Aya gets into a nasty misfortune during ''Alpha 3'', where a fatal attack from Balmar general Hazal Gozzo strikes the SRX hard, seemingly destroying the R-3 Powered and is deemed KilledOffForReal. In truth, she's captured by Balmar and later used to demoralize the rest of the team, especially Mai, whose memories have fully returned. Thankfully, Aya is rescued aboard one of Balmar's 12 "Neviim" moons by defecting Balmar generals [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha3 Baran Doban and Luria Kayitz]] and she rejoins the SRX Team with their new SRX Altered Banpreios.

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Aya's younger sister, Mai was presumed KilledOffForReal after an explosion years before at her father Kenzo Kobayashi's lab. With no memories of her past, Mai remains a very quiet, gentle girl. In ''Original Generation'', she appears six months after the L5 Campaign and is given medical treatment under Kenzo's care. Due to her exceptionally strong Psychodriver powers, Mai gets assigned to the SRX Team for learning purposes, and is selected to be the pilot of the R-Gun Powered.

In ''Alpha'' and ''Original Generation'', the cause of the lab accident is due to the "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationAntagonists Aerogaters]]" in secret: Mai was kidnapped, {{Brainwashed}}, and turned into one of the Aerogaters, taking the name "Levi Tolar", the self-proclaimed "Priestess of Judecca", piloting the mighty "[[GirlWithPsychoWeapon Judecca]]"; in either {{Continuity}}, she and Ingram challenges the SRX Team on multiple occasions. In ''Alpha'', prior to the final battle, Levi is convinced by the SRX Team of her origins, [[HeelFaceTurn aligning with them and defeating the Aerogaters]]. Although "Levi" is under scrutiny by the government and kept under surveillance, her memories as Mai fully return by the time ''Alpha 3'' occurs.

In contrast, Levi's memories as Mai reappears at the height of the L5 Campaign in ''Original Generation''. Unfortunately, she is presumably destroyed with the machine. Upon recovering the wreckage of the Judecca, inside its undamaged core lay Levi, unharmed but without her memories, reverting back to Mai prior to the lab explosion. Although Kenzo considers it a risk that Levi's personality could hijack Mai's fragile mind, he alters her memories to better sync with Aya to use the "Twin Contact" of the SRX's T-Link System to its full advantage in order to execute the HTB Cannon. Despite Levi attemping on multiple occasions convincing her to continue her mission as the Priestess of Judecca, Mai remains strong and adamant her place is in the SRX Team.

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Commander of the SRX Team, Major Ingram Prisken is dedicated to the task of completing the "SRX Development Project" by recruiting Ryusei, Rai and Aya. Ingram rarely talks about himself and, like Rai, maintains a sense of composure and collectedness, but hides a slightly calculating side. Of note is Ingram comes from ''Super Hero Sakusen'' ("Super Hero Operations"), a SpinOff of ''Super Robot Wars'', where he is one of two selectable protagonists for the game.

Ingram is the first clone of the mass-produced "Balshem" series created by from the Ze Balmary Empire and known as the "Originator", with the codename "Aleph Balshem". He pulls a FaceHeelTurn on the SRX Team, revealing himself to be a spy sent by the Aerogaters to assess the strength of TheFederation. In ''Alpha and ''Original Generation'', Ingram and the SRX Team fight on multiple occasions following his turn, and while many cannot understand his actions at joining the enemy, in reality, Ingram's been manipulated by his Balmar masters into doing their bidding, though Ingram's will is strong enough such that he desires to break free from their control.

In ''Alpha'', Ingram's body is lost following the Aerogaters' defeat, but his influence over the powerful "Astranagant" allows his spirit to survive. By chance, when another Balshem clone scouts an area near the Cross Gate in ''Alpha 3'', the Astranagant appears from the interdimensional device and absorbs the clone's machine. Ingram's consciousness also takes over the pilot; instead, their souls fuse into an entirely different entity. From time to time, Ingram attempts to retake control and continue his work as a "Time Diver", one who exists to keep the balance of good and evil between dimensions.

