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Astro Boy

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106 feature instances
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Astro Boy	type	TVTItem
Astro Boy	label	Astro Boy
Astro Boy	page	AstroBoy
Astro Boy	comment	Originally entitled Tetsuwan Atom ("Mighty Atom" or literally "Iron Arm Atom"), it was created by Osamu Tezuka, the artist whose style defined the look of anime and manga. It began life as a manga in 1952 and has been brought to television as an anime three times:First airing in 1963, 193 episodes were created, although only 104 were exported and dubbed for viewing outside of Japan. It's historically significant, as the first full-length anime series to be broadcast in Japan, and the first to be distributed in the USA. Along with 8 Man (1963), Kimba the White Lion, Gigantor and Speed Racer, it introduced anime to American audiences and paved the way for more sophisticated works on both sides of the Pacific.A second series was created in 1980. It followed the 1963 series closely, with many episodes being direct remakes. It also introduced a unique sub-plot running thoughout the series, dealing with the creation of Atlas from Astro's blueprints (making them virtually "brothers" in the robot sense) - and his own development as a character, after having the Omega Factor installed. The 2003 series would also touch upon Atlas's and Astro's similarities, but not quite to the same extreme.A third Astro Boy series debuted on April 7, 2003, the date of Astro Boy's "birth" in the original manga. This version (the first not to be overseen by Osamu Tezuka, who had died in 1989) differs significantly in some aspects of the setting and Astro Boy's origins.A fourth series, tentatively titled Astro Boy Reboot has begun production, with a teaser trailer revealing that the series will boast a completely new art style and and a unique combination of computer and hand drawn animation. The series is a collaborative effort between Japanese and French animation studios.
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Astro Boy / int_113480b7	type	Canon Foreigner
Astro Boy / int_113480b7	comment	Canon Foreigner: Shadow, who was created solely for this series. Though he does make an appearance of sorts in Omega Factor. Sort of. He's loosely based on Dr. Abullah/Goji from the original World's Strongest Robot arc, but his backstory and motives are completely different.
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Astro Boy / int_13c1fec8	type	Dragon-in-Chief
Astro Boy / int_13c1fec8	comment	Dragon-in-Chief: Shadow was deliberately built to be this, shoring up Tenma's own shortcomings in robotics with his own incredible intelligence.
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Astro Boy / int_13d7a65e	type	The Artifact
Astro Boy / int_13d7a65e	comment	The Artifact: Dr. Tenma's name is still Dr. Boynton in the English dub, despite his son being called Toby instead of Astor, losing the wordplay from the first show's dub.
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Astro Boy / int_1645005b	type	Evil Versus Evil
Astro Boy / int_1645005b	comment	Evil Versus Evil: Dr. Tenma, who schemes to make robots rule over humans, and Lamp, who wants to get rid of robots completely.
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Astro Boy / int_178ca149	type	The Worf Effect
Astro Boy / int_178ca149	comment	The Worf Effect: Atlas curbstomps Astro in their first battle; slightly justified by Astro trying to talk him down. It shows how strong Atlas is.
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Astro Boy / int_1fc8335e	type	Deal with the Devil
Astro Boy / int_1fc8335e	comment	Deal with the Devil: When Astro Boy is killed during the Battle of Robotonia, the Ministry of Science is unable to reverse it. Dr. Tenma claims to know how and Dr. Ochanomizu turns to him as a last resort. Dr. Tenma succeeds, but at the cost of wiping Astro's memory clean, which he had intended to do all along.
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Astro Boy / int_2593d18f	type	Anime Theme Song
Astro Boy / int_2593d18f	comment	Anime Theme Song: Possibly the Ur-Example. Originally, the 1963 version had an instrumental theme. The dub was actually the first to give it lyrics, with the original Japanese version following suit later.
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Astro Boy / int_29b218b4	type	In the Past, Everyone Will Be Famous
Astro Boy / int_29b218b4	comment	In the Past, Everyone Will Be Famous: In "The Time Machine", the operator of the time machine travels back to the 15th century and the first person he encounters, entirely coincidentally, is the protagonist of Princess Knight.
