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3	[[folder:Alto Saotome]]
4	[[quoteright:360:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d8fb4f5b63a8d0131cd4d95bc5de685f.jpg]]
5	-->''Voiced by:'' Creator/YuuichiNakamura
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7	The main protagonist of ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'', Alto's a pilot in the Mihoshi Academy in its "Pilot Training" course. As a result of his fine, [[DudeLooksLikeALady feminine features]] and [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long hair]], [[ViewerGenderConfusion he's often mistaken for a girl at first glance]], even receiving the InSeriesNickname "Princess". Otherwise, Alto's your OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, though somewhat aloof and standoff-ish. Born into a well-known Kabuki family, his persistent yearning for the skies has made a thorny relationship with his father Ranzou Saotome. He constantly frets having to live aboard the Macross Frontier fleet, due to the lack of a "true sky". After getting the chance to pilot a [=VF-25=] Messiah variable fighter (due to its original pilot, Henry Gilliam, being killed by a Vajra space mecha-drone) and seeing the destruction brought upon by the Vajra, he makes it a point to serve the S.M.S., a private military corporation, to protect those around him and fulfill his dreams of taking to the skies. Under the designation "Skull-4", Alto serves under Major Ozma Lee of the S.M.S. Skull Squadron.
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9	Throughout the series, Alto balances both school and military life, being called into service when the Vajra attack. He also develops emotional bonds with Ranka Lee, a young girl who aspires to be a singer and shares Alto's similar drive to achieve his dreams, and Sheryl Nome, the famed IdolSinger from the Macross Galaxy fleet.
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11	* AccidentalPervert: Happens in episode 2 when he accidentally gropes Ranka's (non-existent) rack. A few episodes later, he inadvertantley catches a glimpse at Sheryl topless. Then, there's that locker room scene in episode 5...
12	%%** BadassNormal
13	%%** TookALevelInBadass
14	%%** BadassLongcoat: gains one in the 2nd movie.
15	* BelligerentSexualTension: With Sheryl.
16	* BerserkButton: Often being called as a "princess" is very embarassing for him.
17	* BettyAndVeronica: The Archie to sweet, innocent Ranka's Betty and mature, experienced Sheryl's Veronica.
18	* BigDamnHeroes: Subverted; he tries to be one at the beginning of the series but forgets a variable fighter's [[GatlingGood gunpod]] doesn't have BottomlessMagazines. Gets a better one in episode 14.
19	* BishieSparkle: Often done to emphasize his beauty.
20	* CatchAFallingStar: Today: save Ranka; Tomorrow: save Sheryl; The day after tomorrow: save Ranka; The day after that: save Sheryl. Repeat ad infinitum.
21	* CharacterTics: Almost guaranteed to make a paper plane at least once an episode or two.
22	* DisguisedInDrag: Alto in the second movie, puts on purple lipstick and dresses in a ElegantGothicLolita outfit, complete with heels in order to disguise himself when [[spoiler:busting Sheryl out of prison]].
23	* DudeLooksLikeALady: And is [[BerserkButton consistently mocked for it]], repeatedly.
24	* {{Expy}}: Of [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Tomoya Okazaki]]. Attractive blue-haired man who's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold ChickMagnet caught in a LoveDodecahedron? A-yup. they even share the same voice actor, who uses almost exactly the same tone of voice for both of them.
25	* FallingIntoTheCockpit: {{Deconstruction}}. They didn't just let Alto join immediately and even though he did, they didn't just treat him with the same respect they would for the person he replaced by sheer accident. He had to earn his position.
26	* FromRoommatesToRomance: Alto moves in with Sheryl late in the series. [[spoiler: [[AllThereintheManual The novel]] makes it clear they do end up sleeping with each other]].
27	* HeirToTheDojo: He was the heir to a prestigious family of kabuki actors, but voluntarily disowned himself.
28	%%* TheHero
29	* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: He really didn't: his cellphone was on vibrate.