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The new SRX Team Commander replacing Ingram on the SRX Development Project, Viletta holds the rank of Captain. With exceptional piloting skills, she is always able to judge cooly on the battlefield. Like Ingram, Viletta also comes from ''Super Hero Sakusen'' and is the second selectable protagonist (Ingram and Viletta are treated as the same character, regardless of gender, in ''Super Hero Sakusen'').

In actuality, Viletta is the fourth clone in the mass-produced Balshem series with the codename "Bet Balshem". In ''Original Generation'', Ingram sent Viletta as another spy for the Aerogaters to infiltrate the Earth Federation in order to gather data. However, following the final battle with the entity known as "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationAntagonists Septuagint]]", Viletta confides with [[Characters/CompatiHeroSeries Gilliam Yeager]] her real name is "Viletta Prisken", created specifically from Ingram the Originator to act on his behalf once he becomes unable to do so of his own free will from the Aerogaters. Ingram created her before his mind was fully taken over, then sends her away to complete his will. She goes on to explain to Gilliam about the Ze Balmary Empire.

After the "L5 Campaign" against the Aerogators, Viletta permanently joins the Earth Federation Army. Alongside Gilliam and [[Characters/MasouKishin Lune Zoldark]], she is sent to investigate the abandoned Aerogater fortress "White Star", but is forced to retreat with the ''Hiryu Custom'' battleship when the "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsClassic Inspectors]]" launch a surprise attack on their location.

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* CoolBigSis: Not quite up to par with Excellen or Ouka, but Carla will help out her companions with their troubles, trivial or not.

* ZettaiRyouiki: She dons a yellow pair of Type A's.

* FaceHeelTurn: Which starts to get complicated when he reveals he's TheMole and is the reason for this trope. However, it turns out he's actually a ''ReverseMole'' acting in the role of StealthMentor, because he never wanted to be TheMole.

** Adds a "Tesla Drive" for flight, two folding {{Shoulder Cannon}}s, [[MacrossMissileMassacre a large missile containers on the back, several smaller missile pods on the wings]] and an underarm [[FrickinLaserBeams laser cannon]].

* UnwantedHarem: {{Zigzagged}} - Viletta ''[[MentorShip might]]'' like him that way and [[Characters/MasouKishin Mio Sasuga]] has made a few advances on him during the first two ''Alpha'' games when the ''Masou Kishin'' cast are included ([[BrattyHalfPint though she is likely kidding]]). At first there was Kusuha, who has since moved on because she became an UnluckyChildhoodFriend, while Aya's a "maybe" and [[HoYay Rai is a possibility]] ([[YaoiFangirl at least according to certain parts of the fandom]]); finally, there's Latooni and Mai, who are outright smitten with him. However, it's not so much "unwanted" as much as [[ChasteHero he has no idea it exists]].

* MentorShip: A surprising number of people ship her with Ryusei; much of this stems from the time they spent off-screen in ''Alpha Gaiden'' training.

* BreakTheHaughty: In the beginning of ''Original Generation 2'', Yuuki spent much of his time utterly convinced that only Neo DC is capable of protecting Earth from alien invasion and dismisses the achievements of the crew from the ''Hagane'' and ''Hiryuu Custom'' against the Aerogators as a fluke. Come Operation Plantagenet and Neo DC ends up getting completely crushed by the Inspectors. To top it off he and Carla would have died themselves if they hadn't given refuge by the very group he had derided as being incapable of protecting the Earth. There's not really much attention drawn to it, but it's clear these events have thoroughly disabused Yuki's belief in the superiority of Neo DC and when he and Carla are brought before Lefina he openly admits his fate is at their mercy.

* IKnowMortalKombat: {{Lampshaded}} by Ryusei in ''Original Generation 2'' for his combat dialogue. This is ex[lained as the video game ''Burning PT'' was used a way to find potential pilot candidates. It also helps that Ryuusei is a pretty powerful Psychodriver, the OG timeline's version of Newtypes.

