History VideoGame / BattleClash

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Despite having the enemy ST clearly exploding piece by piece (including the torso and 'core' of the ST), all your opponents seem to somehow survive, as the ensuing conversations display them sitting in their cockpits... though, with comically damaged portraits instead, featuring bandages, bumps, and bruises.

* {{Gonk}}: Mike's the only especially pretty person ''Battle Clash'' has but Scarab pilot Ikhnaton is the only especially ugly one, in ways no one else is. In "Metal Combat", Siamang pilot Chada is the gonk, having a bone structure that looks more like a monkey's than a human's.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe
** [[spoiler:The player's coach in the second game, Rola, is revealed to be an alien who wants to protect the Earth from an incoming invasion. Her actual skin is more of a teal.]]
** [[spoiler: In a way, Carol could also be this for the player's side. She's Rola's sister, after all, and Eltorians can apparently pass for human, since the first time you see Rola is with a human skin tone. Carol could be hiding it herself.]]

** The theme that plays after completing a practice level is the same music as the level-up theme from ''VideoGame/FireEmblem''. After all, the composer of both games was Yuka Tsujiyoko, the woman behind the music composition of most of the ''Fire Emblem'' games.

''Battle Clash'', known in Japan as ''Space Bazooka'', is a [[HumongousMecha Mecha-themed]] LightGunGame released for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1992 which supported the Super Scope, a light gun peripheral for the SNES. It was developed by Intelligent Systems of ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' and ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars]]'' fame. The player assumes the role of the gunner of a mecha ([[AMechByAnyOtherName "Standing Tank", the game's preferred terminology]]) known as the "Falcon", as he helps the pilot, Michael Anderson, defeat the other Standing Tanks around the world in a tournament called the "Battle Game". Eventually, the player and Mike's journey take to the Moon, where they face the tournament's champion, the alien Anubis, [[YouKilledMyFather the murderer of Mike's father]].

''Battle Clash'', known in Japan as ''Space Bazooka'', is a [[HumongousMecha Mecha-themed]] LightGunGame released for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1992 which supported the Super Scope, a LightGun peripheral for the SNES. It was developed by Intelligent Systems of ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' and ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars]]'' fame. The player assumes the role of the gunner of a mecha ([[AMechByAnyOtherName "Standing Tank", the game's preferred terminology]]) known as the "Falcon", as he helps the pilot, Michael Anderson, defeat the other Standing Tanks around the world in a tournament called the "Battle Game". Eventually, the player and Mike's journey take to the Moon, where they face the tournament's champion, the alien Anubis, [[YouKilledMyFather the murderer of Mike's father]].

* HighClassGlass: Schneider pilot Alfred has a monocle, which combined with his turtle neck, blond hair and bad teeth make him look like a British stereotype, even though you fight him in [[UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} Kyoto]].

* BeyondTheImpossible: Eddie and the ST Valius. This guy is so fast he can jump out of the corner of one side of the screen and reappear from the other less than a second later, landing in the same exact spot. In other words, he manages to cover the entire span of the stage you're on in a single jump. The stage in question (the Tower of Babel) is a ''giant space elevator''.

** ST Falcon has a top speed of 155 kilometers per hour, which is ''very'' fast when you consider it is the size of a tank. The upgraded Falcon starts with a top speed of 195 km/h and eventually gets upgraded again to fly to be able to visit other planets int the solar system.

* BlackoutBasement: The core of Space Fortress Eltoria requires you to detonate lightning bombs to give you any visibility.

** Garam, Thanatos 1 and Siamang do this, and yes, these "baseball pitches" are more powerful than their standard shots. Rola's standing tank Majin has it's own variation in ''Metal Combat''. Griffin and Virvius 1 do this with their ''legs'', allowing for a triple super for the latter shout when it also charges up its arms and spiky shoulders. Viscount will resort to it if it happens to lose both its gun and shield(though the latter is unlikely).

