Line #40 Fanfic/TheTaleOfSephirothGokuTheStampede


1	-->'''pipes!:''' Let me tell you about my [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]] character. [...] He's from my favourite animes! [...] He has a red [[BadassLongcoat trenchcoat]] and he has a gun, but he only shoots the gun to hurt things, 'cause he doesn't believe in killing.
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3	It was an ordinary day for the LetsPlay/FreelanceAstronauts. Maxwell Adams was playing VideoGame/FZero GX's Story Mode, while his best friends Evek, pipes!, and Ferr watched. Of course, as Maxwell's friends were unable to pick up a controller and harass him the direct way, they decided to use the old-fashioned technique of distracting him with interesting conversations. By the time that Maxwell reached Chapter 6, pipes! had decided to talk about a D&D character of his based on his favourite anime and manga.
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5	What came out of his mouth (though the other Freelance Astronauts, even Maxwell, helped contribute parts) was '''The Tale of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]] [[Manga/DragonBall Goku]] [[Anime/{{Trigun}} the Stampede]]''', which in a few minutes [[AffectionateParody went through as many tropes related to the medium as could fit.]] Being a tropeable story, albeit an abbreviated one, it was worthy of a page of its very own here on Website/TVTropes.
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7	The Tale can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3UsDSdxCEk&t=4m13s here]].
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9	!!Tropes present in the Tale of Sephiroth Goku the Stampede:
10	* {{Angst}}: Sephiroth Goku the Stampede suffers from this after his girlfriend's death.
11	* TheAristocrats: TheReveal [[spoiler:at the very end shows that the entire Tale is this]].
12	* BadassLongcoat: Sephiroth Goku the Stampede has [[Manga/{{Trigun}} a red trench coat similar to another Stampede's...]]
13	* BigBad: The Evil Buff CEO Vampire Wizard.
14	* BishonenLine: The robot's final form is nothing more than a slightly different robot.
15	* CaptainObvious: "And the big robot said 'I am a big robot'..."
16	* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: "...And then a big laser burst out of his chest because he believed in himself!"
17	* CollateralDamage: Explicitly referenced and averted, as the city can go underground during the robot fights because it needs to not get exploded.
18	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The Buff CEO Vampire Wizard and his Board Of Directors.
19	* DeathByIrony: Because the Evil Buff CEO Vampire Wizard had turned Sephiroth into a vampire in the future, Sephiroth survived an attack to the heart ([[OurVampiresAreDifferent because Vampires don't have hearts]]) and killed the past Vampire Wizard with a WaveMotionGun that's like the sun but eight hundred times worse.
20	* EmpathicWeapon: The time-travelling HumongousMecha that Sephiroth finds under a rock want to be his friend, and tells him that he believes in the power of him.
21	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While the Tale of Sephiroth Goku the Stampede is being told, [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon is racing through a busy street with a bomb strapped to his car]].
22	* FutureMeScaresMe: Averted; Sephiroth and his past self become best friends instantly.
23	* GoldfishPoopGang: The Board of Directors working for the Buff CEO Vampire Wizard may be this, as their only purpose in the story is to oppose Sephiroth on behalf of their boss.
24	* HappilyEverAfter: After the BigBad is erased from the timeline and Sephiroth's girlfriend is brought back to life, they go on a picnic together.
25	* IAmNotLeftHanded: In the finale, Sephiroth reveals that his robot can ''also'' transform!
26	* InterspeciesRomance: Averted; Sephiroth used to be an Angel, and then he was a Demon, but he gave up his powers to be with a mortal girl at the beginning of the tale. Sadly, he then gets turned into a Vampire, and accidentally kills the girl.
27	* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: The reason Sephiroth's girlfriend died is because he couldn't control his vampiric urges and accidentally killed her for blood.
28	* MotorMouth: The delivery of the story is rather quick.
29	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Or in this case, the "vampire wizard angel demon" who may or may not have been a buff wizard. From the past-future.[[note]]THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO![[/note]]
30	* OlderThanTheyLook: The human girl looks eight years old but is actually a really smart high schooler.
31	* OneWingedAngel: The Buff CEO Vampire Wizard is also part-demon by the final battle.
32	* OurTimeMachineIsDifferent: They're also HumongousMecha! And the villains' are made from the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion clones of the dead mothers]] of past vampires!
33	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The main character and the BigBad, given that they lack hearts and might also have inherit wizard powers. Sephiroth is also an example of OurAngelsAreDifferent and OurDemonsAreDifferent, as he was both at once and could willingly give up those powers to become mortal.
34	* PlotHole: After his vampiric instincts lead to his girlfriend's accidental death, Sephiroth is a "vampire wizard angel demon". How did he regain his angel and demon powers, and did the BigBad make him a wizard in addition to being a vampire or not?
35	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Sephiroth is originally from "thousands of years ago".
36	* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Sephiroth's goal is to kill the Evil Buff CEO Vampire Wizard in the past, so he won't turn Sephiroth's past self into a vampire that'll accidentally kill his girlfriend.
37	* ShoutOut: Numerous anime series naturally get referenced throughout, Gainax mecha seeming to be a favorite.
38	* SphereOfDestruction: Sephiroth uses one to take out the Board Of Directors' robots "because his robot's better". There's no shock wave, but that's okay.
39	* TechnicalPacifist: As the quote at the top states, Sephiroth shoots things to prevent killing them.
40	* TestosteronePoisoning: Sephiroth and the Board of Directors yell quite loudly when fighting.
41	* ThemeMusicPowerUp: When Sephiroth's robot [[BishounenLine changes into a slightly different robot]], it's accompanied by the sound of trumpets.
42	* ThisCannotBe:
43	** The Board of Directors' reaction to learning that Sephiroth travelled back in time with his own giant robot.
44	** The Evil Buff CEO Vampire Wizard's reaction to a WaveMotionGun.
45	* TransformingMecha:
46	** The BigBad's Board of Director's robots can transform into separate companies.
47	** In the final battle, Sephiroth's robot changes into..'''a slightly different robot!'''
48	* WaveMotionGun: Sephiroth uses one that comes out of his robot's chest to kill the Evil Buff CEO Vampire Wizard Demon.

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