History Characters / SuperRobotWarsW

* TheAce: In-universe example. At the beginning of the story, he's harassed by his family for [[ATeamFiring wasting ammo unnecessarily]] and for every nick and scratch that the Valhawk suffers, to the point of relying on his copilot-slash-sister Mihiro for constant corrections on both targetting and maneuvering. After the TimeSkip, his experience with such a fast mech has given him skills ''tremendous'' enough to impress, and join, a seasoned mercenary group, to the point of repeating the same dodging patterns ''on a civilian transport ship!''

* TheAce: In-universe example. At the beginning of the story, he's harassed by his family for [[ATeamFiring wasting ammo unnecessarily]] and for every nick and scratch that the Valhawk suffers, to the point of relying on his copilot-slash-sister Mihiro for constant corrections on both targetting and maneuvering. After the TimeSkip, his experience with such a fast mech has given him ''tremendous'' skills, to the point of repeating the same dodging patterns ''on a civilian transport ship'', '''unassisted!'''

* TheAce: In-universe example. At the beginnimg of the story, he's harassed by his family for [[ATeamFiring wasting ammo unnecessarily]] and for every nick and scratch that the Valhawk suffers, to the point of relying on his copilot-slash-sister Mihiro for constant corrections on both targetting and maneuvering. Post-TimeSkip, his experience with such a fast mech has given him ''tremendous'' skills, to the point of repeating the same dodging patterns ''on a civilian transport ship'', '''unassisted!'''

%%* TheAce: Post-TimeSkip Kazuma

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Unlike the other Database characters, Aria is an OppositeSexClone of Kazuma, more specifically a "personality clone" of him. This explains why she feels more affectionate for Mihiro and depises Kazuma, because she wishes to be rid of him so she can replace him in the Ardygun family]].

Main protagonist of ''W'', 16 year-old Kazuma is the only son of Blessfield Ardygun. An extremely HotBlooded boy, Kazuma is determined to get rid of the common stereotype that Trailers are no different than SpacePirates, alongside making a name for himself as a Trailer, like his father has in his youth. On Blessfield's request, Kazuma writes in a journal daily, recording all of the events that have transpired. [[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed When the Earth Sphere is threatened by multiple extraterrestrial prescenes]], Kazuma and his family are recruited by the "[[Anime/GaoGaiGar Gutsy Geoid Guard]]", the "[[Anime/TekkamanBlade Space Knights]]" and the "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Preventers]]", with assistance from the "[[Anime/MazingerZ Photon Reasearch Institute]]", "[[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Mithril]]" and the "[[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Nergal Heavy Industries]]", to form "Wärter". Unfortunately, the group is disbanded when the ''Nadesico'' battleship is crippled [[spoiler:and Blessfield is declared "missing-in-action"]] following an encounter with Inference and the mysterious Database. [[spoiler:[[HeroicBSOD The loss of his father was enough for Kazuma to leave his family]] and join with the mercenary "[[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Serpent Tail]]", going by the alias "Kite"]].

* TrainingFromHell: At the hands of [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Melissa Mao]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Lucrezia Noin]]

* {{Gainaxing}}: During her SuperMovePortraitAttack

* {{Expy}}: The Valhawk seems to be an expy of the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha R-1]] and by extension, to the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]. Similar weapons, especially to the latter (Beam Rifle, Vulcans, [[LaserBlade Ley Sabers]]), aesthetics and[[TransformingMecha the ability to transform into a plane]] show obvious inspiration, but the addition of [[ArmedLegs the Heat Edges]] and [[BadassNormal having no specialized super-pilot systems]] and [[WeakButSkilled relying on the pilot's skill alone]] make it different.

[[TimeSkip Six months later]], "Neue Wärter" is reorganized from the remnants of Wärter, as a response to multiple events, such as the "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Bloody Valentine Incident]]", the invasion of hte [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Radam]] and the threat of the [[Anime/DetonatorOrgun Evoluders]]. Kazuma rejoins his former allies with Serpent Tail and newcomers Junk Guild and the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Archangel]]'' battleship, alongside [[spoiler:[[DefectorFromDecadence defectors]] "Regulate" and Aria Advance of the Database]].

Main protagonist of ''W'', 16 year-old Kazuma is the only son of Blessfield Ardygun. An extremely HotBlooded boy, Kazuma is determined to get rid of the common stereotype that Trailers are no different than SpacePirates, alongside making a name for himself as a Trailer, like his father has in his youth. On Blessfield's request, Kazuma writes in a journal daily, recording all of the events that have transpired. [[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed When the Earth Sphere is threatened by multiple extraterrestrial prescenes]], Kazuma and his family are recruited by the "[[Anime/GaoGaiGar Gutsy Geoid Guard]]", the "[[Anime/TekkamanBlade Space Knights]]" and the "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Preventers]]", with assistance from the "[[Anime/MazingerZ Photon Reasearch Institute]]", "[[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Mithril]]" and the "[[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Negal Heavy Industries]]", to form "Wärter". Unfortunately, the group is disbanded when the ''Nadesico'' battleship is crippled [[spoiler:and Blessfield is declared "missing-in-action"]] following an encounter with Inference and the mysterious Database. [[spoiler:[[HeroicBSOD The loss of his father was enough for Kazuma to leave his family]] and join with the mercenary "[[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Serpent Tail]]", going by the alias "Kite"]].