** In ''Battle Clash'', defeated [=STs=] get a series of rapid explosions that blow it apart piece by piece.
** In ''Metal Combat'', a big explosion splits an ST into pieces that all have smaller rapid explosions, followed by another big explosion at the end.

* DeflectorShields: The v-system uses one that effectively makes Falcon invincible while it is operating. It's also possible to get Falcon a shield independent of the v-system that doesn't grant you it's offensive increases but also doesn't put the standing tank in critical condition.

* DopplegangerAttack: ST Thanatos and the ST Valius. Valius is said to be so fast Eddie warps and fires from three different locations at once, but in truth the standing tank is really only in one place even if the shots are coming from [[BeyondTheImpossible seemingly impossible simultaneous angles]]. Find its shadow and shoot there.

* ShoutOut

* TechnicolorDeath
** ''Battle Clash'' has a series of strangely muffled explosions engulf every remaining limb and piece of an enemy ST upon defeat, leaving nothing behind. ''Metal Combat'' rewards every K.O. with an utterly satisfying series of explosions (and a much more appropriate sound effect) that causes pieces of the enemy ST to drop off from damage, leaving the remaining torso/core to bounce and stumble along the ground if it was moving when defeated, followed by a final, larger explosion. ...Except sometimes you only see a portion of the flashier blast, because the game uses a First Person view and the enemy ST's torso just exploded from stumbling as you were still moving along.
** Pretty much every enemy ST explodes this way, even in stages with midair/underwater combat. The Final boss ramps up the pretty, pretty explosions by including ''several'' of them in succession with bright flashes.

* ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks: Performed by the Carlos when piloting the Baron and Viscount after you destroy their energy bazookas.

* VillainsWantMercy: Chada is out to avenge his brother Guido but if Mike beats him he'll try to make Mike accept him as a brother, suggesting Guido once defeated Chada too.

** The Neutron Beam is this as well, as it deals massive amounts of damage if it hits, but using it also puts ST Falcon in critical. Interestingly, rival ST Viscount ''also'' gets a form of the Neutron Beam... complete with heavy damage and putting his ST in critical!

** Typhon from teh second game: "This way my beauty and youth would last forever."

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: The advantage of the upgraded Falcon over Tornado, besides being able to take more damage, is that Falcon continues to upgrade, gaining all sorts of new weapon and defensive systems as the game progresses. Tornado gets the lightning bomb and energy tank, but besides them, it's limited to just its gun and standard bombs. Tornado's gun can do more damage than Falcon's and Tornado can carry quite a few bombs(though the upgraded Falcon has roughly the same capacity and is less likely to need them).

* YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive
--> '''Alfred (ST Schneider)''': My calculations say the chances of you winning are...0%.

''Battle Clash'', known in Japan as ''Space Bazooka'', is a [[HumongousMecha Mecha-themed]] LightGunGame released for the SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1992 which supported the Super Scope, a LightGun peripheral for the SNES. It was developed by Intelligent Systems of ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' and ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars]]'' fame. The player assumes the role of the gunner of a mecha ([[AMechByAnyOtherName "Standing Tank", the game's preferred terminology]]) known as the "Falcon", as he helps the pilot, Michael Anderson, defeat the other Standing Tanks around the world in a tournament called the "Battle Game". Eventually, the player and Mike's journey take to the Moon, where they face the tournament's champion, the alien Anubis, [[YouKilledMyFather the murderer of Mike's father]].

** Garam, Thanatos 1 and Siamang do this, and yes, these "baseball pitches" are more powerful than their standard shots. Rola's standing tank Majin has it's own variation in "Metal Combat". Griffin and Virvius 1 do this with their ''legs'', allowing for a triple super for the latter shout when it also charges up its arms and spiky shoulders. Viscount will resort to it if it happens to lose both its gun and shield(though the latter is unlikely).

