History Sandbox / SailorMoonHarukaTenoh

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[[Characters/SailorMoonMainCast Main Cast]] ([[Characters/SailorMoonUsagiTsukino Usagi Tsukino]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonAmiMizuno Ami Mizuno]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonReiHino Rei Hino]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonMakotoKino Makoto Kino]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonMinakoAino Minako Aino]] | '''Haruka Tenoh''' | [[Characters/SailorMoonMichiruKaioh Michiru Kaioh]]) | [[Characters/SailorMoonSupportingCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonVillains Villains]] ([[Characters/SailorMoonDarkKingdom Dark Kingdom]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonBlackMoonClan Black Moon Clan]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonDeathBusters Death Busters]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonDeadMoonCircus Dead Moon Circus]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonShadowGalactica Shadow Galactica]]) | [[Characters/SailorMoonOthers Others]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonMusicalOnlyCharacters Musical Only Characters]] | [[Characters/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]-]]]]]

-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/MegumiOgata (first anime) (Japanese); Creator/JunkoMinagawa (''Crystal'' onwards) (Japanese), Creator/SaraLafleur (Cloverway), Creator/EricaMendez (Viz) (English); Belinda Martínez (first anime), Paulina Soto (''Crystal'') (Latin American Spanish), Rosana Beltrame (Brazilian Portuguese), Olga Lima (European Portuguese), Creator/TatianaDessi (Italian, ''Crystal'')\\

* AdaptationalBadass: In the manga she, along with all the other Solar System Senshi, [[spoiler:succumbs to Sailor Galaxia's mind control and relentlessly attacks Sailor Moon until she's disposed of]]. In the 90s anime, she and Sailor Neptune [[spoiler:resist the mind control – in fact, they deliberately [[FakeDefector feign defecting]] in order to gain the Galactica bracelets only to wait for the first opening and try to kill Galaxia [[HoistByHisOwnPetard with her own weapons]]. [[AllForNothing It doesn't work]], but even Galaxia herself is impressed by the strength of their willpower]].
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the 90s anime she and Michiru are far more smug, aloof and rude than her manga/Crystal courterpart, who only were only this at first in the Mugen/Infinity Arc. Eventually they mellow into straight heroines later in the manga.

* BrokenAce: Along with Michiru, she's rich, beautiful enough to have Usagi, Rei, Makoto, and Minako fall for her, powerful enough to trash Jupiter in a fight in civilian or guardian form, and has a wide range of talents. In the manga, Usagi, Ami, Rei, and Makoto frustrate Minako (the original ace) by gushing about how awesome Haruka and Michiru are. However, before becoming a Sailor Guardian, she felt aimless in life. She wishes to run away from her fate, and initially didn't want to be a guardian. She was initially as unwilling to hurt a human being as an inner guardian, but gradually lost her sense of idealism. While Haruka will kill or leave innocent people to fate if she deems it necessary, she's deeply troubled by the actions she feels she has to take and fears that what they're doing is ultimately for nothing.

** The S arc of the '90s anime depicts them as actively antagonistic to Sailor Moon and the Inner Guardians, despite the fact that by this point Usagi and her team have saved the world no less than three times.

** In chapter 14 of the manga, when showing how the Outer Guardians' life have been after the Death Busters arc, one panel shows her racing an open-wheeler race car in South Africa. Judging by what type of the car and where, it's presumed that she's racing a Formula One car in Kyalami.

** Usagi has always been shown to be a bit bi-curious, but in the anime both Minako ''and'' Makoto fall for her even after they learn she's not a boy.

* Grumpy Bear: In the anime. The idea that ThePowerOfLove and justice could triumph without a horrible sacrifice seems to offend her on some level.

* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: In the old english dub, they tried to remove Haruka's sexuality by having her, and everyone around her, never shut up about how she's cousins with Michiru/Michelle. This even extended to Sailor Uranus and Neptune, despite the fact none of the characters even knew about their civilian identities. The only problem is that Haruka and Michiru have a plethora of romantic scenes together, all of which were left intact by the dub. So, instead of just regular lesbians, the dub turned them into ''[[EpicFail incestuous lesbians]]'' instead.

