History YMMV / Planetes

%%* Crazy Awesome: Fee gets [[UpToEleven a wee bit psychotic]] during her SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. Sometimes Hachi, too.

* CrazyAwesome: Fee gets [[UpToEleven a wee bit psychotic]] during her SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. Sometimes Hachi, too.

** The opening theme.

* MagnificentBastard: Werner Locksmith, full stop.

* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-OyT4ivkM The intro song.]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Ninjas. Cringeworthy on their own, outlandish in the context of harder-than-hard scy-fi story about space exploration.

* CrazyAwesome: Fee gets [[UpToEleven a wee bit psychotic]] during her CrowningMomentOfAwesome. Sometimes Hachi, too.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Since [[SpaceIsNoisy space is noise]][[AvertedTrope less]], the soundtrack has to rely on music to achieve the desired dramatic effect. It succeeds admirably.
** The opening theme.

** The former should be happy that all but one of them [[spoiler:die when Locksmith tests the ''von Braun'''s engine prototype to destruction]]. The rest of us [[spoiler:found the survivor's reappearance to be a TearJerker.]]

* TheBadGuyWins / TheExtremistWasRight: The [[Administrivia/EditWar heavily debated]] interpretation of the [[WesternTerrorists Space Defense Front]].
** The Bad Guys Won; [[spoiler:the ObviouslyEvil genocidal terrorist nations succeed in forcing the industrial nations which invested heavily in space and sacrificed lives to that effort to give up their investments, most likely causing a depression. It's unlikely that the "underdogs" will see a cent of that money, as it will likely go into the pockets of dictators - who just might be inspired by the SDF's success to further acts of terrorism. Ironically summed up by Hakim's rationale for joining the SDF: since fossil fuels are now obsolete, the oil trade that his home country had depended on could no longer provide significant revenue, making them take a back seat to nations that had already invested in alternative energy sources. Acquiescence to the SDF's demands means that the holders of the old hydrocarbon energy monopolies will still be pulling in significant amounts of money, and quite a few of them are not the nicest people ever. So, not only will dictators with ties to terrorism be rewarded, it will probably be the ''exact same'' dictators with ties to terrorism that are currently in power. Series/TwentyFour InSpace anyone?]]
** The Extremists Were Right; [[spoiler:[[WellIntentionedExtremist the united underdogs of earth]] succeed in forcing [[CorruptCorporateExecutive a bunch of fat cats]] to accept a deal that will prevent the rich nations able to afford space travel from getting dibs on all the solar system's resources while the rest of humanity is left to wither in war and poverty. Sure, they are willing to sacrifice a city of 100,000 in the process, but millions died and will continue dying from the wars and famine that INTO policies caused.]]
** The most interesting part? In the manga, the SDF is just a means for industrial saboteurs to use Third World refugees as suicide bombers against rival companies. They're just the B plot of a single chapter - Ai and Hachi's relationship is the A plot. They dissolve in the ending text.

* ActionGirl / FauxActionGirl: Tanabe. She has brave moments, but often just goes screaming for her "sempai".

* ActionGirl / FauxActionGirl: Tanabe. She has brave moments, but often just goes screaming for her "sempai".

* TheBadGuyWins / TheExtremistWasRight: The [[EditWar heavily debated]] interpretation of the [[WesternTerrorists Space Defense Front]].

** The Extremists Were Right; [[spoiler:[[WellIntentionedExtremist the united underdogs of earth]] succeed in forcing [[CorruptCorporateExecutive a bunch of fat cats]] to accept a deal that will prevent the rich nations able to afford space travel from getting dibs on all the solar systems resources while the rest of humanity is left to wither in war and poverty. Sure, they are willing to sacrifice a city of 100,000 in the process, but millions died and will continue dying from the wars and famine that INTO policies caused.]]

