Line #95 Anime/TenchiMuyoWarOnGeminar


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3	The 2009 anime ''Tenchi Muyo: War on Geminar'' (known as ''Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari[[note]] Saint Knight's Tale [[/note]]'' in its native Japan) is a Canon {{spinoff}} of the ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' {{OVA}} series that takes place 15 years after ''Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP''. The main character, Tenchi's half brother Kenshi, is forcefully taken from his home and his family by unknown forces, and sent to a new alternate universe on a planet called Geminar (aka the former Sandy Planet many years after the events of ''Anime/PhotonTheIdiotAdventures''). There are a few thinly veiled references and nods to the ''Tenchi Muyo'' series while Omake material released in Manga, Novel and Doujinshi formats expands the series and further fleshes out the overall story (something Masaki Kajishima has a reputation for).
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5	At the beginning of the show, Kenshi has been told he needs to help with an assassination plot in return for going home. The target of assassination is the newly crowned queen of one of the lands in this world. When faced with killing a girl roughly the same age as him he can't do it. Eventually, he ends up being a servant of the queen while she is attending a super elite school for nobility and pilots for somewhat organic looking super robots. Being the little brother of the guy who pretty much made the HaremGenre what it is today, it doesn't take long before the good ole [[ChickMagnet Masaki charm]] goes to work and gets chased by almost every girl in the school.....literally.
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7	The show was released in OVA format (one episode a month), but also aired on television through Japanese pay-per-view service. The first episode was later "enhanced" with extra scenes for the Blu-Ray release. Creator/FUNimation licensed the series and released a dub in 2013.
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10	!!The show provides examples of the following tropes:
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12	* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: {{Justified\|Trope}} due to the fact that many world leaders' children go to this school. [[spoiler: One episode they elect Kenshi to the school government just so that everyone's attention will be on him and they can actually get work done.]]
13	* AccidentalPervert: Seems Kenshi's ''Massage Mode'' brings this up to some girls.
14	* AllAmazonsWantHercules: As the series progresses Kenshi's harem keeps getting bigger until [[spoiler: it pretty much includes everyone at the school. Keep in mind that the attendants at the school include the kids of all the top leaders of the world's governments.]]
15	* AllThereInTheManual: [[spoiler: ''Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki'' OVA series 5 serves as a prologue to this series, answering why Kenshi was specifically chosen to be sent to Geminar.]]
16	* AlmightyJanitor: Before Kenshi reveals that he's a Seikishi, he manages to earn this kind of reputation as Lashara's servant.
17	* [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Amazingly Embarrassing Mother]]: Flora.
18	* AmazonBrigade: Male Seikijin pilots are extremely rare, so most fighting is actually done by the far more numerous girls.
19	* AnimalMotifs:
20	** Not a real animal, but the girls at the school frequently compare Kenshi to the native Koro, a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter two-tailed white squirrel-like creature]]. It's one of the reasons that so many of the girls develop a crush on him.
21	** Given that Kenshi acts like a male version of Ryo-Ohki much of the time.
22	* AnimeHair: Present and accounted for.
23	* BackgroundMagicField: The "Draft of Ena", which supplies power to the Seikijin mecha and most of the {{Magitek}} in the series. It only extends to a certain height, so some areas, like the highlands, are off-limits without special equipment.
24	* BattleHarem: Most of Kenshi's harem are pilots.
25	* BetaCouple: Ceres and his girlfriend Hazuki, once they join the crew of the ''Swan''.
26	* BetterThanSex: Kenshi's massages are all but described as this. It leaves any woman in a constant state of near orgasm for several hours until a simple touch or movement sets it off. There is also a very large request from the girls who want to experience this massage just before their wedding in the future, with another girl wondering why since said girls know full well their future husbands would never be able to make them feel anywhere close as good.
27	* BewareTheNiceOnes:
28	** DO NOT PISS OFF Kenshi. It is incredibly hard to do but the line is there.
29	** Also, the students at the Holy Academy spend so much time acting like... schoolgirls, it's easy to forget that, say, [[ShrinkingViolet Lapis]] is a fully-trained fighter who knows how to use a HumongousMecha.
