History YMMV / MartianSuccessorNadesico

** Aso HeartwarmingInHindsight, Creator/OmiMinami (Ruri) eventually married her co-star Creator/YujiUeda. "[[ImageSong I Want to be Your Number One]]" is a wish made true.

** After all the references to ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'', the Nadesico finally fought alongside its [[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199 2012 remake]] in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV''.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the credits of the dub, Ruri's voice actress is listed simply as "[[Manga/DeathNote Kira]]".

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Akito on two early occasions. When he tells Yurika of how his family was killed the day she and her father left Mars, he threatens to kill her if he finds out her father had anything to do with it. Never mind that Yurika would have been six years old when it happy and obviously uninvolved, his reasoning is entirely based on RevengeByProxy.
** Later, after Gai is killed, Akito claims everyone else is being selfish for not mourning him. What Akito fails to realize is that he and the rest of the Nadesico are in the middle of a war where death can come at any moment and they can't afford to waste time and energy moping over those who are already lost.

* {{Wangst}}: A lot of what Akito says falls into this. Especially since he has the same dub VA as Shinjuku Ikari.

* Wangst: A lot of what Akito says falls into this.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ruri. She's a secondary character with a couple of focus episodes, but the combination of being a DeadpanSnarker and TokenMiniMoe caused her popularity to skyrocket, enduring long after the series had actually ended. Because of this, a time-skipped Ruri got promoted to Main Protagonist in the movie, a move that was met with mixed reception because the two traits that made her stand out had to be toned back: she couldn't be as sarcastic as the main heroine, and she was too old to be considered the TokenMiniMoe any more.

** The Mexican Spanish dub of the TV series pull this many times: The most notorious example is when Gai insults Akito since he's a cook: When in the Japanese version, he's simply call him a cook, in the Mexican Spanish dub he insults Akito by calling him ''Fritanguero''. In Mexico, a ''Fritanguero'' is someone who sells traditional Mexican food on the streets, but it's also a offensive slang for a cook who only sells ''junk food'' on the streets[[note]]More accurately, tacos, quesadillas, potato chips, French fries, pico de gallo, nachos, etc.[[/note]] and it's also one of the biggest [[BerserkButton insults]] you can say against a Mexican cook. Obviously, Akito is offended by this.[[note]]Curiously enough, there's a similar tradition in Japan, except replace the aforementioned dishes with ramen, udon and similar stuff.[[/note]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The opening, "YOU GET TO BURNING". The [[ShowWithinAShow Gekiganger 3]] theme, "Let's Go Gekiganger 3" is also pretty epic.

** The Mexican Spanish dub of the TV series pull this many times: The most notorious example is when Gai insults Akito since he's a cook: When in the Japanese version, he's simply call him a cook, in the Mexican Spanish dub he insults Akito by calling him ''Fritanguero''. In Mexico, a ''Fritanguero'' is someone who sells traditional Mexican food on the streets, but it's also a offensive slang for a cook who only sells ''junk food'' on the streets, and it's also one of the biggest [[BerserkButton insults]] you can say against a Mexican cook. Obviously, Akito is offended by this.

** Oddly enough, this is mostly averted in Mexico and Latin America, on the grounds the movie [[SequelFirst debuted first before the TV series]]. It also helps the [[SuperlativeDubbing dub is really good, especially Ruri's Mexican VA]].

** Also in the Mexican Spanish dub of TheMovie, Ruri speaks more like a MysteriousWaif with a very soft and feminine voice, rather than the LittleMissSnarker personality from the Japanese version. Oddly enough in the dub of the TV series, which was [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros broadcasted years later after the movie]], Ruri speaks in a more arrogant way instead.
* XMeetsY: One ''Anime FX'' magazine article described it as "A cross between ''SpaceBattleshipYamato'' and ''IrresponsibleCaptainTylor'', with a war thrown in out of ''{{Gundam}}'' and a lot of bits left over from ''GetterRobo''".

** Also in the Mexican Spanish dub of TheMovie, Ruri speaks more like a MysteriousWaif with a very soft and feminine voice, rather than the LittleMissSnarker personality from the Japanese version. Oddly enough in the dub of the TV series, which was [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros broadcasted years later after the movie]], Ruri speaks in a more arrogant way instead.

* AlasPoorScrappy: The very obnoxious, [[ChewToy if amusing]], [[spoiler:Admiral Munitake]] gets a surprisingly moving death scene when his time finally comes.

* MagnificentBastard: Nagare for just about everything he

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Admiral Haruki Kusakabe]] establishes himself as heinous person near the end of the TV series, by [[FrameUp framing Tsukumo Shiratori for treason]] and having his former best friend Genichiro "mercy kill" him, all in order to prolong the war between Earth and Jupiter, while having a chance to seize Mars's forgotten technology. He is finally discovered and forced into exile, but plots revenge. It is revealed that in the three years between the series and TheMovie, he had [[spoiler:Akito and Yurika]] [[MindRape captured and experimented on]], [[ForScience to replicate the Boson Jumping effect]]. The experiments permanently hooked [[spoiler:Yurika]] up to a machine, in a catatonic state, and completely destroyed [[spoiler:Akito's]] senses, leaving him an [[EmptyShell empty, tragic shell]] of the innocent boy he was.

%%** Don't forget [[HotBlooded Gai Daigoji]].
%%*** No joke--many people end up dropping ''Nadesico'' [[spoiler: after Gai gets killed off]].