* BoatLights: Anubis has a red eye and a blue eye[[spoiler:the first two clones/body doubles of him, anyway]].
* BoobyTrap: Chada, the chief of Oceana following Antonov, tried to use Antonov's old base but found it to be booby trapped.
* BossGame: ''Battle Clash'' is all about prolonged one on one fights.

* CreepyLongFingers: Typhon is always drumming his
* CrewOfOne: This apparently common of standing tanks, or at least those of the generals on up, as they're the only ones to comment on yours needing more than one person to operate. Zephyr expresses surprise at the fact your "tiny" standing tank can fit more than one person inside of it.

* DanceBattler: Lorca the cartwheeling tank

** See HeelFaceTurn for the first game, in the second game you have Dayan (pilot of the ST Wong) who halts your advance because he believes you to be yet another challenger who's trying to contest the control of the Mongolia/Asia area. He then acknowledges that you aren't after the fight and encourages you to reach your goal.
** Subverted with Carlos in the ST Viscount. He may tell you where Anubis is after defeating him, but it's not because his intentions are friendly at all. He's quite angry that he's lost to you ''twice'' now, and may just want to assist you so you don't die... before he has a chance to challenge you again, as he seems to consider you both a rival and an abomination to ST pilots. See Berserk Button.

** Alfred from ''Battle Clash'' does not make an appearance in ''Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge'', Chada's standing tank Siamang, Dayan's standing tank Wong and Orusoh's standing tank Griffin are the result of Alfred's continued research.

* EyeBeams: A visual representation of them from Thanatos two's drones, which have eye spots on them. Also, the second training bot of "Metal Combat" shoots from the eyes.

* TheFightingNarcissist: Lorca, whose face gets bumped during the battle, also Typhon: "This way my beauty and youth would last forever."

** In the first game, the battle in the Andes vs Tasha and her ST Artemis.

* GladiatorGames: Battle Games are BreadAndCircuses meant to distract the disgruntled public until the ruins of civilization are repaired. Rather than death, the draw is that the losers of the game have to serve the winners, which is how Anubis builds up his power in the first game. It is said Anubis almost had to kill Dayan, who initially refused to serve Anubis and had to be thoroughly thrashed. It's also said though, that Mike aimed to do away with this stipulation after defeating Anubis, so if he succeeded, it makes since Dayan wouldn't readily serve him three years later.

** [[spoiler: In a way, Carol could also be this for the player's side. She's Rola's sister, after all, and Eltorians can apparently pass for human, since the first time you see Rola is with a human tone. Carol could be hiding it herself.]]

* HelloInsertNameHere: In "Metal Combat" you have the option of naming Mike and Carol's gunners, who will otherwise be referred to as "partner".

* HighClassGlass: Schneider pilot Alfred has a monocle, which combined with his turtle neck, blond hair and bad teeth make him look like a British stereotype, even though you fight him in Kyoto.
* HighSpeedBattle: Most fights in the first game have some element of this, with your standing tank hitting at least 100 KPH at least once, meaning Ivan is the one who stands out for being pretty slow paced. It is on a boat, so not much place to speed to. The standing tanks of "Metal Combat" don't boast the same top speeds, excepting Siamang, which you might just beat before it gets there, until you get to Viscount(which, incidentally is an improved version of a ''Battle Clash'' ST). Then the speed picks back up.

* HuskyRusskie: The man ruling the Oceana Region, Antonov, is a Russian construction worker
* HumongousMecha: Standing tanks Ivan, Cobra and Groken a large enough to qualify for this trope. Ivan is a little over [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever fifty feet tall]], Cobra is one hundred and fifty feet tall and Groken is "only" 110 feet tall but is 155 feet wide!
* IRejectYourReality: Chada on the idea Mike defeated Guido.
* JustAKid: Guido's opinion of Mike, Griffin pilot Orusoh seems to have this opinion of both Mike and Carol.