A former SpacePirate, who had many run-ins with law enforcement agents such as [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Heinrich Freeman]] and [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Kotaro Taiga]], 45 year-old Blessfield at one point clashed with Taiga over the same woman named Yumi, who would become Blessfield's wife. After some unspecified time, he gave up the life of a pirate, and they became Trailers. Since then, Blessfield has fathered four children: Shihomi, Akane, Kazuma and Mihiro. Known as "the legendary Trailer", his reputation has garnered him the nickname "Hawkeye".

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Purple hair

* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:Inference and Applicant in the second half of the final scenario of a NewGamePlus]]

%%* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter
%%--> "Hahahahahahahahahahahahaa!! Vanish, bitches!!"

''Other Standalones'': [[Characters/SuperRobotWars64 64]] | [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsGC GC]] | [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsNEO NEO]] | [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOE OE]] | [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsXOmega X-Ω]] | [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsDD DD]]\\

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

''Alpha Series'': [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha 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]]]]-]]]

!!Kazuma Ardygun

!! Blessfield Ardygun

!!Mihiro Ardygun

!!Shihomi Ardygun

!!Akane Ardygun

!!Horis Horian

!!Carret

!DATABASE

!!Inference[[spoiler:Recorder]]

!!Aria Advance

!!Applicant

!!Regulate

!!Critic

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:In the final scenario of NewGamePlus, Critic reveals he was only keeping Inference around because he didn't know how to control the Sapientia]].

* TheDreaded: Despite the EvilVsEvil nature of enemy factions in ''W'', all are deathly fearful of the Database, with good reason.

!!Inference/[[spoiler:Recorder]]

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Kazuma begins using the "Valhawk", a TransformingMecha [[BrotherSisterTeam with his younger sister Mihiro serving as his co-pilot]]. The machine is powered by a "Proton Drive" and is capable of combining with the ''Valstork'' to form the "Valguard". When [[spoiler:"Applicant" of the Database defects to Neue Wärter]], the Valguard can combine with [[spoiler:Aria's "Arm Arcus" and Applicant's "Arm Stoma"]] to become the "Valzacard". The following tropes apply to Kazuma and his HumongousMecha:

* TheAce: Post-TimeSkip Kazuma
* AlphaStrike: Valhawk's "Jade Flowsion".
* Main/AncestralWeapon: The ''Valstork'' and Valhawk were handed down generation after generation in the Ardygun family, with no one knowing where it really comes from. [[spoiler:It was Blessfield who built them, with some help from extraterrestrials after being sent back in time ''15 billion years ago'' into the '''previous universe''']].

* BigBrotherMentor: To [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Kira Yamato]]

* BrotherSisterTeam

* CombinedEnergyAttack: Valzacard's "EXA Nova Shoot Over"
* CombiningMecha: Valguard and Valzacard

* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD]]

* HotWings: Valhawk's "Heat Edge Exploder"

* PlotRelevantAgeUp
* ThePowerOfLove: In this case, ''familial'' love, which leads to...
** AloneAmongTheCouples, UnluckyEverydude: Kazuma has the dubious honor of being the first original to have the "Love" Spirit Command, yet ''not'' be in a relationship. He spends a good portion of ''W'' bemoaning this.
* RealityWarper: Valzacard

* TenMinuteRetirement

** MagikarpPower: The Valhawk quickly gets outclassed by numerous {{Game Breaker}}s, with its saving grace its upgrades being able to carryover to the Valguard, which receives a boost in power and is matched up with many units, until the later parts of the TimeSkip. [[spoiler:Once the Valzacard is available, it's one of the best units in the game]].

* TheCaptain
* [[spoiler:CrazyPrepared]]: [[spoiler:Blessfield knew that sooner or later the Database will become a threat to other civilizations and cultures in the new universe, thus created two failsafes - the first was to copy his personality and a part of his mind into Applicant, making him the "overseer" of the Database in secret, while the second was to create the ''Valstork'' with the ability to combine with the Arm units, provided that two Database personalities "break down" from the rest of them]].
* CrutchCharacter: Blessfield helms the ''Valstork'' with three other characters, meaning an exceptionally large list of Spirit Commands to use, a MAP weapon for the ''Valstork'', good stats and Blessfield's own superb set of Spirit Commands surprisingly filled with a lot of them that are usually earned late-game. He's likely one of the best battleship commanders in [=SRW=] and for good reason: [[spoiler:he's only playable in the first part of ''W''; by the second part, the ''Valstork'' by itself is useless when it can combine with the Valhawk to form the more powerful Valguard, and he's replaced by Kazuma, who gets the best list of Spirit Commands to use with '''six pilots''' when the Valzacard is available]].