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Astro Boy / int_2c1871ee	type	Shining City
Astro Boy / int_2c1871ee	comment	Shining City: The city seen in the trailer is certainly picturesque.
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Astro Boy / int_2dddd99d	type	False Flag Operation
Astro Boy / int_2dddd99d	comment	False Flag Operation: Katari, a member of an anti-robot terrorist organisation, wanted to sabotage the Rainbow Valley robot farm and blame it on the robots (not giving a damn that Dr. Toneriko and his young granddaughter Mimi would die), but was thwarted through the combined afforts of Mimi, her grandfather's farm robots and Astro Boy.
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Astro Boy / int_2f329e3c	type	Tomato in the Mirror
Astro Boy / int_2f329e3c	comment	Tomato in the Mirror: A variant; in this version, Astro knows that he's a robot, but he's told that he was build to create a bridge between humans and robots. He doesn't react well when learning he was built to be a replacement for a dead child, and a potential world conqueror.
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Astro Boy / int_34e3784f	type	Please, Don't Leave Me
Astro Boy / int_34e3784f	comment	Please, Don't Leave Me: Tenma when Astro seemingly dies.
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Astro Boy / int_3678fbfa	type	Mad Bomber
Astro Boy / int_3678fbfa	comment	Mad Bomber: Kato combines this trope with Mad Artist. His character design is based on another Tezuka star called Rainbow Parakeet, but he is pure villain unlike the source material and the real face behind the mask is somewhat different.
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Astro Boy / int_39303819	type	Zeerust
Astro Boy / int_39303819	comment	Zee Rust: Some of the technology can now be considered this. In one episode Dr. O'Shay whips out a phone that looks for the most part like a normal phone with buttons from the early 2000's when this show was made, except for a small circular screen that can show live videos.
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Astro Boy / int_3b20d7f4	type	Runaway Train
Astro Boy / int_3b20d7f4	comment	Runaway Train: One episode features a robot-run train getting hijacked by a virus. Astro works to calm the passengers and find the virus.
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Astro Boy / int_3b4185fb	type	Stalker without a Crush
Astro Boy / int_3b4185fb	comment	Stalker without a Crush: Tenma is one to Astro, the robotic doppelganger of his son.
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Astro Boy / int_3eee0728	type	Captain Obvious
Astro Boy / int_3eee0728	comment	Captain Obvious: A cyborg called Inspector Holmes is shot in the only human part of him: his head. Astro's reaction? "You shot him! In the head! His head was the only part of him that was human! You shot him in his head!"
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Astro Boy / int_3f0ae6cb	type	Credits Running Sequence
Astro Boy / int_3f0ae6cb	comment	Credits Running Sequence: The end credits shows a succession of pictures of Astro in a flipbook-style animation sequence in which he starts walking, then running, then takes to the air and flies off the page.
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Astro Boy / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Astro Boy / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Far too many episodes to name.
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Astro Boy / int_41d50d81	type	Big Brother Bully
Astro Boy / int_41d50d81	comment	Big Brother Bully: Like Astro, Atlas was built by Tenma, so they are technically siblings, as Atlas admits. When Tenma gives Atlas the means to go off-script and attack Astro, the robot is only happy to comply.
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Astro Boy / int_420c50b7	type	A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Astro Boy / int_420c50b7	comment	A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Anything can corrupt a robot, from hacking to resentment.
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Astro Boy / int_446c5792	type	Villainous Rescue
Astro Boy / int_446c5792	comment	Villainous Rescue: Dr. Tenma saves Astro from a mind-controlled Atlas.
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Astro Boy / int_4cb90f31	type	Three Laws-Compliant
Astro Boy / int_4cb90f31	comment	Three Laws-Compliant: Judging by what several characters said, the robots in this anime's setting are programmed to not harm humans (unless mad scientists like Dr. Tenma have their finger in the pie, of course).
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Astro Boy / int_50cc01e1	type	Do Not Call Me "Paul"
Astro Boy / int_50cc01e1	comment	Do Not Call Me "Paul": Eventually, Astro tells Tenma that he's not Tobio in any form, and never will be. Tenma seems to accept this... at first.
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Astro Boy / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
Astro Boy / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: The series begins with Astro's assembly and ends with Nyoka's disassembly.