* IKnowMortalKombat: {{Lampshaded}} by Ryusei in ''Original Generation 2'' for his combat dialogue.

** This was actually justifed as the video game ''Burning PT'' was used a way to find potential pilot candidates. It also helps that Ryuusei is a pretty powerful Psychodriver, the OG timeline's version of Newtypes.

** Back in ''Shin'', Ryusei and Rai never stop being colossal pricks to one another throughout the game; it's hard to understand how they can even stand being in the same room, let alone disliking everything about the other person. In later appearances, writers tone down the vitriol between them by having them playfully mock at the other's flaws and weaknesses instead, bouncing off of the other due to their different life experiences and interests, especially when CharacterDevelopment forces Ryusei to man up so they can work together easily.

* CaptainErsatz
** R-1 to the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]: both machines carry a similar weapon loadout, can {{transform|ingmecha}} into a flight mode and has an internal system built to take advantage of its pilot's PsychicPowers (R-1's "T-Link System" to the Zeta's "biosensor"). Additionally, the R-1 can perform a [[RammingAlwaysWorks "Waverider Crash"-like attack]] in the ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Second Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]''.
** R-2 Powered, along with Rai's earlier Schultzwald, to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Guncannon]].
** R-3 bears a strong resemblance to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory GP-03 Dendrobium Stamen]], especially when comparing the R-3 Powered to the Dendrobium Orchis. In addition, the GP-03 and R-3 share the same mechanical designer Hajime Katoki.

* SeriesMascot: Him and the SRX - Banpresto's logo is the SRX's visor, and its jingle is the TitleThemeDrop of Ryusei's "Everywhere You Go" {{Leitmotif}}. Though not the main protagonist in the Alpha series, he became one of the two main protagonists of the first Original Generations game (along with Kyousuke) and became one of the most iconic characters in the series.

* Squee: Ryusei is already impressed enough by the Compatible Kaiser in Original Generations, but when it combines with the G-Thundergate in the G-Compatible Kaiser, Ryusei mentions it looks more awesome each time he looks at it.

* ShoutOut: In ''Original Generation Gaiden'', having been fed up with Rai complaining about his CallingYourAttacks, Ryusei demands Rai name the HTB Cannon. Rai answers with "[[Manga/SaintSeiya Galaxy Phantom Explosion]]".

* MeaningfulName: Keeping in line with Balmar's ThemeNaming, "Tolar" is a loose romanization of the word "Torah", meaning "the law" in Hebrew. "Levi" is one of the twelve tribes of Israel in the Old Testament and are designated as the priests, who were charge of the law, hence Levi being the Priestess of Judecca.

* ThemeNaming: Subversion; while "Judecca" refers to Judas Iscariot, the disciple of Jesus Christ who betrayed him, each of the Judecca's attacks ("Caina", "Antenora", "Ptolomea" and "Judecca") corresponds to a section of the ninth and lowest circle of hell in "Literature/TheDivineComedy".

* ShoutOut
** His name is derived from the RealLife "Ingram" machine pistol, while his surname is a likely reference to [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]].
** "Astranagant" is a composite word formed from the Spanish "Astra" and Belgian "Nagant" firearms manufacturers, respectively.

* ShoutOut
** The producers of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' must like ''Super Robot Wars'' enough to name one of its characters after her. To further the joke, they cast someone who lends her voice to another [=SRW=] character.
** Her name is a loose romanization of the RealLife Italian firearms manufacturer "Beretta".

** Averted in ''Alpha'' as Kusuha (being the protagonist) is usually the one who wears the pants in the relationship with Bullet, being the one bailing him out when he's in trouble, but played straight in ''Original Generation'' with Bullet rescuing her often. However, the ''Second Original Generation'' subverts it a la ''Alpha'' thanks in no small part to the ''Alpha 2'' storyline prominently taking the stage.