* IDidWhatIHadToDO: She and Michiru consistently fail to learn from their mistakes and are willing to sacrifice lives--both innocent civilians and their own fellow soldiers--on the basis that the end (destroying the enemy) automatically justifies the means. Given that in the realm of Sailor Moon, what consistently defeats the villains is the power of unconditional love and not ruthless strategy, their failure to adjust to her strategy (which actually WORKS) marks them out for the StupidSacrifice category. Also, see the end of [=SailorStars=] for a classic example of this trope dovetailing with NiceJobBreakingItHero.
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Uranus and Neptune in the anime refused to work with Sailor Moon and the Inner Guardians because they believed they were too idealistic for their own good and couldn't make pragmatic decisions. After the battle with Pharaoh 90, they scold Usagi for protecting [[ApocalypseMaiden Hotaru]] which almost led to the planet being destroyed and say she is unfit to be queen. However, Uranus and Neptune were rookie soldiers without the experience of fighting various enemies Sailor Moon and her guardians had (judging by the information and flashbacks from the anime, they were active for ''roughly'' a year, with the Death Busters as their only threat to investigate). Naoko Takeuchi's ''Materials Collection'' notes even state that Haruka is "ignorant of the regular world" and "sees everything in black and white terms" so her claims that she and Michiru were making the best decisions don't hold much weight. Examples of their behavior include:

** After Eudial calls them to let them know she has found a Talisman, Haruka and Michiru call Usagi to meet them, tell her they won't let her slow them down with her "half-baked play war" and even [[WhatAnIdiot take away her brooch]]... with the [[FantasticNuke Silver Crystal]] inside. What Haruka and Michiru both failed to realize was that their plan for finding the Talismans had been rather half-baked. In spite of the time they spent investigating them, they were just piggybacking off the ''enemy's'' efforts: they just sat around and waited for the Death Busters to strike, remove a victim's Pure Heart, then check to see if it was a Talisman. At no point did they try to find them themselves. Eudial had to ''call and tell them'' that she found a Talisman. And at no point did they think she could have been leading them into a trap. They just [[LeeroyJenkins rushed to meet Eudial without coming up with a plan]] other than collecting a Talisman for their mission.

* IncestSubtext: The Cloverway dub creates an interesting [[InvertedTrope inversion]] with Haruka and Michiru. The romantic subtext is ''meant'' to be there... but they're not supposed to be cousins in the original. The company that decided to make them cousins did so for the exact reason of preventing there being any openly gay people in the show, without actually changing enough other stuff to even try and hide how they feel for each other, just hoping no one would think it's odd for two cousins to be THAT devoted to each other.

* InformedAttribute: Is thought to be more pragmatic than the Inner Soldiers, yet her decisions say otherwise. See IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance above for more details.
* JerkassFacade: In the original manga and Crystal, she and Michiru's aloofness and initial unwillingness to work with the Inner Guardians was based on the fear that the Inners weren't strong enough and would get themselves killed as well as feeling responsible for the Death Busters' invasion due to not awakening in time to intercept them. After the Inners get stronger and show they don't need to be coddled, the facade is immediately dropped.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While Haruka can be a pretty big jerk to those around her especially in ''S'' a lot of this is due to the stress of being an AntiHero and her belief that committing [[NecessarilyEvil necessary evil]] is required to save the world. Wherever she is allowed to be herself she shows a much softer, even goofier, side especially around her lover Michiru or [[OddFriendship Usagi.]]
* KarmaHoudini: In the 90s anime. Despite to their refusal to learn from their mistakes and being IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance, Hikaru and Machiru are never really punished in any way that sticks or called out by the other characters who are, in addition to always willing to forgive them, constantly praise how "cool" and "mature" they are compared to the Inners.

* MeaningfulName: Tenoh [[SpellMyNameWithAnS as in]] Tenōsei, the Japanese name for Uranus literally meaning "sky king star".

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: She and Michiru were really enraged over Sailor Moon not seeing that saving the entire world is more important than the life of one person, although Usagi did manage to find a way without sacrificing Hotaru.
* NeverMyFault: Haruka and Michiru solely blame Usagi for the way the conflict with Pharaoh 90 ended due to her protecting [[ApocalypseMaiden Hotaru]], even though their aloof behavior, hasty decision making, and inability to cooperate and share meaningful communication contributed to the outcome of the battle just as much as Usagi's actions did.

* TheOneGuy: In the foreign dubs that changed the gender of Haruka's civilian identify, "he" becomes the one guy among the Sailor Soldiers.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Neptune and Uranus's stubborn refusal to open any kind of discussion with the other Guardians about what's going on during the Infinity arc approaches the absurd. Even after it becomes clear that Moon and her team are not going to stay out of it no matter what Neptune and Uranus say, the pair keep everything they know entirely to themselves, forcing the Inners to fumble around blindly in their own investigation covering ground that Neptune and Uranus have already covered and repeatedly coming into danger as their efforts draw the attention of the Death Busters.

