History YMMV / BirdyTheMighty

** In the OVA series, Birdy is followed by someone who turns out to be a talent scout, thinking she could be an IdolSinger. In ''Decode'', Birdy has a disguise as one.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY:
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' with ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' undertones added to the mix.
** The first season of ''Decode'' could be summed up as the ''Birdy the Mighty'' remake manga meets ''{{Anime/Noein}}''.

* EvilIsSexy: Revi isn't by any means ugly and does tend to wear does pretty sexy outfits.

* JerkassWoobie: [[spoiler: Nataru]] and Valic

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Nataru]] crossed this after killing one of the escaped aliens after she decided to leave the rest of the survivors in protest over their actions.
** To be fair, she left less in protest and more out of fear that Nataru would find her if she stayed with the group, but ''still.''

* {{Narm}}: The OVA's English dub.

* XMeetsY:

** The first season of ''Decode'' could be summed up as the ''Birdy the Mighty'' remake manga meets ''{{Anime/Noein}}''

** One of the tracks for ''Decode'' is named "Franchise/WonderWoman". Not only did Creator/ZackSnyder admit that ''Decode'' was an influence for the Superman/Zod battle at the end of ''Film/ManOfSteel'', but in the Film/DCExtendedUniverse, depending on [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice the]] [[Film/WonderWoman2017 movie]], Diana herself in the Japanese dub is either [[Creator/YukoKaida Moss]] or [[Creator/KotonoMitsuishi OVA!Birdy]].

** One of the tracks for ''Decode'' is named "Franchise/WonderWoman". Not only did Creator/ZackSnyder admit that ''Decode'' was an influence for the Superman/Zod battle at the end of ''Film/ManOfSteel'', but in the Film/DCExtendedUniverse, depending on [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice the]] [[Film/WonderWoman2017 movie]], Diana herself is either [[Creator/YukoKaida Moss]] or [[Creator/KotonoMitsuishi OVA!Birdy]].

** One of the tracks for ''Decode'' is named "Franchise/WonderWoman". Not only did Creator/ZackSnyder admit that ''Decode'' was an influence for the Superman/Zod battle at the end of ''Film/ManOfSteel'', but in the Film/DCEXtendedUniverse, depending on [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice the]] [[Film/WonderWoman2017 movie]], Diana herself is either [[Creator/YukoKaida Moss]] or [[Creator/KotonoMitsuishi OVA!Birdy]].

* HilariousInHindsight: In the original manga, after getting caught by Gomez trashing some robots, with the help of Tsuotmu, Birdy rattles off a ''Manga/SailorMoon''-esque speech (though the original manga does predate ''Sailor Moon''). In the OVA, Birdy was voiced by [[Creator/KotonoMitsuishi Sailor Moon's seiyuu herself]].
** [[spoiler: Shyamalan's death at the hands of Sayaka after the Ryunka complete possesses her]] is a lot more unintentionally hilarious to watch when you remember that their seiyuu, Creator/KenichiSuzumura and Creator/MaayaSakamoto, are now married.
*** Which also augments the NoYay undertones between those two characters

* SuperlativeDubbing: The English dub of ''Decode'' is ''vastly'' improved compared to that of the original OVA. Then again, OVA had one of the most infamous dubs ever done in anime.

* SuperlativeDubbing: The English dub of ''Decode'' is ''vastly'' improved compared to that of the original OVA

* BetterOnDVD: Episode 7 of Season 2's quality is increased immensely compared to the broadcast version.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the original manga, after getting caught by Gomez trashing some robots, with the help of Tsuotmu, Birdy rattles off a ''Anime/SailorMoon''-esque speech (though the original manga does predate ''Sailor Moon''). In the OVA, Birdy was voiced by [[Creator/KotonoMitsuishi Sailor Moon's seiyuu herself]].

** The first season of ''Decode'' could be summed up as the ''Birdy the Mighty'' remake manga meets ''{{Noein}}''

** There's an episode in which a little girl who defends a boy from bullies at a refugee camp Tsutomu and his friends visit sparks a debate among the boys about whether it's humiliating to have to be saved by a girl. In ''HeatGuyJ,'' an earlier work by Kazuki Akane, two of the important men have the following exchange:

* ToyShip: Marina and Takumi from ''Decode 02'' episode 3
* XMeetsY: ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' meets ''{{Metroid}}'' with ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' undertones added to the mix.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: ''All'' the show's opening and closing themes

* XMeetsY: ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' meets ''{{Metroid}}'' with ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' undertones added to the mix.

* CompleteMonster: While he's more [[HiddenDepths nuanced]] than many examples of this trope, Shyamalan arguably qualifies. He thinks his "chosen" status gives him the right to use the Ryunka to wipe out most of the human race, [[GenocideFromTheInside despite]] ''[[GenocideFromTheInside being human himself]]'', and he has no problem lying to, deceiving, and betraying everyone when it suits his aims, pausing only to lust after his colleague's teenage granddaughter [[spoiler: who is also the Ryunka]]. And as for said colleague? [[spoiler: When he refuses to cooperate with his plans, Shyamalan ''murders him with his bare hands!'']] It says something that in a series that's crawling with dangerous alien criminals with powers beyond human capability, it's Shyamalan who stands out as by far the scariest villain in the series.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Pretty much ''all'' the show's opening and closing themes

* JerkassWoobie: [[spoiler: Nataru]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: Birdy's voice actress in the English dub of tHE OVA is Alex [=McCord=]. Yes, the same Alex [=McCord=] who'd later become one of the original cast members of ''Series/TheRealHousewives of New York City''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Birdy's voice actress in the English din is Alex [=McCord=]. Yes, the same Alex [=McCord=] who'd later become one of the original cast members of ''Series/TheRealHousewives of New York City''.

* NoYay: There's a little of this in the way Shyamalan treats Sayaka.

** To be fair, she left less in protest and more out of fear that Nataru would find her if she stayed with the group.