* GoodParents

* [[spoiler:PosthumousCharacter]]: A complicated version of this post-TimeSkip
* RedBaron: "Hawkeye"

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* BrotherSisterTeam
* [[spoiler:BootstrappedLeitmotif]]: [[spoiler:When she pilots the Valhawk by herself, she uses her sister Shihomi's {{Leitmotif}}]].

* PlotRelevantAgeUp
* TokenMiniMoe

[[hardline]]

* BridgeBunny
** [[spoiler:TheCaptain]]: Post-TimeSkip

* [[spoiler:{{Leitmotif}}]]: [[spoiler:"Determination ~ Pride and Memory in the Heart", once she takes over the ''Valstork'']]

* TeamMom

* ACupAngst: Why she hadn't joined [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Ibis Douglas]] in the related MemeticMutation is anyone's guess.
* BridgeBunny

* {{Tsundere}}: Type B

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* [[spoiler:BecomingTheMask]]
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:In the ending, he proposes to Akane; she accepts]]

* RobotBuddy

* AIIsACrapshoot: Beings created [[spoiler:by the {{Precursors}} of the previous universe to store all knowledge and let their civilizations survive in some fashion? [[SarcasmMode Well, of course they won't turn evil]]]]!

* [[spoiler:EleventhHourRanger]]: [[spoiler:Inference and Applicant in the second half of the final scenario of a NewGamePlus]]
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]: [[spoiler:Applicant, Regulate and Aria]]

* PlanetLooters
* [[spoiler:UncannyFamilyResemblance]]: [[spoiler:With the exception of Aria and Critic, the Database characters are modeled after the Ardygun family - Inference to Kazuma, Applicant to Blessfield and Regulate to Yumi]].

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* BigBad

* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter
--> "Hahahahahahahahahahahahaa!! Vanish, bitches!!"
* WaveMotionGun: Scientia's "Salus Lumen"

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* [[spoiler:CloningBlues]]: [[spoiler:Unlike the other Database characters, Aria is an OppositeSexClone of Kazuma, more specifically a "personality clone" of him. This explains why she feels more affectionate for Mihiro and depises Kazuma, because she wishes to be rid of him so she can replace him in the Ardygun family]].
* DeadlyDisc: Arm Arcus' "Lumen Circulus"

* EvilLaugh: [[spoiler: Pre-HeelFaceTurn]]

* NoSocialSkills

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

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* CharClone
* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather]]: [[spoiler:He is an android based on the mind and memories of Blessfield Ardygun]]
* MaskPower

* TheEngineer: Considered to be the Database's mechanic
* WaveMotionGun: Arm Stoma's "Latum Ladius"

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* BuxomIsBetter: At least in the {{fanart}}, Regulate is considered well-endowed.

* [[spoiler:TeamMom]]: [[spoiler:Post-HeelFaceTurn, Regulate develops a deep maternal personality]].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Purple hair

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* [[spoiler:TheStarscream]]
* [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe]]

* [[spoiler:TrueFinalBoss]]: [[spoiler:Only on NewGamePlus]]

* AlphaStrike: Valhawk's "Jade Flowsion"

* ChickMagnet: Ironically, despite not being in a relationship throughout ''W'', he's really good at talking with the girls of Neue Wärter, especially post-TimeSkip.

* {{Expy}}: Compare the Valzacard to the [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Super Robot Type-X Altered "Banpreios"]]; bonus points for the fact that at the end each unit's respective game, neither one [[spoiler:has unlocked its true capabilities yet]].

* WeakButSkilled: Kazuma's stats are slightly above average for a real robot pilot; unfortunately, he has no stat-increasing abilities nor does the Valhawk have an unique ability to cover them. However, he makes up for it by having the best native skill set of any series protagonist in the game ("Sword Cut" [[note]]Unit can negate melee attacks; activates based on skill stat[[/note]], "Gun Down" [[note]]Unit can shoot down missile-based attacks; activates based on skill stat[[/note]], "Shield" [[note]]Unit automatically reduces damage without selecting the "defend" option if counterattacking; activates based on skill stat[[/note]], "Support Attack" [[note]]Pilot can provide offensive support to an adjacent ally[[/note]], "Support Defend" [[note]]Pilot can provided defensive support to an adjacent ally[[/note]] and "Combo Attack" [[note]]Pilot can attack multiple enemy units placed adjacent to one another[[/note]]).

* CaptainErsatz: Of the [[{{Gundam}} Haro]] and [[Anime/CombattlerV Ropet]]

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