History VideoGame / BattalionWars

* ATeamFiring: The Intro Video of the Iron Legion Campaign in ''[=BWii=]'' has Xylvanian and Tundran troops shooting each other at point-blank range. Save for one Tundran that falls over, the amount of bullets that are flying proves to be rather ineffectual.

--> ''Frontier Vet:'' "This is my third tour, I re-upped as soon as I got the paperwork!"

** The Anglo Submarine. Like the rest of the Anglo army, it's colored yellow. I guess the Anglo all live in a yellow submarine.

* EvilOldFolks: Apparently, [[spoiler:Kaiser Vlad is over 100]].

* BadassGrandpa: General Herman looks to be pushing 70 by the events of ''Battalion Wars 2''. Tsar Gorgi is similarly long in the tooth. [[spoiler:Before Ubel tossed him over a bridge, that is.]] Kaiser Vlad is 100 years old.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The Iron Legion in the first game are Magic Zombies, and still have the brains to use guns and drive tanks. Despite appearances, their weapons are not haunted, however; when we get to play as living ones in the sequel, their tanks still have a SicklyGreenGlow and the flamethrower still [[HellISThatNoise screams like a banshee]].

* CardCarryingVillain: Kaiser Vlad, and all of Xylvania in general. Best exemplified at the conclusion of Chapter 3 of the second game, when [[spoiler: Vlad poison A-Qira and launches his invasion of Tundra. A-Qira first accuses him of the poison, then of more general treachery as the scope of Vlad's plan is revealed. The Kaiser cheerfully affirms both accusations as A-Qira writhes in his agonizing death throes.]]

** BlueAndOrangeMorality: Colonel Windsor and Admiral A-Qira. Sure, they were both originally manipulated, but after awhile, it's just honor and tradition keeping them going. After A-Qira launches a campaign simply to [[spoiler:deface Windsor's statue]], even Marshal Nova points out that the whole thing makes no sense.

** GrayAndGreyMorality: The Frontier and Tundra. Neither are purely honorable, though the Frontier is clearly better, and part of the story is that Tundra needs to reform. Indeed, the Tundran leadership are clear AntiVillains at their absolute worst, while the Frontier are more or less lead by [[SociopathicHero the warmongering General Herman.]]

* RockBeatsLaser: Despite their monstrously advanced technology compared to every other nation, the Solar Empire almost gets stomped flat by both the SteamPunk Iron Legion and the early-World War 2-esque Anglo Isles.

* BloodlessCarnage: Soldiers glow red when hit. When killed, they fall down and have a little cartoon skull of their national color pop out of their corpses. As opposed to blood, screaming, and dismemberment/disembowelment like what should logically happen.

* CallARabbitASmeerp: "Nerocite" is a coal-resembling material that is valued for its application as a high-energy fuel.

* CallARabbitASmeerp: Coal is called "Nerocite".

*** Herman Mk5 = M4 Sherman

*** Spanzow Minigun = MG 08 and MG 42. It's also named after the Spandau Arsenal in Berlin, which developed, along with the MG08 on which it's styled, the legendary Gewehr 98 rifle and Luger P08 pistol.

*** Spanzow Minigun = MG 08 and MG 42.

*** IS-III Silverfish launcher - the SMAW + the AT-4 + RPG-7 [[note]]Only slightly [[/note]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: When you realize the Western Frontier CO's consider war to be just another sport and it's implied they have detailed records where kill counts are equal to touchdowns. These are also the commanders that casually suggest field exercises with live ammunition for their own soldiers. This is invoked [[invoked]] during the first bonus mission (where you play as Tundra instead of Frontier), where Herman is even more of a GeneralRipper and [[RockyIV Ivan Dra]]... [[{{Expy}} Marshall Nova]] is far more noble.

* CaptainErsatz: Marshall Nova is a fairly beefy guy who always has his hands taped up, and in his ascension to Leadership over the Tundran Territories, is shown holding what looks suspiciously like a Championship Belt. Given what country Tundra is the FantasyCounterpartCulture of, fans often compare him with [[RockyIV Ivan Drago]].

* DamselinDistress: P.O.Ws in the Second game. [[spoiler: So much so that they completely neglect their vehicles and wait for someone to rescue them.

* DamselinDistress: See the lower page about WhatAnIdiot

* WhatAnIdiot: Literally EVERY P.O.W VEHICLE PILOT EVER!!!! They are so idiotic because their vehicles are sitting in stasis RIGHT NEXT TO THEM. They could literally just jump in their vehicle and wreak havoc on the objective area, BUT NO! They'd rather wait for a Battalion to show up, rescue them, and help them out! The only time this Trope is Averted is in the BWII mission "Incursion" Where the Solar empire is smart enough to seperate the Legion Gunships from their actual pilots. Other than that WHAT THE HELL!

* WhatAnIdiot: Literally EVERY P.O.W VEHICLE PILOT EVER!!!! They are SO idiotic because their vehicles are sitting RIGHT NEXT TO THEM. They could literally just jump in their vehicle and wreak havoc on the objective area, BUT NO! They'd rather wait for a Battalion to show up and help them out! The only time this Trope is Averted is in the BWII mission "Incursion" Where the Solar empire is smart enough to seperate the Legion Gunships from their actual pilots. Other than that WHAT THE HELL!

* WhatAnIdiot: Literally EVERY P.O.W VEHICLE PILOT EVER!!!! They are SO idiotic because their vehicles are sitting RIGHT NEXT TO THEM. They could literally just jump in their vehicle and wreak havoc on the objective area, BUT NO! They'd rather wait for a Battalion to show up and help them out! The only time this Trope is Averted is in the BWII mission "Incursion" Where the Solar empire is smart enough to seperate the Legion Gunships from their actual pilots. Other than that WHAT THE HELL!