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Astro Boy / int_546e23f6	type	Evilutionary Biologist
Astro Boy / int_546e23f6	comment	Evilutionary Biologist: Dr. Tenma, though for robots rather than humans. He built Astro with an Adaptive Ability that would enable him to "evolve" into the world's most powerful robot, and keeps throwing dangerous situations at him to help the evolution along.
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Astro Boy / int_5663a595	type	Adaptation-Induced Plot Hole
Astro Boy / int_5663a595	comment	Adaptation-Induced Plot Hole: "Space Airport R-45" involved an astronaut discovering he was really a robot, and his father would rebuild him every few months to give him the appearance of aging like a human. When asked why, his father explained that he heard the story when Dr. Tenma made Astro to replace his deceased Tobio, but after discovering he couldn't grow, he rejected him and sold him to the circus. This was a call back to Astro's origin story from the manga and the 60's anime, but the 80's version of the story played out differently. Astro had unintentionally embarrassed Dr. Tenma on a cruise, he scolded him out of anger (and got separated from him due to the ship crashing into the iceberg), and the ringmaster of the Robot Circus found Astro and led him astray, rather than being sold to the circus by his dad. It's rather strange that the 80's adaptation made mention of this story when it didn't happen like that this time.
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Astro Boy / int_5a40d6a	type	Adaptation Distillation
Astro Boy / int_5a40d6a	comment	Adaptation Distillation: The 2003 series is notable in that it deviates the most from its original source material, even adding all new stories at times.
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Astro Boy / int_5a963d1c	type	False Reassurance
Astro Boy / int_5a963d1c	comment	False Reassurance: Heroic example; in order to avoid putting more stress on a young blind girl, Astro impersonates the destroyed robot True and states "I'm fine! I need to go rescue more people now!" This is all technically true — since robots can't normally lie — but it's not coming from the person she thinks it is.
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Astro Boy / int_5c048cd9	type	Lip Lock
Astro Boy / int_5c048cd9	comment	Lip Lock: Abercrombie's rather silly name is a consequence of having the same number of Mouth Flaps as the original Japanese "Shibugaki".
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Astro Boy / int_6400a34	type	Arm Cannon
Astro Boy / int_6400a34	comment	Arm Cannon: Astro has one of these in this version instead of the traditional awkwardly-placed machine guns.
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Astro Boy / int_6439de78	type	Heroic Sacrifice
Astro Boy / int_6439de78	comment	Ironically, the anime ends with Astro Boy sacrificing himself to prevent the sun from exploding. This also happens in the manga, but he's revived by aliens afterwards.
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Astro Boy / int_6bd689ca	type	Meaningful Echo
Astro Boy / int_6bd689ca	comment	Meaningful Echo: "And so we begin. Again."
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Astro Boy / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
Astro Boy / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: Dr. Tenma in the finale.
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Astro Boy / int_7220ed55	type	Token White
Astro Boy / int_7220ed55	comment	Token White: Shibugaki/Abercrombie acts as one to Astro.
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Astro Boy / int_723be11b	type	Villain Has a Point
Astro Boy / int_723be11b	comment	Villain Has a Point: Atlas calls out his father figure Tokugawa for mistreating robots, including him. He also tells Astro that robots are feared, and they should fight back. Astro is forced to confront that the fear is a real thing.
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Astro Boy / int_72cdfc33	type	Big Bad Ensemble
Astro Boy / int_72cdfc33	comment	Big Bad Ensemble: Acetylene Lamp, Skunk, Hamegg and Dr. KatÅ�.
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Astro Boy / int_754df088	type	Put on a Bus
Astro Boy / int_754df088	comment	Put on a Bus: Or, in the case of Dr. Tenma, a cruise ship. Dr. Tenma takes Tobio on a cruise to America to start a new life there after the whole runaway tank ordeal, because the fact that Tobio is a robot can no longer be hidden. However, Dr. Tenma appeared to ditch him after their dinner goes horribly wrong. In remorse, Dr. Tenma later searches for him during Tobio's first confrontation with Atlas, but Hamegg (who had earlier forced Tobio to sign a lifetime contract to work at a robot circus) abducts Tobio, leaving Dr. Tenma searching for him. The second episode was the final time Dr. Tenma appeared, and he is nowhere to be seen anywhere else. Despite being established as one of the Big Bads, Skunk appeared up to "The Devil Balloon" (episode 19) and nowhere thereafter. Averted with Tobio's pet dog Jump (brought back with the activation of Astro's new parents), and later Tenma's colleague Dr. Honda.