** Standing tank Scarab's armor is impervious to your attacks and the machine is still just as fast as those fought before it, and immediately after it, for that matter.
** Standing tank Falcon has a top speed of 155 kilometers per hour, which is ''very'' fast when you consider it is the size of a tank. The upgraded Falcon starts with a top speed of 195 km/h and eventually gets upgraded again to fly to be able to visit other planets int the solar system!
** Eddie and the ST Valius. To start things off, he's the 3rd-to-last enemy in the game, which qualifies his skill. His power comes from the sheer variety of attacks he has, from firing volleys of missiles to blasting away with his twin shoulder mounted laser cannons. See BeyondTheImpossible for an example of his speed, but also know that he is also able to create illusory doubles and even causes the [[InterfaceScrew screen to bob back and forth from trying to catch up with him.]] He can also easily take hits, as you'll still need to fire several energy bolts at him ''even if you blow off the entire lower half of his mech.''
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: The ST Baron and Viscount both have a shield that protects them from your attacks, the latter also has guns in it, although less powerful ones than its main weapon. The ST Cobra's shield actually ''absorbs'' your attacks to power up its insanely huge arm cannon.

* MountainMan: Guido is a big hairy man said to live in the Rocky Mountains, that said, the fight with him takes place in the ruins of New York City. This starts a trend, as most of Anubis's chiefs are not from the area they are assigned to.
* MultipleEndings: "Metal Combat" has at least three endings [[spoiler: and at least two are bad. One ends with Rola dying, another with Mike dying and the 'good' ending of course with both surviving.]]
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: [[spoiler: Rola and Carol to the Eltorian invaders]]

* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: Why is the sequel called ''Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge'' instead of ''Metal Combat: Battle Clash 2'' or ''Battle Clash 2: Falcon's Revenge''? Could have been playing off of the name [[Videogame/MortalKombat Mortal Kombat]], which was rather popular at the time.

* OneSteveLimit: Lorca pilots the standing thank of the same name.

* PaletteSwap: The training bots, first as mushrooms with eyes(Kinoko TD), then as oddly cute angler fish(Ankoh TD).
* PlayerVersusPlayer: ''Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge'' adds a "Combat Mode", where player one, controlling Falcon or Tornado, can fight player 2 controlling an enemy standing tank defeated in "Battle Mode".
* PrimalChestPound: Garam 2 introduces itself this way.

* RankInflation: ''Metal Combat'' gives out military ranks based on how fast you complete the game.

* SickeningSweethearts: Carol's opinion of Zephyr and Pamela. They do call each other "Papa and Mama".
* SmartBomb: Green Bombs that you detonate in front of the enemy. You can sometimes use them to save you from enemy missiles. "Metal Combat" has the more powerful plasma bombs.
* SmugSnake: Danpe is way too cocky for his own good, thinking you have no chance because he destroyed an asteroid and his mouth is even sort of snake like with his prominent fangs and his forked tongue.

* StoneWall: The only standing tank slower than Groken is Ivan, but Groken's armor is even more impressive. It isn't as likely to cause you as much damage in as short a time as Ivan either, so you've got a little time to figure out how to chip away at it's defenses.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: You become this if you choose Tornado in "Metal Combat", as Carol has to instruct you herself on account of Rola being late. Carol also knows more about the plot than Mike, so she has more to tell you while Mike figures more things out at the same pace you do.
* StunGuns: Disruptor bombs stop enemy standing thanks from moving.
* TakingYouWithMe: In the rematch with Thanatos 1 Anubis declares this, rather than bring out Thanatos 2.[[spoiler:Rola tows Falcon away before whatever can happen.]]