%%* [[spoiler:MagnificentBastard: Nagare]]
%%* TheScrappy: Sadaki
%%** [[spoiler: AlasPoorScrappy: Sadaki again]]
* WhatAnIdiot: Akito's reaction to Jun taking out an Aestivalis without a pilot suit
%%* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The manga written by Kia Asamiya. And not in a good way.
%%* TheWoobie: Jun Aoi, at least, if you listen to his fangirls...

** Also in the Mexican Spanish dub of TheMovie, Ruri speaks more like a MysteriousWaif with a very soft and feminine voice, rather than the LittleMissSnarker personality from the Japanese version. Oddly enough in the dub of the TV series, whow was [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros broadcasted years later after the movie]], Ruri speaks in a more arrogant way instead.

* BizarroEpisode: Episode 21, which unlike any other episode in the series is told in non-chronological order, partakes in psychoanalysis of the characters, and features several sequences in a surreal "memory room" where the characters observe each other's repressed memories as Mahjong tiles. In other words, it's the ''Quentin Tarantino'' episode.

** Don't forget [[HotBlooded Gai Daigoji]].
*** No joke--many people end up dropping ''Nadesico'' [[spoiler: after Gai gets killed off]].

* [[spoiler:MagnificentBastard: Nagare]]
* TheScrappy: Sadaki
** [[spoiler: AlasPoorScrappy: Sadaki again]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The manga written by Kia Asamiya. And not in a good way.
* TheWoobie: Jun Aoi, at least, if you listen to his fangirls...

* CompleteMonster: Haruki Kusakabe, the Jovian leader, is this in spades. [[spoiler:Not only did he frame Shiratori for treason and had him killed to prolong the war, but he did all kinds of horrible experiments on Akito, Yurika and Lapis in TheMovie]]. This made worse by the fact that [[spoiler:he apparently gets to [[KarmaHoudini live at the end of Prince of Darkness.]]]].

* CompleteMonster: Haruki Kusakabe, the Jovian leader, is this in spades. [[spoiler:Not only did he frame Shiratori for treason and had him killed to prolong the war, but he did all kinds of horrible experiments on Akito, Yurika and Lapis in TheMovie]]. This made worse by the fact that [[spoiler:he apparently gets to [[KarmaHoudini live at the end of Prince of Darkness.]] VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal makes damn sure he pays for it; canon be damned ]].

** Which is why in every SuperRobotWars that has the series [[spoiler: his death]] can ether be averted [[GuideDangIt by fulfilling certain conditions]] or [[SparedByTheAdaptation simply doesn't occur.]]

** It says something that one ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal game]] actually uses TimeTravel [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong to prevent the events of the movie from occurring]].

* CompleteMonster: Haruki Kusakabe, the Jovian leader, is this in spades. [[spoiler:Not only did he frame Shiratori for treason and had him killed to prolong the war, but he did all kinds of horrible experiments on Akito, Yurika and Lapis in TheMovie]]. This made worse by the fact that [[spoiler:he apparently gets to [[KarmaHoudini live at the end of Prince of Darkness.]] VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal makes damn sure he pays for it; canon be damned ]].]]

* CompleteMonster: Haruki Kusakabe, the Jovian leader, is this in spades. [[spoiler:Not only did he frame Shiratori for treason and had him killed to prolong the war, but he did all kinds of horrible experiments on Akito, Yurika and Lapis in TheMovie]]. This made worse by the fact that [[spoiler:he apparently gets to [[KarmaHoudini live at the end of Prince of Darkness]].]]

** Also in the Mexican Spanish dub of TheMovie, Ruri speaks more like a MysteriousWaif with a very soft and femenine voice, rather than the LittleMissSnarker personality from the Japanese version. Oddly enough in the dub of the TV series, whow was [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros broadcasted years later after the movie]], Ruri speaks in a more arrogant way instead.

** Also in the Mexican Spanish dub of TheMovie, Ruri speaks more like a MysteriousWaif with a very soft and femenine voice, rather than the DeadpanSnarker kind of personality from the Japanese version. Oddly enough in the dub of the TV series, whow was [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros broadcasted years later after the movie]], Ruri speaks in a more arrogant way instead.

** The Mexican Spanish dub of the TV series pull this many times: The most notorious example is when Gai insults Akito since he's a cook: When in the Japanese version, he's simply call him a cook, in the Mexican Spanish dub he insults Akito by calling him ''Fritanguero''. In Mexico, a ''Fritanguero'' is someone who sells traditional Mexican food on the streets, but it's also a offensive slang for a cook who only sells ''junk food'' on the streets, and it's also one of the biggest [[BerserkButton insults]] you can say against a Mexican cook. Obviously, Akito is offended by this.

* {{Woolseyism}}: Several of the jokes are made much funnier by being delivered by the English language cast who had just done Evangelion. "You mean episode 26 wasn't the last episode?" is funny. Hearing Spike (Shinji) Spencer say it is hilarious. The Directors openly state that some parts were decided upon [[ActorAllusion due to links with other ADV shows]]. Akito (Creator/SpikeSpencer - Shinji in Eva) and Ryoko's (TiffanyGrant - Asuka in the same show) roles are the prime examples.

* FanDumb: Lots of viewers treat it as a entirely serious and cynical show with a strong message against anime and fandom of any sort, apparently missing the part where Akito explicitly says it's perfectly fine to believe in justice, fall in love, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and watch poorly-written anime]]. If anything, it's a criticism of [[StopHavingFunGuys obsessing over something to the point of it no longer being enjoyable]], not that enjoying it to begin with is bad.

* BizarroEpisode: Episode 21, which unlike any other episode in the series is told in non-chronological order, partakes in psychoanalysis of the characters, and features several sequences in a surreal "memory room" where the characters observe each other's repressed memories as Mahjong tiles. In other words, it's the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' episode.