30	* IJustWantToBeBadass: And boy does he become one.
31	* InSeriesNickname: Alto-hime (Princess Alto).
32	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Alto's at a rough patch in his life, and this tends to make him irritable. Underneath it all he cares deeply for his friends, [[spoiler:and is one of the few arguing for peace with the Vajra over extermination at the very end.]]
33	* JumpedAtTheCall: [[FallingIntoTheCockpit Right into the cockpit]].
34	* LeeroyJenkins: Alto has a bad habit of going off half-cocked and without a plan. He's a good enough pilot that he can often make up for it, but not all the time.
35	* LossOfIdentity: Alto's backstory. Finding his identity is his personal plot. Central to this is a theme of decision-making, and whether Alto ever really made a decision for himself or if it was the role deciding for him. [[spoiler: Arguably this was never resolved in the series, but it was in the movies]].
36	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: A rare anime example. One of Alto's defining features is his long, silky hair. Justified by backstory since he was originally meant to play female characters in kabuki, much to his chagrin.
37	* LoveTriangle: The main point of it, with Ranka and Sheryl competing at the other ends. Resolved in the second movie:[[spoiler: He chose Sheryl]].
38	* MeaningfulName: Possibly named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taichi_Saotome Taichi Saotome]], an ''onna-gata'' from the Kabuki theater, and just like his fictitious counterpart, he's also trying to [[PlayingAgainstType play against type]] as he's tired of playing feminine roles.
39	* {{Meido}}: Dressed up as one in the 2nd movie [[spoiler: during a concert [[TrojanHorse staged as a cover]] to help break Sheryl out of prison. The fact that he also does the actual sneaking in and breaking out while dressed as a maid may qualify him for NinjaMaid status]].
40	* MidSeasonUpgrade: In the TV series, it's actually a ''downgrade'' from the VF-25 Messiah to the VF-171EX, though by the end he gets a special full-armor pack for the final battle. Played straight in the movie where he goes from the VF-25 Messiah to the YF-29 Durandal, which is an incredibly powerful SuperPrototype.
41	* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: He's not in the upcoming crossover movie ''Macross [=FB7=]: Listen to My Song!'' despite the fact the movie is set during the TV show's events.]]
42	* RealMenWearPink: A fair actor, many people find him beautiful, and then of course it's almost literal with his MidSeasonUpgrade in the movie, the very pink yet very powerful YF-29 Durandal.
43	* SamuraiPonytail: He ties his hair back in this style to emphasize his masculinity (a fact that is [[ValuesDissonance sometimes lost on Western viewers]]).
44	%%* ScreamingWarrior
45	* SexForSolace: What is heavily implied to happen with Sheryl when [[spoiler: she's on the brink of despair and he confesses to her, following by asking him to "give her courage". There's a slow-pan away from them making out, and a heavily symbolic scene follows of Ranka discovering what outer space looks like, connected to Brere's Lucifer with an umbillical cord, and in a compromising position. When it cuts back to them, he's outside the door in a new shirt.]]
46	* SoBeautifulItsACurse: He seems to be the only feminine male character ''ever'' to be dissatisfied with looking so feminine, an indulges in manly hobbies like piloting partially to prove how macho he is.
47	* TrainingFromHell: Which includes firearm training, close-quarters combat, running laps around the Macross Quarter's hangar bay wearing the EX-Gear suit on without its power turned on and general hazing by the S.M.S. on NewMeat.
48	* {{Tsundere}}: A moderate case of Type A.