** ''Battle Clash'' has a series of strangely muffled explosions engulf every remaining limb and piece of an enemy ST upon defeat, leaving nothing behind. ''Metal Combat'' rewards every K.O. with an utterly satisfying series of explosions (and a much more appropriate sound effect) that causes pieces of the enemy ST to drop off from damage, leaving the remaining torso/core to bounce and stumble along the ground if it was moving when defeated, followed by a final, larger explosion! ...Except sometimes you only see a portion of the flashier blast, because the game uses a First Person view and the enemy ST's torso just exploded from stumbling as you were still moving along.

* TopHeavyGuy: Garam is built this way.

* TheUnfought: No one has ever seen Rola's standing tank Spika in battle.

* WanderingMinstrel: Lorca is known as a "bard" because his standing tank of the same name plays music. Although in battle this is just a distraction, usually from its "sonic spin" attack, so Lorca should be shot as soon as its "hymn" is heard.

* TargetLockOn: "Center" doesn't do damage but does exactly that, so it might just be worth a special weapon slot.

* MultipleEndings: "Metal Combat" has at least three endings [[spoiler: and at least two are bad. One ends with Rola dying, another with your pilot dying and the 'good' ending of course with both surviving.]]

* AMechByAnyOtherName: The Battle Games originally ''were'' fought using outdated tanks, but as time went on humanoid vehicles were built from the ground up for them. Most are still roughly tank sized (Falcon is 8.25 meters tall, for example), so the name "standing tank" stuck(the Tornado and upgraded Falcon really push it though, standing at 11.95 and 12.88 meters, respectively).

* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Valius has two retractable ones, though Eddie spends all his time shooting at your rather than getting close enough to use them.

* BoobyTrap: Chada, the chief of Oceana following Ivan, tried to use Ivan's old base but found it to be booby trapped.

* FacialMarkings: Lorca and Tasha appear to have war paint. This tournament is apparently serious business. Dayan also has war paint but he actually believes he's going to war.

* FragileSpeedster: Siamang's rarely reaches it's top speed and tends to let you center it when it attacks, making it vulnerable to bombs(too bad [[EarlyBirdBoss Falcon's likely to only have one when you fight it]]), but it can change direction quickly to get out of your sight, "jump" over your energy bolts and attack several times in rapid succession. And it's narrow body makes it relatively hard to hit(except, of course, with bombs).

* GladiatorGames: Battle Games are BreadAndCircuses meant to distract the disgruntled public until the ruins of civilization are repaired. Rather than death, the draw is that the losers of the game have to serve the winners, which is how Anubis builds up his power in the first game. It is said Anubis almost had to kill Dayan, who initially refused to serve Anubis and had to be thoroughly trashed.

* HighSpeedBattle: Most fights in the first game have some element of this, with your standing tank hitting at least 100 KPH at least once, meaning Ivan is the one who stands out for being pretty slow paced. It is on a boat, so not much place to speed to. The standing tanks of "Metal Combat" don't boast the same top speeds, excepting Siamang, which you might just beat before it gets there, until you get to Viscount.

* HuskyRusskie: The man ruling the Oceana Region, Ivan, is a Russian construction worker

* HuskyRusky: The man ruling the Oceana Region, Ivan, is a Russian construction worker

* AmbiguousGender: Typhon. Even Carol is surprised to hear that he's the ''"true king"''.

* HuskyRuskie: The man ruling the Oceana Region, Ivan, is a Russian construction worker

* LogicalFallacyAppealToForce: Ikhnaton claims ownership of all oilfields of the Middle East, as well as the titles "Pharaoh of Africa" and "Caliph of the Ottoman Empire", using violence against anyone who disagrees with him.

* AMechByAnyOtherName: The Battle Games originally ''were'' fought using outdated tanks, but as time went on humanoid vehicles were built from the ground up for them. Most are still roughly tank sized (Falcon is 8.25 meters tall, for example), so the name "standing tank" stuck.