30	* BeyondTheImpossible: When Lashara and Chiaia are in a forage cooking duel, despite going with a "shotgun approach"[[note]]collect everything and hope they get enough good stuff[[/note]], they somehow managed to collect only poisonous plants. Uylte actually compliments them on being able to pull that off.
31	* {{BFS}}: Some of the Seikijin wield these. In episode 12 [[spoiler: Kenshi compresses a ''mountain'' to create a huge stone {{BFS}}. Which turns into an ''even bigger'' LaserBlade in the final episode. Which then turns into a smaller but far more powerful ''Light Hawk Sword'']].
32	* BigBad: Babalun [[spoiler: who is being controlled by the core crystal of the Seikishin Gaia that was implanted in him at a young age. Gaia itself is TheManBehindTheMan scheming to revive itself.]]
33	* [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Those Four Girls]]: In episode 12, when Lan attacks Kenshi's group while they're creating the Tenchi-Ken; they arrive in the nick of time, giving Kenshi enough time to finish the sword and save the day.
34	* BlessedWithSuck: The GenderRarityValue of Male Seikishi. You are absolutely popular with the ladies, to the point that you will pretty much be farmed out to many female Seikishi like a prized stallion, and possibly even kidnapped and sold to noble families for breeding purposes.
35	* BloodlessCarnage: You can rip a Sekishi in pieces, but you never see anything else really bleed.
36	* BodyguardCrush: Emera to Dagmyer.
37	* BookEnds: The OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness in the first and last scenes.
38	* BoisterousBruiser: Aura's father.
39	* CastAsAMask: Used as a RedHerring when Mexiah had the same voice actress as the mysterious masked woman Neizai who tended to show up when Mexiah disappeared. [[spoiler:Mexiah was actually the alter ego of Doll (different actress), and Neizai was actually Rea Second (different actress). The show actually throws a red herring in the WhamEpisode, when Ulyte talks to Neizai while the camera shows a closeup of Mexiah with MindControlEyes... with her mouth conveniently obscured.]]
40	* ChainedToABed: In Episode 07: in order to protect Kenshi from his mob of rabid fangirls the day before the school's Sports Tournament, Mexiah chains Kenshi by his attendant collar and drags him to her room "for safekeeping". During a conversation at night Mexiah learns that on Earth the majority of people receive Sexual Education through classes and not by first-hand experience with an adult. Deciding to correct that, Mexiah prevents Kenshi from escaping using the chain leash and forces herself on him, with Kenshi loudly yelling "No" as the scene cuts to the next day.
41	** This scene could also be placed under the ImpliedRape and DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale tropes.
42	* CharacterDevelopment: The first half of the series is devoted to this (and {{Fanservice}}). Initially Kenshi just wants to go home. While he never really loses that goal, he also grows closer to his fellow students at the academy including the members of his UnwantedHarem. All so that by the time the series gets back to the mecha action, Kenshi actually has a reason to fight other than "I want to go home".
43	* ChasteHero: Kenshi shows some signs of it, but we can't blame him; he just wants to go home.
44	* ChekhovsGag: Wahanly creates a generator for the training PoweredArmor to use it to chase Kenshi down in the fifth episode. [[spoiler:The modified armor gets used for guerilla warfare in the last episode.]]
45	* ChickMagnet: Kenshi of course.
46	** Due to cooking skills, strength/speed, and all around niceness. The fact that male Seikijin pilots are already in high demand around here doesn't hurt, either.
47	* ClingyJealousGirl: Lashara when she actually sees affection that might get Kenshi from under her thumb (especially involving her [[TheRival Rival]]). Chiaia whenever Kenshi appears too happy. Both whenever there's something to blame or exploit.
48	* ColorCodedCharacters: The various Seikijin have colors and outward appearances dependent on who is piloting them.
49	* ColourfulThemeNaming: Those Four Girls have names loosely based on their hair colors -- Yeliss, Bwoole, Gryino, and Wreda. Their ''Seikijin'' is even the same color as their hair color.
50	* ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory: Lashara and Chiaia decide to hide Kenshi's connection to the white Seikijin that attacked the ''Swan'' in the first episode by having him serve as one of Lashara's servants. Instead of revealing he's from another dimension (which would basically ruin the deception by itself), Kenshi hides his unfamiliarity with the customs of the world of Geminar by claiming to be from "Kouchi" -- the highlands (''Kouchi'' actualy means this) above the Draft of Ena which powers the Seikijin and the other {{Magitek}}, and whose residents are conveniently isolated socially as well as physically.