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Astro Boy / int_78f69377	type	Translation Nod
Astro Boy / int_78f69377	comment	Translation Nod: Astro gets his name from a sign that's nearby when he's first activated. The sign is thoughtfully designed to include both "Atom" (his Japanese name) and "Astro" (his English name), one as the first word on the sign and the other as the acronym formed by the initial letters of all the words.
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Astro Boy / int_7b20b8d2	type	Alternative Foreign Theme Song
Astro Boy / int_7b20b8d2	comment	Alternative Foreign Theme Song: The English theme is a lot more energetic, electronic-sounding, and purely instrumental.
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Astro Boy / int_7b90899b	type	Ultimate Universe
Astro Boy / int_7b90899b	comment	Ultimate Universe: To the classic anime series of Astro Boy.
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Astro Boy / int_7eb73553	type	Bullying a Dragon
Astro Boy / int_7eb73553	comment	Bullying a Dragon: A group of teens goes after Astro, who could curbstomp them. He lampshades it, saying that it wouldn't be a fair fight when they challenge him to respond to their taunting. Then they try doing the same to Atlas. It doesn't go well.
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Astro Boy / int_7fe8b5b5	type	Time Machine
Astro Boy / int_7fe8b5b5	comment	Time Machine: "The Time Machine" features a visitor from the 23rd century with a machine that looks like a flying car but can travel to any place on Earth at any time in history.
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Astro Boy / int_8134db87	type	Mechanical Evolution
Astro Boy / int_8134db87	comment	Mechanical Evolution: Astro's intended function.
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Astro Boy / int_857d1626	type	Power Glows
Astro Boy / int_857d1626	comment	Power Glows: Astro, supposedly as a result of incorporating a kind of surge-protector that somehow converts excess electricity into photons.
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Astro Boy / int_878282b7	type	Too Long; Didn't Dub
Astro Boy / int_878282b7	comment	Too Long; Didn't Dub : "Kokoro", used in context for robots with Advanced AI, can translate into Heart, Soul, Emotions, etc.
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Astro Boy / int_8a356e5a	type	Robot Athlete
Astro Boy / int_8a356e5a	comment	Robot Athlete: The players in "Rocket Ball".
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Astro Boy / int_8d0785d5	type	Didn't Think This Through
Astro Boy / int_8d0785d5	comment	Didn't Think This Through: Ochanomizu reactivates Astro by causing a citywide power outage and offering to take the blame. This leads to a police investigation, and Astro being revealed before he properly learns about the world.
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Astro Boy / int_8f37640a	type	Lies to Children
Astro Boy / int_8f37640a	comment	Lies to Children: Child robot at least. Ochanomizu lets Astro believe that he built the latter as a means to bridge robots and humans, to let him know he wasn't a replacement for a dead boy. Atlas later reveals that their real father is Dr. Tenma, much to Astro's anguish, and Ochanomizu is forced to tell the truth.
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Astro Boy / int_927b2f11	type	The Bus Came Back
Astro Boy / int_927b2f11	comment	Averted with Tobio's pet dog Jump (brought back with the activation of Astro's new parents), and later Tenma's colleague Dr. Honda.
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Astro Boy / int_950bbfa7	type	Take a Third Option
Astro Boy / int_950bbfa7	comment	Creating Pluto was this for Tenma. Either Astro loses or evolves and becomes stronger. He's perfectly happy either way. When Pluto instead has a Heelâ€“Face Turn, Shadow reveals he has a stronger robot in the wing, Archeron, who has no emotions.
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Astro Boy / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
Astro Boy / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: Dr. Tenma has one spanning the last two episodes.
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Astro Boy / int_9591377d	type	Heel Realization
Astro Boy / int_9591377d	comment	Heel Realization: Dr. Tenma has one in the finale.