** Garam, Thanatos 1 and Siamang do this, and yes, these "baseball pitches" are more powerful than their standard shots. Rola's standing tank has it's own variation in "Metal Combat". Griffin and Virvius 1 do this with their ''legs'', allowing for a triple super for the latter shout when it also charges up its arms and spiky shoulders. Viscount will resort to it if it happens to lose both its gun and shield(though the latter is unlikely).

* BossGame: ''Battle Clash'' is all about prolonged one on one fights.

* GladiatorGames: Battle Games are BreadAndCircuses meant to distract the disgruntled public until the ruins of civilization are repaired. Rather than death, the draw is that the losers of the game have to serve the winners, which is how Anubis builds up his power in the first game.

* HelloInsertNameHere: In "Metal Combat" you have the option of naming Mike and Carol's gunners, who will otherwise be referred to as "partner".

** Standing tank Falcon has a top speed of 155 kilometers per hour, which is ''very'' fast when you consider it is the size of a tank. And it eventually gets upgraded enough to fly to other planets!

* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: [[spoiler: Rola and Carol]]

* NonIndicativeName: Standing tanks are roughly tank sized, to be fair, but most of them float above the ground instead of standing. And the one that does stand is much bigger than a tank. Then come the second game, Rola's training ST doesn't even have legs, nor does Wong, and these new machines, possibly including yours, are all noticeably larger than tanks.

* PaletteSwap: The training bots, first as mushrooms with eyes, then as oddly cute angler fish.

* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: Rola's standing tank will continue to crawl along the ground with one arm if you blow apart its torso. And if you don't finish her off she will start shooting at you. She takes training pretty seriously. This is a subtle warning that enemy tanks in ''Metal Combat'' will ''not'' give up the fight until their life bar is empty.

** "Metal Combat" gives Falcon plasma bombs, which have to be charged but are more powerful than their standard counterparts.

* DeflectorShields: The v-system uses one that effectively makes Falcon invincible while it is operating. In "Metal Combat" Falcon gets a shield independent of the v-system that doesn't grant you it's offensive increases but also doesn't put the standing tank in critical condition.

* FragileSpeedster: Siamang's rarely reaches it's top speed and tends to let you center it when it attacks, making it vulnerable to bombs(too bad [[EarlyBirdBoss Falcon's likely to only have one when you fight it]]), but it can change direction quickly to get out of your sight, "jump" over your energy bolts and attack several in rapid succession. And it's narrow body makes it relatively hard to hit(except, of course, with bombs).

* {{Gonk}}: Mike's the only especially pretty person ''Battle Clash'' has but Scarab pilot Ikhnaton is the only especially ugly one, in ways no one else it. In "Metal Combat" Siamang pilot Chada is the gonk, having a bone structure that looks more like a monkey's than a human's.

* HighSpeedBattle: Most fights in the first game have some element of this, with your standing tank hitting at least 100 KPH at least once, meaning Ivan is the one who stands out for being pretty slow paced. It is on a boat, so not much place to speed to. The standing tanks of "Metal Combat" don't boast the same top speeds, excepting Siamang, that you might just beat before it gets there, until you get to Viscount.
* HomingProjectile: Enemy rocket punches and missiles are this, rarely outright missing you. In the second game Falcon eventually gets a "homing laser" which guides four bolts to the enemy, though if you miss the to get the target the bolts will not home in and likely miss too.

** Eddie and the ST Valius. To start things off, he's the 3rd-to-last enemy in the game, which qualifies his skill. His power comes from the sheer variety of attacks he has, from firing volleys of missles to blasting away with his twin shoulder mounted laser cannons. See BeyondTheImpossible for an example of his speed, but also know that he is also able to create illusory doubles and even causes the [[InterfaceScrew screen to bob back and forth from trying to catch up with him.]] He can also easily take hits, as you'll still need to fire several energy bolts at him ''even if you blow off the entire lower half of his mech.''