* SignatureScent: Downplayed in episode 98 of the anime. Early on, Usagi and Haruka are hiding together, and Usagi notices the scent of Haruka's cologne. Later, as Sailor Moon and Sailor Uranus, they're [[ChainedHeat handcuffed together]] by the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monster of the Day]], and when they once again hide, Moon notices the same scent on Uranus. This is Moon's first clue to Uranus's identity.

* StatuesqueStunner: Tallest of the guardians, and EvenTheGirlsWantHer.

* TookALevelInKindness: At the start, Haruka and Michiru both refuse to work with the other Sailor Guardians, look down on them like fools, and refuse to trust anyone but each other. They also think that Usagi is unqualified to be the queen and that Hotaru has to be killed to stop the silence. Once they accept the truth and see things beyond their old views, they become more open and caring and are just as loyal to Usagi as the Inners. In the anime, they remain somewhat harsh, critical, and arrogant, but they're still clearly on Usagi's side.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Haruka and Michiru are set on the idea that the younger Sailor Guardians are just too idealistic to deal with threats as well as they do, despite the fact that it's common knowledge that Sailor Moon's team have been fighting and defeating all kinds of evil threats long before Uranus and Neptune appeared. Either Uranus and Neptune paid no attention to what's been going on or they think the Inners just got lucky too often.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: With their refusal to cooperate with the other guardians (who have more experience than them) and their belief that only they have the moral strength to make hard choices, she and Michiru tend to make WrongGenreSavvy decisions that make things worse, like their FakeDefector scheme in the GrandFinale where they end up sacrificing Setsuna and Hotaru for nothing.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: See {{Anti Hero}}ine above. This is mellowed a bit by working with the inner soldiers, but Uranus and Neptune still occasionally resort to more extreme tactics. [[spoiler:Of course, this being an [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism idealistic]] series, they are usually proven wrong about said tactics being [[SlidingScaleofUnavoidableVersusUnforgivable necessary]].]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Along with Michiru, Haruka chastises Usagi for her idealism and protecting [[ApocalypseMaiden Hotaru]] (or rather, her body, which had already been taken over by Mistress 9).
--> '''Uranus:''' Sailor Moon, are you happy now?
--> '''Moon:''' ...
--> '''Uranus:''' ... ANSWER ME!!!!

* WrongGenreSavvy: From the way she and Michiru are utterly convinced that victory requires sacrifice, their tactics in battle, and their claim that Usagi's ideals are childish, they act like they're living in a war drama, not a MagicalGirl series.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: She and Michiru have shades of this. They seem to be independently wealthy, with nobody suspecting that they're Sailor Guardians.

* FriendlyRivalry: With the anime one-shot character [[DarkSkinnedRedhead Elza Gray]]. As track runners, they're each other's biggest competition. Despite this, they remain friendly to each other, and [[SmallRoleBigImpact Elza was even the one who introduced Haruka to her friend Michiru]].

* GrumpyBear: In the anime. The idea that ThePowerOfLove and justice could triumph without a horrible sacrifice seems to offend her on some level.

* BikerBabe: Almost runs over Makoto too!

* IHaveTheHighGround: She and Michiru are fond of this.

[[Characters/SailorMoonMainCast Main Cast]] ([[Characters/SailorMoonUsagiTsukino Usagi Tsukino]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonAmiMizuno Ami Mizuno]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonReiHino Rei Hino]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonMakotoKino Makoto Kino]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonMinakoAino Minako Aino]] | ''Haruka Tenoh'' | [[Characters/SailorMoonMichiruKaioh Michiru Kaioh]]) | [[Characters/SailorMoonSupportingCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonVillains Villains]] ([[Characters/SailorMoonDarkKingdom Dark Kingdom]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonBlackMoonClan Black Moon Clan]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonDeathBusters Death Busters]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonDeadMoonCircus Dead Moon Circus]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonShadowGalactica Shadow Galactica]]) | [[Characters/SailorMoonOthers Others]] | [[Characters/SailorMoonMusicalOnlyCharacters Musical Only Characters]] | [[Characters/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]-]]]]]

[[folder: Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: From the way she and Michiru are utterly convinced that victory requires sacrifice, their tactics in battle, and their claim that Usagi's ideals are childish, they act like they're living in a war drama, not a MagicalGirl series.
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