51	* CookingDuel: A literal example breaks out in the fifth episode when Maria tries to set a HoneyTrap for Kenshi; Aura suggests that everyone gathers ingredients in the forest and cook a pot-dish with them. The best dish wins ownership of Kenshi.
52	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Kenshi and Flora.
53	* DarkActionGirl: Lan. (Doll seems to be one at first, but after the reveal in episode 8 [[spoiler:she's more of a BrainwashedAndCrazy FemmeFatale]].)
54	* DarwinistDesire: It is revealed that due to male Mecha Masters being so rare, they are made to marry female Mecha Masters to produce superior Mecha Masters. Kenchi even compares male Mecha Masters treatment as if they were breeding horses and the sperm of a male Mecha Master is very valuable. Women Mecha Masters on the other hand are free to marry whoever they want since there is so many of them.
55	* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Several members of his harem but in particular: Chiaia, whenever he appears happy, quota demands it, or just when she's bored or something good happens to him. Lashara and Mexiah whenever there's an opportunity to exploit him for their own gain or to make him unhappy, and Lithia who refuses to acknowledge him, and frequently puts him down (much like the others in this list).
56	* DubNameChange: In Funimation's subtitled streams, they changed "Seikishi (Holy Machine Wielders)" to "Sacred Mechamaster", "Seikijin (Holy Machine Men)" to "Sacred Mechanoid", "Seieishi (Holy Defenders)" to "Sacred Mechaguardian", "Seikishin (Holy Machine God)" to "Sacred Mechalord", and "Kikkoujin (Machine Workers)" to "Mechaworker".
57	* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Mexiah is quite popular amongst the girls.
58	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Ulyte seems a bit too ''friendly'' with Kenshi.[[spoiler: That's likely because Ulyte shares his body with his ''sister''.]]
59	* EveryoneChasingYou: This keeps happening to Kenshi as he gets more popular and in more important positions. By the fifth episode, [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Four Girls]] organize the student body to do it more efficiently using tactics, traps, radios, and even PoweredArmor.
60	* {{Expy}}: To keep it short, Kenshi is Tenchi's half-brother, and as such he has almost all the traits of his sibling in ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', only in a different world.
61	* {{Fanservice}}: Of course.
62	* FauxActionGirl: Lan comes across as a Faux DarkActionGirl. More generally, the trope gets ''inverted'' here: most Seikishi (pilots) are female, and the few male pilots are coddled, condescended to, given substandard training, and treated like "stud horses". Dagmyer's rebellion is partially a JackieRobinsonStory, trying to prove that male Seikishi can hold their own on the battlefield -- but after a promising start, they get shoved to the sidelines and outshone by the women on Babalun's side (Kenshi and Aura's father are full-fledged Action Guys, though).
63	* FetishFuelFuture: Some of the previous otherworlders brought to Geminar made their marks on the culture -- like the pillow fight in episode six. Kenshi's disturbed about how much of it he recognizes from his father's "[[PornStash library]]".
64	* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Kenshi -- from our world, into Lashara's.
65	* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Naua is explaining that Doll was one of three Sacred Mechamasters created to defeat the Mechalord, one of the outlines is clearly [[spoiler: Rea Second, who later in the episode reveals she is a traitor just like Doll]].
66	* FloatingContinent: Shtrayu uses these to make their CoolAirship: Crystals are buried in the ground around a control temple to make a desired shape.
67	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
68	** Naua states there were two Sacred Mechamasters that defeated the Mechalord, but one was destroyed while the second was Doll. [[spoiler: The one that was destroyed clearly looks like Rea Second.]]
69	** He also mentions about how crystals were used to store the memory and skills of a Mechamaster, which reveals [[spoiler: why Rea Second is still alive, as her crystal was put into Uylte.]]
70	* {{Freakout}}: Several, one that comes to mind when the girls find out Kenshi's ''secret'' ingredient for flavor in his soup.
71	* FreeLoveFuture: Alternate Dimension variant.
72	* GenderRarityValue: Male Seikishi are rare enough (one male to every ten females) that they are kept off the battlefield to help ensure that they marry and have children with female Seikishi. Kenshi equates this to male Sekishi being little more than stud horses.