* NonIndicativeName: Standing tanks are roughly tank sized, to be fair, but most of them float above the ground instead of standing. And the one that does stand is much bigger than a tank. Then come the second game, Rola's training ST doesn't even have legs, nor does Wong, and these new machines, including yours, are all noticeably larger than tanks.

* PaletteSwap: The training bots, first as mushrooms with eyes, then as overly angler fish.

* BewareMyStingerTail: Siamang has weaponry in its tail. If Cobra's weaponry becomes too damage it can jettison most of it's parts and [[EmergencyWeapon shoot at you with it's tail stub]].

* DeflectorShields: The v-system uses one that effectively makes Falcon invincible while it is operating. In "Metal Combat" Falcon gets a shield independent of the v-system that doesn't grand you it's offensive increases but also doesn't put the standing tank in critical condition.

** In the Andes vs Artemis.
** Orusoh goads Mike or Carol into fighting Griffin in a dive from the upper atmosphere. [[spoiler: Orusoh is trying to get them killed in case he loses, forcing Rola to tow Mike out, though Carol's Tornado is already equipped for interplanetary travel so it doesn't work on her.]]

* ReentryScare: The upgraded Falcon isn't upgraded enough to land on a planet like Earth for this reason, [[spoiler:not until it gets its own v system]].

** Mike's standing hair, headband, and tiny shirt revealing his well defined chest makes him look like a man out of an eighties workout video. This is noticeable at first because you usually only see his profile in Falcon's cockpit.

* EmergencyEnergyTank: You can get this in the second game as a usable item.

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: The advantage of the upgraded Falcon over Tornado, besides being able to take more damage, is that Falcon continues to upgrade, gaining all sorts of new weapon and defensive systems as the game progresses. Tornado gets the lightning bomb and energy tank, besides than, it's limited to just its gun and standard bombs, but it's gun can do more damage than Falcon and Tornado can carry quite a few bombs(though the upgraded Falcon has roughly the same capacity).
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: Rola's standing tank will continue to crawl along the ground with one arm if you blow apart its torso. And if you don't finish her off she will start shooting at you. She takes training pretty seriously...

* HomingProjectiles: Enemy rocket punches and missiles are this, rarely outright missing you. In the second game Falcon eventually gets a "homing laser" which guides four bolts to the enemy, though if you miss the to get the target the bolts will not home in and likely miss too.

* CreepilyLongFingers: Typhon is always drumming his

* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: Any battle against any of Anubis' incarnations.

* BackpackCannoN: Some of Artemis's shots come at you from behind. Cobra leans forward to shoot its missiles at you.

* BewareMyStingerTail: Siamang has weaponry in its tail.

* BlastingTime: Garam and Thanatos 1 do this, and yes, these "baseball pitches" are more powerful than their standard shots. Rola's standing tank has it's own variation in "Metal Combat". Griffin and Virvius 1 do this with their ''legs'', allowing for a triple super for the latter shout when it also charges up its arms and spiky shoulders. Viscount will resort to it if it happens to lose both its gun and shield(though the latter is unlikely).

** Your standing tank uses lasers to charge up an energy bolt when you're not using any other weapons. These bolts are more powerful than your turbo shots. The upgraded Falcon of "Metal Combat" has 'treble' energy bolts, which charge for even longer and are even more powerful. Tornado can store charges for "super turbo shots", which are basically rapid fire energy bolts, up to ten! Alternatively Tornado can unleash all ten at once as a "hyper shot".
** "Metal Combat" introduces plasma bombs, which have to be charged but are more powerful than their standard counterparts.

* ChestBlaster: Valius, Thanatos 1 and Cobra use these.

* CyberCyclops: Lorca, Artemis, Schneider, Baron, Wong, Viscount. Also, the upgraded Falcon and Tornado have this look.

** The V-System. It boosts your attack power, deflects all enemy bullets, and keeps the opponent centered, but continually drains your ST's energy until it reaches critical.
** The Neutron Beam is this as well, as it deals massive amounts of damage if it hits, but using it also puts your ST in critical. Interestingly, rival ST Viscount ''also'' gets a form of the Neutron Beam... complete with heavy damage and putting his ST in critical!