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51	[[folder:Ranka Lee]]
52	[[quoteright:360:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0745b5a97e13592c0444c43f4750d806.jpg]]
53	-->''Voiced by:'' Creator/MegumiNakajima
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55	One of the two female protagonists, Ranka is a lively quarter-Zentrant teenager with green hair. Her Zentradi ancestry gives her above-average resistance to the vacuum of space and hair that moves in accordance with her feelings. Ranka suffers a mild form of amnesia after having witnessed the destruction of the 117th Long Distance Research Fleet, where her biological family perished. As the adopted younger sister of Ozma Lee, she initially attends an all-girl's high school at the urging of her brother while working part-time at the Chinese restaurant "Nyan-Nyan". After her singing career takes off, she transfers to Mihoshi Academy. She develops a crush on Alto, especially after being rescued by him when the Vajra first attacked the Macross Frontier fleet.
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57	* ACupAngst: Happens to Ranka in episode 4 during the Miss Macross Contest. It doesn't help that her rather busty best friend Nanase Matsuura tries to tell her that [[HypocriticalHumor size doesn't matter]].
58	* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty, being sweet and innocent.
59	* BigDamnHeroes: Her DynamicEntry in episode 12.
60	* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler:Grace uses this to some extent to get Ranka to override Sheryl's song at the FinalBattle with ''[[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Do You Remember Love?]]'' sung for the ''Vajra''. What follows is six minutes of NUNS getting their asses kicked by judicious BeamSpam. Alto and Sheryl snap her out of it with ''[[ThePowerOfRock Northern Cross]]''.]]
61	* BreakTheCutie: She gets better.
62	* CatchAFallingStar: Not so much falling as she is ''getting sucked into space''.
63	* CharacterCatchphrase: "Embrace each other! To the ends of the galaxy!"
64	* CuteLittleFangs: [[RuleOfCute Only during her poses while singing.]]
65	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Orphaned survivor of the 117th Research Fleet which was nearly wiped out by the Vajra, leading to her TraumaInducedAmnesia.
66	* {{Deuteragonist}}: She is arguably this to Alto's protagonist as the story is just as much about her as it is about Alto's, as her rise to stardom, the circumstances behind her tragic but equally mysterious past, and her connection to the Vajra are overall given the most relevance in the plot proper.
67	* ExpressiveHair: Apparently it's a rare Zentradi trait.
68	* GlamorousWartimeSinger: In quite the traditional sense in her BigDamnHeroes moment, where she sings before two competing armies of Zentradi Marines, thus ending the fight, and notably causing NoseBleed.
69	* HalfHumanHybrid: One-Quarter Zentraedi, which is the genetic origin for her ExpressiveHair.
70	* HiveQueen: [[spoiler:Her singing slightly mimics a Vajra queen's, but she can't outright command them]].
71	* IdolSinger: The series shows her rise to stardom, to the point that she becomes as popular, if not more popular than Sheryl.
72	* IncestSubtext: [[spoiler:With Brera in 'Sheryl: Kiss in the Galaxy' manga. The undertones and the wedding dress she wears at the conclusion are hints towards this direction.]]
73	* InSeriesNickname: "Super Dimension Cinderella"
74	** [[spoiler: "Little Queen" by Grace, in regards to her being able to slightly command/influence the Vajra]].
75	* LoveEpiphany: Episode 12.
76	* LoveTriangle: The second point, rivaling Alto's affections with Sheryl.
77	%%* MacguffinGirl
78	* {{Moe}}: Ranka is cuteness incarnate, especially when she does the '''KIRA☆~''' pose while singing.
79	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Her Japanese salamander mobile phone/[=MP3=] player.
80	* NiceGirl: Is generally a very sweet girl to anyone she meets.
81	* PluckyGirl: While she has her downs due to past traumas, her plucky determination and continued perseverance towards her goal of becoming an idol were the biggest contributors that led her into becoming the big celebrity she turned into mid-story. It even helped her stop a war from happening.
82	* SmallRoleBigImpact: For ''Delta''. [[spoiler:Her unwittingly bringing in the Vajra was what causes the Vajra War. After the war concludes with the Vajra leaving the Milky Way Galaxy, they leave behind their Fold bacteria and said bacteria latches onto new hosts, infecting them with Vár Syndrome (leading to the events of ''Delta'')]]
83	* TraumaInducedAmnesia: She doesn't remember anything of her early childhood. She's repressing it due to her home and her family being destroyed before her eyes. [[spoiler: Not to mention it being ''her fault'', so to speak, for the Vajra even attacking.]]