* DoomedUpgrade: Subverted; in ''Alpha'', as she and Bullet are going to receive the Grungust Type-3 to upgrade from their Type-2, the villains find the Type-3 first and destroy it. The parts used to repair the [=RyuOhKi=] and [=KoOhKi=] that become the real upgrade are far more impressive than the Type-3. In ''Original Generation 2'', they receive the Type-3 first, but it's immediately crippled by the Einst until it's absorbed by the ''Choukijin'' to form the [=RyuKoOh=]/[=KoRyuOh=].

** To put this into perspective, Kusuha has more overall merchandise -- plastic model figures, posters, what have you -- than any other [=SRW=] original, including the entire cast of some of the licensed properties she shares games with; other potential icons can't lay claim to half of what she has. Much of the existence of this merchandising is fed directly by raw fan demand.

* ShoutOut: The Shin [=RyuKoOh=] is basically a HumongousMecha version of "[[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]]": its extending staff is Wukong's ''Ruyi Jingu Bang'' while the Shin [=RyuKoOh=]'s strongest attack is based on the Celestial cauldron Wukong was placed in after his failed rebellion against Heaven.

* ShoutOut: One of Bullet's Gespenst Kick quotes is the exact opening dialogue of the radio show Tomokazu Sugita co-hosts.

* ShoutOut: There's a chance Tasuku will yell out "''Choukusetsu Shuda Ryusei Kyaku''" when he uses the Gespenst Kick. It's the same-named technique used by [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ranma Saotome]]; incidentally, Creator/KappeiYamaguchi voices Ranma.

* CaptainErsatz: Is viewed as a psuedo-clone of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]], except Ryoto [[TookALevelInBadass takes levels of badass]] in canon and develops the balls to prove it. His karate and mechanical skills seem to come from a mix of Kamille Bidan; following ContinuityReboot, tidbits of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Kira Yamato]] are thrown in.

* MythologyGag: InUniverse, the Boxer frame was originally going to be the "R-Sword", a separate unit like the R-Gun to be used for the SRX since ''Alpha'', but the idea was scrapped because development for the SRX was nearly complete. The Boxer ends up relegated as a frame for the MK III.

* TheRival: Of the "one-sided" kind -- Rio sees Ryoto as this, which makes him see her as weird. A bit of a MythologyGag surrounding the ''Alpha'' originals, where the protagonist's LoveInterest begins as the friendly rival; as the game progresses, the chosen character wins him/her over.
* ShoutOut: One of Rio's battle quotes in the ''Second Original Generation'' is "''Aku! Soku! Dan!''", a reference to the similarly named "''Aku! Soku! Zan!''" by [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Saitou Hajime]].

* CaptainErsatz: Compare the "Laz Angriff" to the [[Anime/FangOfTheSunDougram "Dougram" with a turbopack]].

* CaptainErsatz: Compare the "Randgrith" to a "[[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS Scopedog]]".

* ShoutOut: One of her quotes when performing the Gespenst Kick is "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} GETTO DAZE]]!". Rica Matsumoto is the voice actor of [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Satoshi]].
** MetaCasting: Aspiring actress, dancer and singer Ricarla Borgnine is voiced by Japanese actress/singer Rica Matsumoto, whom the latter dubbed for the role of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in the [[Film/{{Selena}} 1997 biopic]] where Music/{{Selena}} was portrayed by Puerto Rican actress/singer Music/JenniferLopez.

* SeriesMascot: Unquestionably for [=SRW=] villains -- between their central importance throughout the ''Alpha'' series, their first appearance in ''Shin'', Levi debuting in ''Super Robot Spirits'' and their billing as the top antagonists of ''Original Generation'', any time someone says "villains in an [=SRW=]", chances are players will immediately think of them first.

** MetaCasting: Aspiring actress, dancer and singer Ricarla Borgnine is voiced by Japanese actress/singer Rica Matsumoto, whom the latter dubbed for the role of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in the [[Film/{{Selena}} 1997 biopic]] where Music/{{Selena}} was portrayed by Puerto Rican actress/singer Creator/JenniferLopez.