73	* HappyEndingMassage: Turns out Kenshi's massages give the girls this feeling as an aftereffect.
74	* HimeCut: Maria
75	* HoneyTrap: Maria persuades Yukine into trying to set one for Kenshi, to both [[ShipperOnDeck help her bodyguard win Kenshi's heart]] and [[UnknownRival put one over on Lashara]].
76	* HotBlooded: King Shurifon, who's chewing the scenery in almost all his scenes. Quite an unusual behavior for an ''elf''.
77	* HotForStudent: Definitely Mexiah [[spoiler: and maybe "Ulyte"]] for Kenshi.
78	* HourOfPower: Pilots can only operate Seikijin for limited amounts of time. How long depends on the individual pilot.
79	* HumongousMecha: The Seikijin. Prominent in episode one, then all but ignored until episode 8.
80	* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Kenshi is a rather bizarre case. In episode 3, Mexiah somehow brainwashes him to make him turn into a "berserker massage machine" at her command. Then she gets Wahan, Aura, Lithia, Yukine, and various other girls to help him practice without getting into the specifics. Afterwards, all of them are left in states of heightened arousal and sensitivity; in Yukine's case, ''just being lightly tapped on the back'' nearly triggered an orgasm.
81	** In episode 6, Lashara and Maria trigger his "massage machine" state again to get payback from Queen Flora for their earlier humiliations in that episode -- knowing only that Kenshi's massages leave girls "paralyzed", and not the nature of said "paralysis". This backfires on them; they are forced to stay up all night to make sure Flora didn't take things any further, [[spoiler: and from that moment on Flora has an interest in poor Kenshi]].
82	* IfItsYouItsOkay: The girls like Kenshi so much they are willing to let him wash their backs, and more, in their hot springs bath.
83	* ImpossiblyDeliciousFood: A Rare Mushroom is this for the Dark Elves, the fact that Kenshi is able to find these mushrooms easily and just [[WorthlessYellowRocks gives it to them]] makes him very popular.
84	* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Justified as there is a much higher chance for a woman to be a Sacred Mechamaster. Because of this they are thought of as being easily disposable compared to men.
85	* InNameOnly: The series has extremely loose connections to the Tenchi franchise. The main character, Kenshi, is said to be Tenchi's younger half-brother, but that's the closest it gets. In fact, the series' title in Japan was ''Saint Knight's Tale'', and was created by Masaki Kajishima as a very loose spinoff to his Tenchi franchise. Creator/FUNimation changed the title for marketing purposes and to better establish it as a part of the Tenchi series.
86	** During the aftermath of the first "Massage Mode" scene, Kenshi is thinking what could have made him susceptible to hypnosis. Cue the shadowy profile of Washu from the main series using a coin on a string as a stereotypical hypnosis pendulum in order to erase part of Kenshi's memories.
87	* KarmicDeath: In episode 11, [[spoiler:Cliff kidnaps Ceres and Hazuki and [[IHaveYourWife uses Hazuki]] to force Ceres to become an ActionBomb in a bid to kill Kenshi]]. Needless to say, [[spoiler:Cliff meets his end less than halfway through the episode]]. Also a case of LaserGuidedKarma. [[spoiler:Dagmyer]], [[EvenEvilHasStandards who reluctantly approved of the plan in the first place]], [[spoiler:suffers a milder karmic punishment in the form of a FreakOut and VillainousBreakdown that he doesn't recover from until the end of the ''next'' episode]].
88	** This is a borderline example, since [[spoiler:Kenshi did throw Cliff off a cliff]]. However, since [[spoiler:it was Cliff's scheme that sent Kenshi into UnstoppableRage in the first place]] it still fits.
89	* KidHero: Kenshi is 15, but looks and acts young enough to qualify.
90	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Cordyline in episode 10. Her daughter follows suit in the last episode by Emera.]]
91	* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Dagmyer's cronies (well, except [[KarmicDeath Cliff]]) finally drop any pretense of loyalty to Babalun roughly at the ''start'' of the final episode, and only wait for the good moment to surrender, snarking all the time.