84	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: The whole plot ultimately kicked off because Ranka innocently sang the Aimo song when a child... which called the Vajra over, and they attacked the ship. It got worse from there.]]
85	* VoiceOfTheLegion: A very kindly one [[spoiler:for the Vajra.]]
86	* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[spoiler: Ranka's song lured the Vajra to the 117th fleet where she lived with her family, leading to the destruction of said fleet, the death of her mother and [[LongLostSibling the disappearance of her brother]]]].
87	%%* WideEyedIdealist
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90	[[folder:Sheryl Nome]]
91	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sheryl_small_color_7109.jpg]]
92	-->''Voiced by:'' Creator/AyaEndo, Music/MayNakabayashi (singing voice)
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94	The second of two female protagonists, Sheryl's known as the "[[InSeriesNickname Galactic Fairy]]", a [[IdolSinger pop idol]] from the Macross Galaxy fleet who constantly topped the music charts, leading people to say it was impossible not to hear her songs if you lived in the Milky Way. Her popularity was soaring just as high in the Galaxy's sister fleet, Macross Frontier. Due to her beauty and singing talent, she's a very proud and self-assured person. Sheryl recognizes Ranka's talent and often offers to help her "[[StealthMentor behind the scenes]]" realize her dream. Sheryl's first encounter with Alto was when he served as a backup stunt performer at her first concert in the Frontier, leading her into the series' archtypical LoveTriangle.
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97	* AmbiguouslyBi: Her close friendship with Ranka is one thing, but she also "stares lewdly" at Nanase during a shower scene and comments on her figure. And the one man she's interested in is [[DudeLooksLikeALady Alto-hime]].
98	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In Episode 18, Sheryl demands to know why Ranka can [[spoiler: influence Vajra]] - and she cannot. Turns out she can, too - [[spoiler: but she's [[YourDaysAreNumbered dying]] because of it.]]
99	* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica, being mature and experienced.
100	* BelligerentSexualTension: With Alto.
101	* {{Bifauxnen}}: Some of her costumes during her concerts in the movies have her as this.
102	* BigBreastPride: She says her chest gives people hopes and dreams.
103	* BreakTheCutie: Oh dear sweet god, give this girl a hug...
104	* BrokenBase: [[InvokedTrope In show example]]: only referenced in the liner notes of the first soundtrack to the series for Sheryl's song ''Sagittarius☆9pm Don't be late'', mentioning that it was this song that threw Sheryl into the galactic spotlight. Naturally, her older fans thought ItsPopularNowItSucks.
105	* CatchAFallingStar: ''The'' falling star every time: played straight twice in the series, while Sheryl ''[[TemptingFate invokes]]'' this during the movie once. The second time it happens in the movie [[spoiler:the trope's subverted because she saves herself]].
106	* CharacterCatchphrase: "Because I'm Sheryl! '''Sheryl Nome'''!" She also likes to quote [[Anime/{{Macross7}} Nekki Basara]] in saying "Listen to my song!"
107	** The scene where she hires the SMS to save galaxy using her credit card. "The Galactic Fairy becomes the Goddess of War."
108	* ContinuityNod: She's not a [[Anime/MacrossZero Nome]] for [[ThereAreNoCoincidences no reason]].
109	* CoolCar: Her Ferrari California in Nyan Cli with a 6-speed manual. [[note]] The first-generation California (2008-2013) is available with either said 6-speed manual or a 7-speed automated twin-clutch transmission. However, out of all first-gen cars, only TWO have been produced with the 6-speed manual. This is the major reason why the second-gen California drops the 6-speed as a transmission choice, and a reason why Sheryl's California qualifies for the trope.[[/note]]
110	* CouldntFindAPen: [[spoiler:In ''The Wings Of Goodbye'', Sheryl ends up imprisoned without a pen. She writes the lyrics to a song with her own blood that she keeps coughing up from her V-type infection. What song, you ask? She called it ''[[{{Foreshadowing}} The Wings Of Goodbye]]'']].
