History Manga / Trigun

* YoungerAndHipper: The version of Vash shown in ''Trigun Stampede'' looks younger and appears to adhere more to contemporary 2020s fashion trends, he now has an undercut and his coat has been made into a hoodie.

** [[spoiler:Wolfwood]] in the manga. He's in his mid to late teens when introduced, and dies before he's twenty.

25 years after the release of the TV series, a new anime adaptation entitled ''Trigun Stampede'' is set to be released in 2023 and would be produced by [[Creator/RoughDraftStudios Orange]].

*** Livio the Double Fang and [[AxCrazy Razlo]] the [[UpToEleven Tri-Punisher of Death]] help make up the Eye of Michael's scary name quotient.

In 2010, Nightow started a modest series of new works for the Trigun universe in anticipation of the movie ''Trigun: Badlands Rumble''. First it was a two-chapter story, going by the same name as the movie, drawn by Nightow himself to serve as a preview for the movie. The second was a One-Shot, ''Trigun: Rising'', it is a short tale about Rai-Dei the Blade, one of the original Gung-Ho Guns, drawn by Yuusuke Takeyama. The third, and final, was another One-Shot, entitled ''Trigun: The Lost Plant'', a story set 6 years after the original manga ending; it was drawn by Creator/{{Boichi}} and later published as an extra for the 12th Volume of his own series, ''Manga/SunKenRock''. A compilation manga titled ''Trigun: Multiple Bullets'', featuring a number of short stories (including the previously mentioned three), was released in 2011.

After 25 years since the TV series, a new anime adaptation entitled, ''Trigun Stampede'', is set to be released in 2023 and would be produced by [[Creator/RoughDraftStudios Orange]].

* AerithAndBob: The whole world is a mess of Midvalleys and Brads. With names like Vash the Stampede, Legato Bluesummers, and Millions Knives, names like Meryl Strife and Milly Thompson don't exactly seem to fit. And Nicholas D. Wolfwood manages to straddle the line with a perfectly normal AwesomeMcCoolName. At least, until you find out what "D" is short for. [[spoiler:It's Dokonokuminomonjawaresumakinishiteshizumetarokakora]] [[note]] It has two meanings - roughly, "[[MeaningfulName Chain smoking]]" or an incredibly specific threat used by Yakuza involving sashimi knives, tatami mats, and a river.[[/note]]

* AwesomeMcCoolname:
** Brilliant Dynamites Neon.
** Nicholas D. Wolfwood.
** Hell, most of the cast could qualify. It'd probably be easier to list characters with ordinary, unassuming names.

* AxCrazy: When KnifeNut just isn't enough.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Legato; some of the mutant characters.

* BottomlessMagazines: Averted with Vash, who regularly reloads due to his six bullet limit. [[MoreDakka Wolfwood on the other hand...]]

** The anime front-loaded the series with lighthearted filler before unleashing the plot shortly before the halfway point.

** Take your pick: [[{{Aesoptinum}} Violence only creates more violence. Non-violence is the key to solving conflicts (maybe)]]. Love thine enemy. HeWhoFightsMonsters. [[GreenAesop "Nuclear" power is bad]]. [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Regardless of what you've done in the past]], "the ticket to the future is always blank." Respect differences. ...In other words, [[CatchPhrase LOVE AND PEACE!]]

** In the manga, Wolfwood is a chaste ''anti''-hero. Definitely NOT the case in the anime (the "chaste" part).

* SpitefulSuicide: The Gung Ho Guns were created with the express purpose of making Vash suffer as he was taught that all life was precious, even those that are utterly immoral to boot. A good chunk of them are NotAfraidToDie and more than willing to kill themselves when defeated. Probably the most notable being TheDragon of the bunch, Legoto Bluesummers, who goes out via SuicideByCop explicitly to prove Vash's ideals are wrong after putting him in an unwinnable situation where someone had to die.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Played straight with Midvalley, whose saxophone is actually pretty sinister in the manga. Also, the deadliness of CreepyCoolCrosses is directly proportional to their size.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In TheMovie there is a garbage can [[ShesGotLegs with shapely legs and fishnet stockings]] as a background character. The fandom fell in love with "[[FanNickname Sexy Trashcan]]".

* BashBrothers: Vash and Wolfwood would actually be the ''[[FanNickname Bashu]]'' Brothers. Includes a good spoonful of BackToBackBadasses.

* CreepyCoolCrosses:
** Wolfwood. His main weapon looks like a giant cross with a gun handle in its middle. The elongated bottom spoke conceals a machine gun, the top spoke above it holds a rocket launcher, and the two side spokes slide outwards to reveal racks for about a dozen pistols. The anime also has Chapel the Evergreen of the Gung-Ho Guns, who also carries a giant cross, though his separates into two heavy machine guns.
--->'''Man''': "Whoa, this is HEAVY!"\\
'''Wolfwood''': "That's because it's full of mercy."
** Manga Chapel has his own cross-Punisher. Livio has two. Razlo the Tri-P OF DEATH has three, just for shits and giggles.
** Also, manga chapter 16, the recently defeated [[TheMagnificent Monev the Gale]] is crucified on a giant unexplained cross of unclear material composition.
** Given Wolfwood's cross is [[spoiler:the weapon given to him in his role as a member of the Eye of Michael]], crosses are basically a villain calling card in the manga.