92	%%* LargeHam: [[BigBad Babalun]], though the king of Shurifon also breaks out ham and cheese quite regularly. ZERO CONTEXT EXAMPLE
93	%%* LikesOlderWomen: [[spoiler: Dagmyer]] apparently, with Cordyline. [[spoiler:It didn't last long.]] ZERO CONTEXT EXAMPLE
94	* LonelyAtTheTop: In the end, it's implied [[spoiler: Dagmyer is pretty much alone except for his bodyguard.]]
95	%%* LostTechnology
96	%%* LuminescentBlush: Spinoff of Tenchi -- of course it has to have this. ZERO CONTEXT EXAMPLE
97	%%* MadScientist: Wahanly, who is basically a more energetic version of Washu. ZERO CONTEXT EXAMPLE
98	%%* {{Magitek}}: The Ahou-based technology used in most of the show. ZERO CONTEXT EXAMPLE
99	%%* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: The Seikishin Gaia.]] ZERO CONTEXT EXAMPLE
100	%%* AMechByAnyOtherName: The Seikijin ("Holy Machine Men"). ZERO CONTEXT EXAMPLE
101	* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Inverted. Due to a lot more women are born as Sacred Mechamasters, male Sacred Mechamasters are very valuable and aren't allowed to do anything that might cause them harm.
102	* MentalFusion: [[spoiler: Doll's mind essentially merges with Mexiah's in the aftermath of episode 8. Neizai[=/=]Reia implies that this is what happened to her and Ulyte after his "death" in the final episode.]]
103	* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal:
104	** Kenshi. In the first episode, he starts out serving the "Masked Knight" ([[FirstEpisodeTwist Dagmyer]]) while trying to assassinate Lashara, in the hopes of getting home. Dagmyer tries to force Kenshi to do the dirty work he failed at, insults him at every opportunity, tries to have him killed [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness when he outlived his usefulness]], and adds insult to injury by admitting that he'd never intended to help Kenshi return home in the first place. A few minutes later, Dagmyer's ''offended'' that Kenshi decided to betray his "benefactor" and fight his way out of danger.
105	** [[spoiler: The reason why the male pilots betrays the school, because they were sick of being treated as if they were merely stud horses.]]
106	* MookHorrorShow: Kenshi, both in and out of his Seikijin, is a fearsome opponent...and that's ''before'' you [[UnstoppableRage piss him off]].
107	* MsFanservice: Mexiah. ''By far.'' All the women in the cast have their moments, but Mexiah particularly enjoys driving Kenshi nuts.
108	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Kenishi using his SuperStrength, speed, and badassness to do chores around the school. A ''lot'' faster than the staff can handle (ex. by the time it took a maid to finish half her room cleanings, he finished the same number and came to help her). And that mosaic on the arc. While the three artisans are discussing how to replicate the original mosaic on one tower, Kenshi was already done.
109	* MythologyGag: Kenshi's constant musings about his older sisters, who are obviously Tenchi's harem. None of them have shown up in the show yet, except for a silhouette of Washuu hypnotizing Kenshi. In addition, Kenshi behaves like Ryo-Ohki when upset, and has a shard of crystal from Ryo-Ohki in a necklace. Doll is very similar to D of ''Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure'' both in terms of appearance (also shared with Neju of ''Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP'') and origins.
110	** [[spoiler: In the last episode, Kenshi transforms his Seikijin's BFS into a giant Light Hawk Sword and cuts through the "invincible" Gaia's Shield like a hot knife through butter.]]
111	** There are also multiple references to Kajishima's ''Anime/PhotonTheIdiotAdventures''. The Koros are more realistic versions of the animal mascot from ''Photon''; Lashara's name is a reference to both Photon Earth and Lashara Moon, Flora and Maria share the surname Nanadan with the villain Papacha, and Lithia shares the same last name as the Pochis. Also, Ahou magic was the MacGuffin of the ''Photon'' series. According to WordOfGod, this is because ''Photon'' took place in Geminar's distant past.
112	* TheOjou: Aura, Lithia, and Morga.
113	* OldMaid: Mexiah can be considered part of this as at her age because she is still not married.
114	* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The text conversations at the beginning of the first episode and the end of the finale. According to WordOfGod, they are two of the Goddesses from the OVA continuity (Tsunami, Washu, or Tokimi).%%invoked
115	* OvershadowedByAwesome: Turns out Kenshi is one of the ''weakest'' members of his family, imagine the others then.