111	* CupidsArrow: Or "Cupid's Revolver" in this case, a pink gun that shoots holographic hearts that she uses in the first movie to shoot Alto in the middle of one of her performances. It's subtle foreshadowing that [[spoiler: [[FirstGirlAfterAll she knows Alto]] and that she's set her sights on him]].
112	* DarkAndTroubledPast - Spent much of her early childhood a homeless orphan on the streets of Galaxy before she became a celebrity. [[spoiler:Her rise was made possible by Grace, who found her at age 7 and spent ten years making her a celebrity. Yes. Grace. The BigBad of the series who played a hand in the death of Sheryl's entire family, secretly (and painfully) gave her her IncurableCoughOfDeath in the name of [[TakeOverTheWorld Galactic Domination]] and [[AllThereInTheManual revenge against Mao Nome]], and sadistically discards her to die when she finds out Ranka serves her plans better]]. Ouch.
113	* DespairEventHorizon: Approached twice. [[spoiler:In episode 18 she is left a sobbing wreck. In episode 25, her song fails to override Grace's control of the Vajra and the Fold Wave pushes her V-Type Infection to its end game (that is, killing her), and Sheryl, barely conscious on the ground, resigns herself to death. Ranka [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan mentally slaps her]], then goes and [[DeusExMachina cures her illness]], which has the side effect of multiplying Sheryl's power over the Vajra significantly.]]
114	* DoNotGoGentle: [[spoiler:Luca and Leon give her the opportunity to save the Frontier, and basically use this as their argument. She takes it, even though she doesn't expect to live through the FinalBattle either way.]]
115	** Double so in the movie. What do you do when you are '''both''' [[spoiler: In last stages of terminal illness and awaiting execution in a cold cell, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking without anything to write]]? Write the lyrics for a new song with blood, of course!]]
116	* FallingIntoTheCockpit: [[{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]] with prejudice. [[EpicFail She gets shot down immediately]].
117	* FirstGirlAfterAll: Just read the trope page quote. [[spoiler: The movies reveal that she and Alto met long before the series began. She's also the First Girl introduced in the TV series. Alto and her cross paths briefly before Ranka stumbles upon him.]]
118	* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler:Surprise case. Ranka appeared to be the first girl up until near the end of the second movie, when Alto has a flashback to his Kabuki years when an inspired fan girl met him and told him she'd become the greatest IdolSinger ever. It was Sheryl, and it's pretty clear from that moment who he's to choose]].
119	* GetAHoldOfYourselfWoman: The deliverer ''and'' the recipient, [[spoiler:both with Ranka]].
120	* GodivaHair: A blink and you'll miss it in episode 3 and 7.
121	* GroupieBrigade: Who stalks her when she goes to Mihoshi Academy and chases her panties.
122	* HartmanHips: Acknowledged by Sheryl herself in ''Universal Bunny'' complete with a MaleGaze camera angle.
123	--> ''hippu na rain chiramise denjaa (I'll give you a dangerous glimpse of my hipline)''
124	* HeroicWillpower: Not the most obvious, because the only real skill she has to back it up is her singing, but she often tries very hard. [[spoiler: And it takes a lot to [[BreakTheCutie break her down]], namely the simultaneous multi-wham of her career spontaneously imploding, her up until then boss Grace turning out to be [[BigBad evil]], and the revelation she is terminally ill with no cure and has only months, perhaps weeks, to live. Yet, she still gets through it, but with a little help]]. The only time it ever truly fails her is when [[spoiler: she's [[NotQuiteDead literally at death's door]] from her "incurable" fatal disease]].
