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The scene is Steam City, a London-ish city which represents an entire civilization run by coal and steam power. Because of steam, the city is sometimes covered in a mist. Villains take advantage of the steamy mist to hide and execute their evil plans.

Only a few dare venture into what's beyond the steamy mist. They are known as the Steam Detectives: Narutaki, his nurse-assistant Lingling, and his Megamaton robot Goriki.

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The scene is Steam City, a London-ish city which represents an entire civilization run by coal and steam power. Because of the steam, the city is sometimes covered in a mist. Villains take advantage of the steamy mist to hide and execute their evil plans.

Only a few dare venture into what's beyond the steamy mist. They are known as the Steam Detectives: Narutaki, his nurse-assistant Lingling, Ling Ling, and his Megamaton robot Goriki.



* DeadlyDoctor: Lang Lang
* {{Determinator}}: In one scene, Narutaki is barely hanging onto the side of a bridge that was just blown up by Le Bled, who has him a cane-gunpoint. A bomb is set to explode at a nearby hospital in a matter of minutes. When taunted about how he planned to get out of his perilous situation, Narutaki simply says, "[[{{Determinator}} Not Give Up.]]"

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* DeadlyDoctor: Ling Ling's sister, Lang Lang
Lang.
* {{Determinator}}: In one scene, Narutaki is barely hanging onto the side of a bridge that was just blown up by Le Bled, who has him a at cane-gunpoint. A bomb is set to explode at a nearby hospital in a matter of minutes. When taunted about how he planned to get out of his perilous situation, Narutaki simply says, "[[{{Determinator}} Not Give Up.]]"



* {{Expy}}: Le Bled is very reminiscent of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char]], and Night Phantom looks like a villainous Franchise/{{Batman}}.

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* {{Expy}}: Le Bled is very reminiscent of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char]], Char Aznable]], and Night Phantom looks like a villainous Franchise/{{Batman}}.



* ForScience: Where Dr. Hsu and Dr. Guilty disagreed on about using Megamaton technology.

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* ForScience: Where What Dr. Hsu and Dr. Guilty disagreed on about using Megamaton technology.



* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Ling Ling to [[spoiler:Steam King]]

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* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Ling Ling to [[spoiler:Steam King]]King]].



* JekyllAndHyde: [[spoiler:Steam King and King Steam/Emperor of Steam]]

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* JekyllAndHyde: [[spoiler:Steam King and King Steam/Emperor of Steam]]Steam.]]



* LimitedWardrobe: Ling Ling, who wears her nurse outfit almost nonstop. [[{{Fanservice}} Except when going swimming or in the bathtub, of course.]]

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* LimitedWardrobe: Ling Ling, who wears her nurse outfit almost nonstop. [[{{Fanservice}} Except when going swimming swimming, to the gym, or in the bathtub, of course.]]



* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [[Creator/StephenKing Steam King]]

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [[Creator/StephenKing Steam King]]King]].



** In the manga, Narutaki comes face to face with an actual ''dragon,'' wings, breath attacks and all. This is the only time a purely fantastic moment happens in the entirety of the manga's run.

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** In the manga, Narutaki comes face to face with an actual ''dragon,'' ''dragon", wings, breath attacks and all. This is the only time a purely fantastic moment happens in the entirety of the manga's run.



* PinkMeansFeminine: Ling Ling wears a pink and white nurse outfit and is very sweet and ladylike.

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* PinkMeansFeminine: Ling Ling wears a pink and white nurse outfit outfit, and is very sweet and ladylike.



** One of Crimson Scorpion's targets is ''Manga/SilentMobius'', said to be one of the world's greatest jewels.
** In episode 11, Ling-Ling re-creates the iconic flying skirt scene from Film/TheSevenYearItch.
** In episode 19, Le Bled quotes a line from Vera Lynn's We'll Meet Again as he flees the scene.
** [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Kuroneko-sama]] appears on a cat of cat food.