* DeflectorShields: The v system uses one that effectively makes you invincible while it is operating. In "Metal Combat" you get a shield independent of the v system that doesn't grand you it's offensive increases but also doesn't put your standing tank in critical condition.

* EightiesHair: Mike's standing hair, headband, and tiny shirt revealing his well defined chest makes him look like a man out of an eighties workout video. This is noticeable at first because you usually only see his profile in Falcon's cockpit.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: You receive the V-System before taking on Anubis and his Generals in ''Battle Clash'', and is intended to be a last resort used at your discretion.

* EvilLaugh: "Hee, hee heee!!" Although the sound effect is a much deeper "ho ho ha ha ha" laugh.

* FragileSpeedster: Siamang's top speed isn't even that impressive compared to some later standing tanks and it tends to stop moving when it attacks, making it vulnerable to bombs(too bad [[EarlyBirdBoss you're likely to only have one when you fight it]]), but it can change direction quickly to get out of your sight and attack several in rapid succession. And it's narrow body makes it relatively hard to hit(except, of course, with bombs).

** Orusoh goads Mike or Carol into fighting Griffin in a dive from the upper atmosphere. [[spoiler: Orusoh is trying to get them killed in case he loses, forcing Rola to bail Mike out, though Carol's Tornado is already equipped for interplanetary travel so it doesn't work on her.]]

* HighSpeedBattle: Most fights in the first game have some element of this, with your standing tank hitting at least 100 KPH at least once, meaning Ivan is the one who stands out for being pretty slow paced. It is on a boat, so not much place to speed to. The standing tanks of "Metal Combat" don't boast the same top speeds, until you get to Viscount.

* ShoulderCannon: Artemis has guns built into its shoulders. Valius has two mounted on its shoulders.

* SmugSnake: Danpe is way too cocky for his own good, thinking you have no chance because he destroyed an asteroid and his tongue is even sort of snake like in that it is forked.

* StudentAndMasterTeam: You become this if you choose Tornado in "Metal Combat", as Carol has to instruct you herself on account of Rola being late. Carol also knows more about the plot than Mike, so she'd have more to tell you anyway.

* WakeUpCallBoss: In the first game Ivan has MoreDakka than anything else besides Thanatos 2 and will cut you down more quickly than any previous boss if you're relaxed about defending Falcon. And you'll really need the importance of defending your standing tank made clear if you're to get past the very next boss, Valius, even though it otherwise is a completely different fight. In the second game hitting enemy weak points isn't quite as hard or important until you get to Griffin, a TimedMission where your shots will be deflected by his wings. You'll appreciate this lesson in more precises targeting since Viscount and it's shield follow immediately afterwards.

* BlastingTime: Garam and Thanatos 1 do this, and yes, these "baseball pitches" are more powerful than their standard shots. Rola's standing tank has it's own variation in "Metal Combat". Griffin and Virvius 1 do this with their ''legs'', allowing for a triple super for the latter shout when it also charges up its arms and spiky shoulders.

* BlastingTime: Garam and Thanatos 1 do this, and yes, these "baseball pitches" are more powerful than their standard shots. Rola's standing tank has it's own variation in "Metal Combat". Virvius 1 does this with its ''legs'', allowing for a triple super shout when it also charges up its spiky shoulders.

* HelloHeroInsertNameHere: In "Metal Combat" you have the option of naming Mike and Carol's gunners, who will otherwise be referred to as "partner".

* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Valvius has two retractable ones, though Eddie spends all his time shooting at your rather than getting close enough to use them.

* ChestBlaster: Valvius, Thanatos 1 and Cobra use these.

* ShoulderCannon: Artemis has guns built into its shoulders. Valvius has two mounted on its shoulders.