125	* HiddenDepths: She begins as a shallow RichBitch and a typical IdolSinger - "A Fabricated Icon". Only gradually we see that she is actually nice and has tons of HeroicWillpower as well as readiness to help other people. Note that she never show any contempt towards Ranka.
126	* HospitalHottie: Complete with NaughtyNurseOutfit.
127	* IdolSinger: Until the war erupts, whereupon she became a GlamorousWartimeSinger. Played with, however, as Sheryl stands out as the one singer in the entire franchise to be modeled after ''western pop stars'' rather than the traditional sweet and innocent image of a typical Japanese idol. It's most noticeable in Sheryl's outfits and overall approach being HotterAndSexier.
128	* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Subverted, since [[spoiler:it turns out to be curable]].
129	* InSeriesNickname: "The Galactic Fairy".
130	** Also counts as a RedBaron of sorts, at least in the music industry, where people treat it less as a nickname and more as an epithet that she earned.
131	* IntercourseWithYou: [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=J5pfl3M4hZo "Pink Monsoon"]]. That is all.
132	* TheLadysFavour: Sheryl gives Alto one of her earrings when he goes off to battle. [[spoiler:[[WhatTheHellHero He loses it after his fighter explodes]]; Sheryl gives him the second one before the FinalBattle, and this time she puts it on his ear]].
133	** In the movie, he never loses the earring. He keeps it and becomes an important plot point in their connection.
134	* LaserGuidedKarma: Her commitment to Ranka [[spoiler: ultimately saves her life. Twice. First she escapes the Dimension Eater because she wanted to help search for Ranka. The second time around she convinces Alto to save Ranka, and is cured of her sickness in return.]]
135	* LetsGetDangerous: Complete subversion. Sheryl's attempts to do things beyond her position as IdolSinger results in complete disaster throughout the series, and her catchphrase tends to precede the low points of her life more often than the high. [[spoiler:The straightest subversion is in Sheryl's infamous attempt to fly a Valkyrie. She says her catchphrase and even gets a ThemeMusicPowerUp and still she bungles it up.]]
136	** DoubleSubverted in the final part, when [[spoiler: her singing (combined with Ranka's) turns out a more powerful weapon than any single Valkyrie could ever be. ThePowerOfRock rules!]]
137	* LikeYouWereDying: [[spoiler:Sheryl lives her (presumed) last days as if she had won Alto in the LoveTriangle and actually sleeps with him. Later she gets drunk for no apparent reason other than living like she was dying.]] PlayedWith since [[spoiler: Sheryl had indeed won Alto, as a LoveConfession Alto wants to make to her before the final battle gets interrupted by a passionate kiss.]]
138	* LovableAlphaBitch: Sheryl's attitude can sometimes be a bit off-putting, as she is very used to being rich and famous. Nonetheless, she is a very kind person.
139	* LoveTriangle: The third point, rivaling Alto's affections with Ranka.
140	* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: In Episode 10 she [[spoiler: kisses Alto intensely, then plays it off likes it's not serious.]]
141	* MsFanservice: Seriously, there is an awful lot of Sheryl {{Fanservice}}.
142	--->'''Alto Saotome''': [[LampshadeHanging You exhibitionist]].
143	--->'''Sheryl Nome''': What did you just call me?!
144	* MusicForCourage: Possibly the most triumphant example.
145	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Ultimately subverted: by helping Ranka, Sheryl cheats herself out of her fame and career, '''and''' gets a rival in LoveTriangle, [[spoiler: But it saves her life!]]
146	* NotQuiteDead: Movies only. First [[spoiler: she and Ozma are ThrownOutTheAirlock, but Sheryl's connection to Vajra saves them. Then, this very connection puts her in a coma, but Ranka saves her with a transfusion. However, [[BittersweetEnding she is still in a coma at the end...]]]]
