History Series / StarFleet

* NoPronunciationGuide: Shiro's name is mispronounced as "Shy-Row" in the English dub (it is properly pronounced "She-Ro"). Captain Orion's name is pronounced "Oh-Ree-On" as opposed to "Oh-Rye-On", amusingly because they DID keep the Japanese pronunciation in his case!

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Barry Hercules.

* PowerTrio: Shiro, Hercules and Lee

!!Tropes:

** The show is referred to as being a filmed in "Supermariorama", a clear shout-out to Gerry Anderson's "Supermarionation" series.

* {{Supermarionation}}: The Japanese version, "Sūpāmariorama".

Not hugely successful in its native Japan, the show was very popular in the UK. The combination of being superficially similar to the much loved ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'', and the fact that the show didn't shy away from many tropes that were mostly unknown in kids programming in Britain at the time made it a GatewaySeries for British kids of a certain age. It even inspired the album ''Music/StarFleetProject'', where Music/BrianMay, Music/VanHalen perform together.

** Somewhat strangely it's mainly used to fight enemy tanks, fighter ships and gun emplacements. The only time Dai-X fights a comparably giant enemy is Caliban's Death Ball near the end.

** [[spoiler: Caliban shows some NobleDemon qualities when Makara tries to shoot Orion down, figuring he's deserting. Caliban talks her out of it, saying that Orion's suffered permanent injuries by then and all he wants is to have a soldier's death.]]

** [[spoiler: Caliban shows some NobleDemon qualities when Makara tries to shoot Orion down, figuring he's deserting. Caliban talks her out of it, saying that Orion's suffered permanent injuries by then and he should at least be allowed to have the soldier's death he wants.]]

[[IThoughtThatWas Oh, and this has nothing to do with]] [[Franchise/StarTrek The Federation Starfleet]] or the [[WesternAnimation/{{TUGS}} Star Fleet]] (Though it ''does'' feature John Baddeley and Sean Barrett, two of the actors from that series).

* NoPronunciationGuide: Shiro's name is mispronounced as "Shy-Row" in the English dub (it is properly pronounced "She-Ro"). Captain Orion's name is also pronounced "Oh-Ree-On" as opposed to the more accepted "Oh-Rye-On", but then he ''is'' from another planet.

[[IThoughtThatWas Oh, and this has nothing to do with]] [[Franchise/StarTrek The Federation Starfleet]] or the [[{{TUGS}} Star Fleet]] (Though it ''does'' feature John Baddeley and Sean Barrett, two of the actors from that series).

''Star Fleet'' is an early '80s Japanese SciFi show with character and mecha designs from Creator/GoNagai. Known in Japan as ''X-Bomber'', the show is notable for using miniatures and marionettes rather than cel animation, giving it a very unique look. Also diffused in France and Spain under the title ''Bomber X''.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Shiro's name is mispronounced as "Shy-Row" in the English dub (it is properly pronounced "She-Ro"). Captain Orion's name is also pronounced "Oh-Ree-On" as opposed to the more accepted "Oh-Rye-On", but then he ''is'' from another planet...

* UnfinishedUntestedUsedAnyway: The X-Bomber
* UnitConfusion: The show constantly uses "parsec" as a nebulous measurement of time.

** Somewhat strangely it's mainly used to fight enemy tanks, fighter ships and gun emplacements. The only time Dai-X fights a comparably giant enemy is Caliban's Death Ball.

* BittersweetEnding: By the end of the series:[[spoiler:The good guy wins, the Big Bad is defeated, but Lamia, one of the main characters, has to sacrifice a life on Earth with her friends and her budding romance with Shiro in order to restore the peace in the universe.]]

* MightyRoar: ''Star Fleet'' version of Dai X will often emit an eerie, machine-like roar during battle. It seems fitting though, what with some of the Imperial Alliance members referring to it as "monster machine".

* NeverTrustATitle: The show is in fact about the exploits of a single ship and its crew.

* {{Supermarionation}}

[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Lamia, John Lee, Shiro Hagen, Barry Hercules, Dr. Benn with the Dai-X standing above them and the Imperial Alliance battlecruiser top left.]]

** [[spoiler: Caliban shows some NobleDemon qualities when Makara tries to shoot Orion down, figuring he's deserting. Caliban talks her out of it, saying he's sure Orion will die, but he might do some damage, and that Orion's suffered permanent injuries by then and all he wants is the dignity of being remembered as someone who made the ultimate sacrifice for his empire, and thus he should at least be allowed to have the soldier's death he wants.]]

* Foreshadowing: In a flashback from Episode 5 showing Shiro at the academy being unable to hit the target. Carter, reprimanding Shiro's poor marksmanship, tells him to shoot him in the heart of his bulletproof jacket. Shiro is reluctant, but is roused to by Carter calling him a coward unworthy of being in the academy. Shiro shoots Carter, who comes up to him and congratulates him on proving he can aim and shoot at the same time. [[spoiler: This sequence foreshadows Episode 12, when Shiro is forced by Carter to kill him after being freed from Alliance control. As Shiro holds the dying Carter, he repeats what he said to Shiro at the academy; "Shiro, Good Shooting".]]

* Main/Foreshadowing: In a flashback from Episode 5 showing Shiro at the academy being unable to hit the target. Carter, reprimanding Shiro's poor marksmanship, tells him to shoot him in the heart of his bulletproof jacket. Shiro is reluctant, but is roused to by Carter calling him a coward unworthy of being in the academy. Shiro shoots Carter, who comes up to him and congratulates him on proving he can aim and shoot at the same time. [[spoiler: This sequence foreshadows Episode 12, when Shiro is forced by Carter to kill him after being freed from Alliance control. As Shiro holds the dying Carter, he repeats what he said to Shiro at the academy; "Shiro, Good Shooting".]]