** The Bad Guys Won; [[spoiler:The ObviouslyEvil genocidal terrorist nations succeed in forcing the industrial nations which invested heavily in space and sacrificed lives to that effort to give up their investments, most likely causing a depression. It's unlikely that the "underdogs" will see a cent of that money, as it will likely go into the pockets of dictators - who just might be inspired by the SDF's success to further acts of terrorism. Ironically summed up by Hakim's rationale for joining the SDF: since fossil fuels are now obsolete, the oil trade that his home country had depended on could no longer provide significant revenue, making them take a back seat to nations that had already invested in alternative energy sources. Acquiescence to the SDF's demands means that the holders of the old hydrocarbon energy monopolies will still be pulling in significant amounts of money, and quite a few of them are not the nicest people ever. So, not only will dictators with ties to terrorism be rewarded, it will probably be the ''exact same'' dictators with ties to terrorism that are currently in power. Series/TwentyFour InSpace anyone?]]
** The Extremists Were Right; [[spoiler:[[WellIntentionedExtremist The united underdogs of earth]] succeed in forcing [[CorruptCorporateExecutive a bunch of fat cats]] to accept a deal that will prevent the rich nations able to afford space travel from getting dibs on all the solar systems resources while the rest of humanity is left to wither in war and poverty. Sure, they are willing to sacrifice a city of 100,000 in the process, but millions died and will continue dying from the wars and famine that INTO policies caused.]]

* ActionGirl / FauxActionGirl : Tanabe. She has brave moments, but often just goes screaming for her "sempai".

* {{Anvilicious}} : despite the very strong realism in sciences and overarching story that the series display, there is a definite lack of subtlety in how many plots are treated.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Ninjas. Cringeworthy on their own, outlandish in the context of harder-than-hard scy-fi story about space exploration.

* NeedsMoreLove

** The former should be happy that all but one of them [[spoiler:die when Locksmith tests the ''von Braun'''s engine prototype to destruction]]. The rest of us [[spoiler:found the survivor's reappearance to be a TearJerker.]]

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The anime finale. Cue waterworks.
** Nono's introduction, especially in the manga. "This is my ocean."
*** And Nono, again, in the anime's conclusion, when she [[spoiler:asks Hakim what's a "country," because she can't see Earth's borders from her Lunar home, which makes him realize [[HeelRealization how pointless his war is]] and changes his mind about killing her.]]
** "[[spoiler:Please save Yuri]]." And Yuri sending out a flower into space in the memory of his late wife.
** [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/planetes/c011/13.html Chapter 11 from the manga]].
* EarWorm: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-OyT4ivkM The intro song.]]

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Both the plots of episode 12 get quite funny, but Fee's quest for a smoke is one of the funniest things in the series. Even more notable since they managed to make a episode about a series of eco-terrorist bombings a CMOF.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Everybody in Debris Section gets one, even the clerk staff.
** Hachimaki's EVA tests deserve special mention. This troper ''cried'' when he saw it the first time.
** Werner Locksmith, satisfied with the test results from the moon incident. Even the characters were floored.

* EarWorm: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfd3NujZq0k The intro song.]]

* ActionGirl / FauxActionGirl : Tanabe. She has brave moments, but often just goes screaming for her "sempai".
* TheBadGuyWins / TheExtremistWasRight: The [[EditWar heavily debated]] interpretation of the [[WesternTerrorists Space Defense Front]].
** The Bad Guys Won; [[spoiler:The ObviouslyEvil genocidal terrorist nations succeed in forcing the industrial nations which invested heavily in space and sacrificed lives to that effort to give up their investments, most likely causing a depression. It's unlikely that the "underdogs" will see a cent of that money, as it will likely go into the pockets of dictators - who just might be inspired by the SDF's success to further acts of terrorism. Ironically summed up by Hakim's rationale for joining the SDF: since fossil fuels are now obsolete, the oil trade that his home country had depended on could no longer provide significant revenue, making them take a back seat to nations that had already invested in alternative energy sources. Acquiescence to the SDF's demands means that the holders of the old hydrocarbon energy monopolies will still be pulling in significant amounts of money, and quite a few of them are not the nicest people ever. So, not only will dictators with ties to terrorism be rewarded, it will probably be the ''exact same'' dictators with ties to terrorism that are currently in power. TwentyFour InSpace anyone?]]

** The former should be happy that all but one of them [[spoiler:die when Locksmith tests the ''Von Braun'''s engine prototype to destruction. The rest of us found the survivor's reappearance to be a TearJerker.]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Since [[SpaceIsNoisy space is noise]][[AvertedTrope less]], the soundtrack has to rely on music to achieve the desired dramatic effect. It [[{{Understatement}} succeeds admirably]].

** The former should be happy that all but one of them [[spoiler:die when Locksmith tests the ''Von Braun'''s engine prototype to destruction. The rest of use found the survivor's reappearance to be a TearJerker.]]