147	* OfficialCouple: In the movie, [[spoiler: with Alto. Sadly he gets teleported off to the edges of the universe shortly afterwards]].
148	** The TV series heavily implies this is the case as well, as a very strategically placed kiss in episode 24 shows that Sheryl seems to understand that Alto loves her. Made all the better by the fact she shuts up his LoveConfession by that kiss - it's essentially a non-verbal "I know" answer to Alto's wish.
149	* {{Ojou}}: Very rich and very glamurous, as beffiting the most popular singer in the galaxy. She also starts as a bit of a [[SugarAndIcePersonality cold tease]] towards Alto before [[DefrostingIceQueen becoming much more friendy and romantic]] towards him.
150	* PastelChalkedFreezeFrame: Sheryl gets one at the end of episode 24.
151	* [[{{Fanservice}} Playing To The Fetishes]]: Her stage shows would border on [[YouCanLeaveYourHatOn striptease]] were it not all holographic. Sheryl is a professional. Sheryl knows who [[Anime/MacrossFrontier the show]]'s [[{{otaku}} target audience]] is.
152	%%* PluckyGirl
153	* RagsToRiches: Her backstory, from homeless street urchin to fabulously rich IdolSinger.
154	* RedHerring: Sheryl's last name is the same as sisters Sara and Mao from ''Anime/MacrossZero'', Mayan High Priestesses with a unique blood type that let them do ''crazy'' stuff like make rocks float and control Protoculture technology with song. Many fans assumed even before the first episode that Sheryl would turn out to be Mao's granddaughter and that this would become a major plot point. The first part turned out to be true, but the significance of this fact only goes as far as being one of the many {{Shout Out}}s to the other series.
155	** Justified: Her actually being of that unique bloodline is only part of it, in order to use those powers, she would still need to adhere by a certain training regimen, which is taught by way of the culture of her people. But unfortunately both Sheryl's grandmother and mother died when she was young so she had no one to learn her the ways of the Mayan, and with no one to teach her it whatever powers she would have inherited from her bloodline would remain sleeping.
156	* RichBitch: Comes off as this sometimes.
157	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Frontier's government decides to ignore a distress call from Galaxy as sabotage, what's an IdolSinger to do to save people? Hire a BadassArmy of mercenaries for a rescue mission. [[spoiler:Later using the exact same action to deflect suspicion from Grace and herself of being spies]].
158	* SexSells: First ten seconds of Deculture and Yakh Deculture edition, and indeed it is very ''deculture''.
159	** Her concerts are even more egregious, but the concerts in the movies especially count. For gods' sake, when she performs "Universal Bunny", the centerpiece of her performance involves ''a French kiss between her and a {{Bifauxnen}} hologram copy of herself''. [[{{Fanservice}} Hot damn!]]
160	* SexyDiscretionShot: Sheryl gets one with Alto.
161	* SexForSolace: What is heavily implied to happen with Alto when [[spoiler: she's on the brink of despair and he confesses to her, following by asking him to "give her courage". There's a slow-pan away from them making out, and a heavily symbolic scene follows of Ranka discovering what outer space looks like, connected to Brere's Lucifer with an umbillical cord, and in a compromising position. When it cuts back to them, he's outside the door in a new shirt.]]
162	* [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou Sheryl Nome Is About To Shoot You]]: "The Galactic Fairy takes up arms for her homeland!" Comes with a PistolPose after.
163	* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Sheryl is more than OK with showing off her assets, but most of all her [[BigBreastPride all natural Hopes and Dreams]]. [[TheTease Especially to Alto.]]
164	* ShoutOut: "[[Anime/{{Macross 7}} Listen to my song!]]"
165	** She get's another Basara ShoutOut in the 2nd movie where [[spoiler: during a flashback to her first meeting with Alto, she declares that "I'll shake the galaxy with my singing more than you ever did!" mirroring Basara's similar declaration of "moving the galaxy" during the final episode of [[Anime/{{Macross7}} Macross 7]]. That declaration later becomes instrumental and making Alto remember their earlier meeting.]]