116	* PunchClockVillain: Kenshi in the first episode. It doesn't last.
117	* PuppeteerParasite: [[spoiler: Gaia's core crystal became one of these for both Babalun and his father.]]
118	* RapeAsDrama: It's implied that the female Seikishi hunting Ceres at the start of episode 11 "had their way" with him beforehand. Everybody seems to get over it after his girlfriend is rescued, but this seems to be part of what drove Kenshi berserk.
119	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler: Mexiah, aka Doll. Also, Wahanly's actual age is 97.]] Kenshi at one point wonders if Lashara belongs to this trope (she doesn't) because of her mature attitude and his experience with the person whose picture is currently on said trope's page. Really, though, it wouldn't be a ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' series without this trope in play somehow. To make it clear, Kenshi is at least 18 years junior to his own brother (he's the Rhea and Nobuyuki's son, and they've married only by the end of the third OVA, when Tenchi already graduated), and ''82'' to his sister!
120	* RealMenWearPink: Kenshi can cook, clean and kick your ass 12 ways to Sunday.
121	* RedStringOfFate: Invoked in episode 4; Chiaia spends the episode trying to weave a (red) cord to replace the chain of Kenshi's pendant (which she broke while scolding him). She's embarrassed and horrified when Lashara's OldRetainer tells everyone about this otherworld custom, and immediately tries to make Kenshi give the cord back. [[spoiler:A few episodes later (after she gives up on Dagmyer) when she sees the pendant again, she decides she doesn't mind anymore.]]
122	* RescueRomance: In a sense -- in episode 3 Kenshi gets Lapis her handkerchief back after it's thrown from a cliff. Without ropes. Using a vine to climb down.
123	* TheResenter: [[spoiler: Dagmyer]] becomes more fearful and resentful of Kenshi as time passes, [[VillainousBreakdown and it shows]].
124	* RewatchBonus: Characters actions and comments make a lot more sense after a rewatching the series.
125	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Lahara does acounting of her country's finances, and [[spoiler:later on Kenshi becomes king]].
126	* RunningGag: Relentless attempts of the older heroines (mainly Mexiah and Flora, but it's not only them) to ''[[BlackComedyRape have their way]]'' with Kenshi.
127	* SequelHook: Nothing else can be said about the ultra-ambiguous ending. The jewel's still glowing, ends with the antagonists, etc, etc.
128	* SharingABody: [[spoiler:After Neizai[=/=]Rea's core crystal was implanted in Ulyte, they ended up switching forms depending on whose will was stronger. Neizai eventually took full control of their body when Ulyte's strength gave out.]]
129	* ShoutOut: [[TheOjou Morga]]'s Seikijin in the last episode is an [[CaptainErsatz ersatz]] [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter-1]], complete with double tomahawks. [[TheBerserker And she uses it in the appropriate manner, too]].
130	* ShutUpHannibal: Kenshi uses this on Babalun when he tries to [[spoiler: add MoreThanMindControl to his attempt to use the same brainwashing that he used on Mexiah[=/=]Doll.]]
131	* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler: Kenshi of all people]] sports one in episodes 11 and 13.
132	* SmugSnake: Lan
133	* SpiderTank: Wahan's Kikkoujin[=/=]Mechaworkers.
134	* StalkerWithATestTube: After Kenshi reveals that he's a Seikishi, he starts to run into this trope from the various nations of Geminar (mostly in the form of various factions of his LoveDodecahedron); Lashara's mostly happy at the chance to play middleman.
135	* StealthSequel: WordOfGod says Geminar is a post-apocalyptic Sandy Planet from ''Anime/PhotonTheIdiotAdventures''.
136	* SuperBreedingProgram: In order to ensure a strong future generation of future pilots, all of the Seikishi are effectively in one of these; they're required to have children with multiple designated partners before finally being allowed to marry. The male Seikishi have it worse, being treated like "stud horses" before ending up in {{Bureaucratically Arranged Marriage}}s.
137	* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: [[spoiler:The final episode of ''Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki'' OVA series 5 reveals that the reason Kenshi was sent over was not only because of his mother Rea's orders, but because if Tenchi or any of the others went over there to fix things, it would have caused grave consequences for the planet.]]