* CrucifiedHeroShot: Wolfwood and Vash.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Meryl carries dozens of derringer pistols under her traveling cape. Since they only carry two shots at the most, she has to throw them away after firing them off and grab fresh ones. After one shootout, Milly has to gether them all up.

* BigEater: In the manga, Vash prefers not to fire his gun if he can help it because one bullet costs as much as a pizza. In the anime, he demolishes a box of donuts within a minute.

* ColdSniper: Some of the Gung-Ho Guns, but Caine the Longshot in the anime is the absolute embodiment of the trope. He has ''no'' lines, a huge sniper rifle, and straight-up suicides when Vash defeats him.

* The Alcoholic: Frank Marlon, a town drunk who used to be a talented gunsmith. In the anime, he asks a bartender for anything with alcohol in it, "ethyl, methyl, cough syrup, whatever" -- ignoring the fact that methyl alcohol is toxic and can cause blindness. He gets better, though.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Meryl carries dozens of derringer pistols under her traveling cape. Since they only carry two shots at the most, she has to throw them away after firing them off and grab fresh ones. After one shootout, she's seen gathering them all up.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Meryl's fighting style, which has her continuously drawing and discarding derringer pistols every two shots. After one shootout she's seen walking around picking them all back up.

** To clarify, [[spoiler:Vash puts an end to Knives's plans once and for all without killing him and the world is safe. But Wolfwood is dead, the planet is still plagued by outlaws and bounty hunters, Vash is still a wanted man, and the story ends with him [[TheAdventureContinues running off into the desert]]. What makes it really sweet is that [[InHarmsWay Vash is actually happy about things going back to the way they were]] and laughs joyfully as he's being chased by Meryl and Milly, who have been hired as news reporters to follow and interview him, and pretty much the whole world. We even get a few panels of all the friends he's made smiling when they see him on television. Before all that, Knives ultimately pulls a HeelFaceTurn, and entrusts two humans, a father and son, with Vash's life before dying in their backyard and [[BizarreAlienBiology becoming a tree]].]] From an alternative standpoint, Vash's happy ending is that [[spoiler:the world is safe from [[KnightOfCerebus the threat of his brother Knives and the Gung-Ho Guns]], and he gets to continue having wacky SpaceWestern adventures]]. [[EarnYourHappyEnding It's arguably very upbeat.]]

* BadassTransplant: Anime Only - [[spoiler:Legato's]] MindManipulation ability is because he has [[spoiler:Vash's arm grafted onto him]]. In the manga, he just sorta has psychic powers because psychic powers.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nicholas D. Wolfwood. The manga never quite explains why his TrueCompanions inflict it upon themselves to put up with him in the first place, knowing that he expresses his affection by distributing humiliating nicknames ("Tongari/Spikey", "big girl", "small girl", "crybaby Livio"), "playful" insults, and various blows. Plus, his manga version is particularly macho and even tries to protect Milly from Midvalley... by pretending he'll shoot her if she doesn't leave immediately, then punching her in the stomach to knock her out (he gets booed by onlookers). Borders on ValuesDissonance when his mistreatment of Vash is [[HilarityEnsues played for fun]]. It's even a wonder Nightow still manages to make him such a likable and well-written character for all his KnightTemplar and {{Jerkass}} traits.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Vash can't help aiding those in great need, especially the downtrodden.

* RealityEnsues:
** Meryl and Milly's mission is to confirm that the insurance claims being filed for [[PersonOfMassDestruction Vash's antics]] are legitimate.
** Vash rushes to treat one of the Bad Lads after he shoots him. Even if the shot was non-lethal and missed his organs, he's still in danger of bleeding out.
** Meryl's AwesomeButImpractical fighting style has her continuously drawing and discarding derringer pistols every two shots. After one shootout she's seen walking around picking them all back up.
** Vash may be a [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Chronic Hero]] but not everyone he saves is going to be grateful for his efforts. After the Monev incident and recovering from his injuries, the Sheriff of the town pretty much tells Vash to GetOut without a word of thanks. Meryl starts to protest but Vash does so with no ill-will showcasing he's pretty much used to it by this point.
** Similarly, there are bad guys Vash insists on saving who then live to ''continue being bad guys.'' This is what drives most of the plot in ''Badlands Rumble,'' where saving the bank robber Gasback means Vash has to deal with the continued fallout 20 years later.
** Being a peace loving fighter, Vash's method makes him prone to a wide array of injuries due to many opponents willing to take advantage of his unwillingness to kill. Sure at the start of the series he managed with minimal injuries, but against the Gung-Ho-Guns, people who were tailor made to fight him and make him suffer, it ends up causing no end of problems. [[spoiler: Culminating in his "fight" with Legato who uses his mind control powers to take hostages (Meryl and Milly in the anime, Livio in the manga) and put Vash in a no-win position where someone had to die. Ultimately Vash is forced to take Legato's life to save his friends.]]