166	** Some of her [[PuttingOnTheReich costume choices]] may be one of these to an iconic and infamous scene of Creator/CharlotteRampling in the film ''Film/TheNightPorter''.
167	* TheShowMustGoOn: She often continues her singing even as the fleet is in combat, in order to keep up morale.
168	* ShowSomeLeg: How Sheryl gets onto the bridge of the ''Macross Quarter''.
169	* ShutUpKiss: Episode 24 to Alto. [[spoiler:And he was going to spill his true feelings, too. This is the whole reason why the audience doesn't know how the LoveTriangle ends. Well, that and an annoyingly placed The End.]]
170	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Sheryl's glamorous, rich, has a great singing voice and is quite possibly the hottest woman in the entire Milky Way. As it turns out, however, she wants a kind soul to live with, and Alto is like a match made in heaven.
171	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The Lion version of the opening title writes her name as "Sheryl Noam", a typo which persists to the brief shot of her album artwork. Early artwork also had a habit of writing her name as "Cheryl".
172	** The Blu-Ray release of ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' actually fixed Sheryl's name in the Lion opening title, but not the [=CDs=] in Episode 18.
173	*** Apparently, [[WordOfGod Word Of Random Artist That Did That Shot]] is that he intentionally made the [=CDs=] that way because they're actually pirated copies of Sheryl's songs.
174	* StealthMentor: To Ranka
175	* {{Stripperific}}: Her stage outfits.
176	** Stage outfits nothing; some of her ''regular'' attire are this.
177	* StrongFamilyResemblance: She closely resembles [[Anime/MacrossZero her great aunt Sara Nome]].
178	* SubspaceAnsible: [[spoiler:Sheryl's earrings]].
179	* TheTease: Especially with Alto, but she gives it to more than a few people.
180	* TenMinuteRetirement: [[spoiler:She loses her original reasons for singing (which are implied to have been largely self centered) when her career vanishes and she finds out she's terminally ill, announcing to Alto that she doesn't want to sing anymore and wants to try something else. She later decides that instead of singing for herself, she can sing for everyone else]].
181	* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Subverted hilariously.
182	* TookALevelInKindness: From shittalking Alto's Ex-gear team in episode 1, to singing for everyone's sake at the end of the series. She made a '''big''' jump.
183	* TryNotToDie: Sheryl gives a variation of this to Alto...[[spoiler: Twice]].
184	* {{Tsundere}}: Tends to Type B, significantly intermixed with TheTease.
185	* UnlimitedWardrobe: IdolSinger, natch. [[spoiler:Becomes a bit more limited after episode 18]]. In the world of art this is almost a meme, as official and fan art both frequently portray her in an enormous and fashionable variety of outfits, many original to the artwork in question. Often this is even while other members of the cast are wearing the same outfits they always do in the very same image as Sheryl's totally new one. Can also be taken literally, given that during performances, whatever she's wearing is done through special effects.
186	* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Drops Alto's talisman down her shirt in as "insurance" that he'll look for her missing earring. Also used to carry her cell phone in the movies.
187	* WhipOfDominance: Sheryl's stage mic is shaped like the handle of a whip, and can even be cracked like one, fitting her self-assured and domineering persona. This is even invoked further one time when she calls Alto her "slave" and Luca has an ImagineSpot of her DressedLikeADominatrix whipping a BoundAndGagged Alto.
188	* WholesomeCrossdresser: During one of her early performances in the second movie.
189	* YouAreNotAlone: Occasionally has to be reminded of this in both the movies and the series. Alto tells her those four very words in ''The False Songstress'', and the very last four words of ''Diamond Crevasse'' are "[[{{foreshadowing}} You are not alone]]".
190	* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:V-Type Infection, which was thought during most of the series to be incurable.]]
191	[[/folder]]

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