138	* SuperiorSpecies: The Dark Elves of Shurifon such as Aura are physically superior to everyone on the planet -- at least until Kenshi appeared. They do possess an AchillesHeel [[spoiler: a period of time in the day when they are incredibly weak]], which according to a MrExposition scientist in episode 11 [[spoiler: may be because their bodies are still adjusting to life on a planet other than their homeworld]].
139	* SupremeChef: Turns out the secret ingredient Kenshi needed to make his soup better was [[spoiler: adding dried and powdered bugs]].
140	* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler: Cliff]] has a FreakOut when he sees that Kenshi escaped his "perfect" plan to kill him.
141	** [[spoiler: Babalun has a similar reaction in the final episode when Kenshi cleaves the "unbreakable" Gaia's Shield]].
142	* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Four Girls]]: The four Holy Academy students with multicolored hair who make several appearances through the series (and have crushes on Kenshi, naturally.)
143	* TowerOfBabel: The large Tower Ship Babalun uses is called Babel.
144	* ToxicPhlebotinum: A lesser variation -- most Ahou technology makes normal people ill without shielding. Seikishi (pilots) are people who can use the Seikijin mecha [[HourOfPower for a useful amount of time]] before becoming sick.
145	* {{Tsundere}}: Lashara (Type B), Chiaia and Lithia (Type A) all fit the bill to some degree.
146	* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Chiaia to Dagmyer; among other factors, the fact that he wasn't allowed to marry for love as a male Seikishi complicated their relationship. It comes to a head in episode 9 when [[spoiler: [[ManipulativeBastard Dagmyer tries to exploit her crush]] by asking her to kill Kenshi. In a ShoutOut to an incident in the original ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' OVA, she nearly goes through with it but backs out at the last moment.]] Even after this she still tries to persuade Dagmyer to change his mind before it's too late. During a very tense situation she ultimately [[spoiler: chooses to go with Kenshi to save Lashara instead of staying with Dagmyer. This just causes Dagmyer to resent Kenshi even more.]]
147	* UnluckyEverydude: Kenshi ''appears'' to be this at first, what with the whole "launched into a strange world [[UnwantedHarem surrounded by crazy women]] thing...[[GodModeSue until he starts proving how]] ''[[GodModeSue vastly]]'' [[GodModeSue superior he is to almost everyone around him.]] The funny thing is that as he mentions himself, he isn't used to this, since [[OverShadowedByAwesome he was always weak compared to the outrageously powerful "sisters" he grew up with]]. However, put in a more "downscaled" environment, only Doll and the strongest dark elves even come close to his abilities.
148	* UnstoppableRage: Subverted. Kenshi's rage does give him the power to escape from a deadly trap on his own and grants his Seikijin increased strength, but it also [[HeroicRROD causes the mecha to reach its operational limits even faster]].
149	* UnwantedHarem: It ''is'' a ''Tenchi'' spinoff, after all.
150	* VillainDecay: If he didn't KickTheDog so many times, you'd almost feel sorry for [[spoiler: Dagmyer]].
151	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Dagmyer]] has one spanning most of the series due to growing fear and resentment of Kenshi. It culminates in a FreakOut and complete mental collapse in episode 11 [[spoiler: after Kenshi goes ''[[UnstoppableRage berserk]]'' in his Seikishi, brutally kills one of his comrades, and nearly does the same to Dagmyer, scaring him shitless]].
152	* VillainousValour: [[spoiler: Dagmyer's]] duel with Kenshi in the final episode is made of this trope. He's still hopelessly outmatched, but he faces his fears head-on and meets defeat with honor.
153	* VitriolicBestBuds: Lashara and Maria.
154	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Mexiah/Doll. [[spoiler: And [[GenderBender Ulyte/Reia]].]]
155	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Dagmyer wants to change the status quo because he's sick of being treated like a stud horse. Too bad he's doing this by following Babalun's orders.
156	* WhamEpisode: Episode 8. [[spoiler:AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs, Dagmyer's plan is revealed, Doll makes her triumphant return, the audience gets their fill of HumongousMecha action... and [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass everyone finds out what Kenshi can really do]].]]

Context Anime / TenchiMuyoWarOnGeminar