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** One of Crimson Scorpion's targets is the ''Manga/SilentMobius'', said to be one of the world's greatest jewels.
** In episode 11, Ling-Ling re-creates the iconic flying skirt scene from Film/TheSevenYearItch.
''Film/TheSevenYearItch''.
** In episode 19, Le Bled quotes a line from Vera Lynn's We'll "We'll Meet Again Again" as he flees the scene.
** [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Kuroneko-sama]] appears on a cat can of cat food.



* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:Steam King]]

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* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:Steam King]]King.]]



* TheStinger: After every preview for the next episode, a still frame of a completely random scene from the episode (totally regardless of its importance in the plot) appears for a few second, with some cheesy music.

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* TheStinger: After every preview for the next episode, a still frame of a completely random scene from the episode (totally regardless of its importance in the plot) appears for a few second, seconds, with some cheesy music.music accompanying it.
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* AndroidsAndDetectives: The series pairs young detective Narutaki with a RobotBuddy named Goriki. Together, TheyFightCrime.

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* AndroidsAndDetectives: The series pairs young detective Narutaki with a RobotBuddy named Goriki. Together, TheyFightCrime.they fight crime.
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A manga by Creator/KiaAsamiya, who [[WrittenForMyKids created it for his son]].

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A ''Steam Detectives'' is a manga by Creator/KiaAsamiya, who [[WrittenForMyKids created it for his son]].son]]. It was serialized from 1994 to 2000, starting out in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Monthly Shonen Jump]]'' before moving to ''Ultra Jump'' in 1996.



It was later adapted into a 26-episode TV anime series produced by {{Creator/Xebec}}.

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It was later adapted into a 26-episode TV anime series produced by {{Creator/Xebec}}.
{{Creator/Xebec}}, which aired from 1998 to 1999.
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** [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Kuroneko-sama]] appears on a cat of cat food.

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The scene is Steam City, a London-ish city which represents an entire civilization run by coal and steam power. Because of steam, the city is sometimes covered in a mist. Villains take advantage of the steamy mist to hide and execute their evil plans. Only a few dare venture into what's beyond the steamy mist. They are known as the Steam Detectives: Narutaki, his nurse-assistant Lingling, and his Megamaton robot Goriki.

A manga by Creator/KiaAsamiya, who [[WrittenForMyKids created it for his son]]. It was later adapted into a 26-episode TV anime series produced by {{Creator/Xebec}}.

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A manga by Creator/KiaAsamiya, who [[WrittenForMyKids created it for his son]].

The scene is Steam City, a London-ish city which represents an entire civilization run by coal and steam power. Because of steam, the city is sometimes covered in a mist. Villains take advantage of the steamy mist to hide and execute their evil plans. plans.

Only a few dare venture into what's beyond the steamy mist. They are known as the Steam Detectives: Narutaki, his nurse-assistant Lingling, and his Megamaton robot Goriki.

A manga by Creator/KiaAsamiya, who [[WrittenForMyKids created it for his son]]. It was later adapted into a 26-episode TV anime series produced by {{Creator/Xebec}}.
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A manga by Kia Asamiya, who created it for his son. It was later adapted into a 26-episode TV anime series produced by {{Creator/Xebec}}.

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A manga by Kia Asamiya, Creator/KiaAsamiya, who [[WrittenForMyKids created it for his son.son]]. It was later adapted into a 26-episode TV anime series produced by {{Creator/Xebec}}.
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Those Two Bad Guys is now Bumbling Henchmen Duo. If I'm cutting this example, it's either misuse or there's not enough context to tell if it's actually an example. Those Two Guys is also being cleaned up (it should refer to a two man comic relief Greek Chorus) so removing this zce


* ThoseTwoGuys: Pasta and Doria, Crimson Scorpion's henchmen (among others at least, but only these two are consistently featured). Even though they are Bad Guys, they do NOT qualify as being ThoseTwoBadGuys.
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* AndroidsAndDetectives: The series pairs young detective Narutaki with a RobotBuddy named Goriki. Together, TheyFightCrime.
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* NiceGirl: Ling Ling is very sensitive and very caring to others.
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%%* ClassyCatBurglar: Crimson Scorpion

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%%* * ClassyCatBurglar: Crimson ScorpionScorpion, a female thief who loves precious gems and jewellery.

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