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Astro Boy / int_966b4df0	type	Time Police
Astro Boy / int_966b4df0	comment	Time Police: The time traveler in "The Time Machine" introduces himself as a member of the time police who has been attempting to track down a criminal who fled into the past.
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Astro Boy / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Astro Boy / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Doctor Tenma.
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Astro Boy / int_984ef9ef	type	"Not So Different" Remark
Astro Boy / int_984ef9ef	comment	"Not So Different" Remark: Atlas lets Astro live despite curbstomping him, realizing Tenma both built them. He admits they're brothers.
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Astro Boy / int_985795ab	type	Medium Blending
Astro Boy / int_985795ab	comment	Medium Blending: As shown in a pencil test of the teaser and the teaser itself, the show will combine CGI enviroments with traditionally animated characters.
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Astro Boy / int_9a99d3df	type	Stealth Mentor
Astro Boy / int_9a99d3df	comment	Stealth Mentor: Tenma built Astro with the ability to "evolve" and then sends increasingly deadly robots like Atlas and Pluto to try to kill him in order to make him stronger.
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Astro Boy / int_9d09bf1a	type	American Kirby Is Hardcore
Astro Boy / int_9d09bf1a	comment	American Kirby Is Hardcore: There is a sharp contrast between the English dub intro and the Japanese intro. The Japanese intro has a pop song and focuses on the cute and happier part of the anime. The English intro is an instrumental-only rock song and there's much more of an emphasis on action and robotics.
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Astro Boy / int_a1b141f4	type	My God, What Have I Done?
Astro Boy / int_a1b141f4	comment	My God, What Have I Done?: The story of Daichi for his father. It's not that different from neglecting your own child and taking them for granted. Daichi becomes resentful awhile playing the part of a model son and threatens to dismantle everything his father built. Tokugawa is more horrified than angry when he realizes.
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Astro Boy / int_a246aed6	type	Sapient Cetaceans
Astro Boy / int_a246aed6	comment	Sapient Cetaceans: A sentient race of dolphin people threaten war on humanity, if they keep developing on their land.
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Astro Boy / int_a4f81481	type	Circus Episode
Astro Boy / int_a4f81481	comment	Circus Episode: In "Robot Circus", one of the members of a robot circus, Reno is actually a human boy disguised as a robot. When this is discovered, the authorities try to take the boy away from his robot family.
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Astro Boy / int_a632f7fa	type	Cool Train
Astro Boy / int_a632f7fa	comment	Cool Train: Neon Express is a train with A.I.
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Astro Boy / int_a939a527	type	Red Eyes, Take Warning
Astro Boy / int_a939a527	comment	Red Eyes, Take Warning: The sunglasses Tenma used to brainwash Harley and his Team Omega teammates glowed red each time they pushed them to go against their principles of fair play and made them threaten and attack others.
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Astro Boy / int_a950584d	type	Combining Mecha
Astro Boy / int_a950584d	comment	Combining Mecha: In "Rocket Ball", the brainwashed Harley of Team Omega combines with his teammates to form a bigger version of himself.
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Astro Boy / int_abad35b4	type	Soundtrack Dissonance
Astro Boy / int_abad35b4	comment	Soundtrack Dissonance: The scene where Atlas first appears after his upgrade and massacres a squad of policemen is set to a rather upbeat, almost triumphant piece of classical music, probably to symbolize Atlas' view of himself as a hero, defending robotkind from the evils of humanity.
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Astro Boy / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
Astro Boy / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: "With your heart, catch the future!" in the Japanese version. "Leeeeeet's ROCKET!" in the American version.
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Astro Boy / int_b5171e10	type	Tragic Villain
Astro Boy / int_b5171e10	comment	Tragic Villain: Atlas for most of the series. He was originally Daichi, a robot child built for a business head named Tokugawa. (At least, in the dub; in the original, Daichi was a human child who died in a tragic accident, as Tobio did, and Atlas was his robotic doppelganger). Dub Tokugawa had to dismantle him after Daichi grew up and tried to hijack a space shuttle, but he asked Tenma to save him instead. The power upgrades fueled Atlas's trauma-induced rage, allowing him to attack his father's company as he maintains the identity of a model son. He eventually goes to the moon...but without the father who promised to take him there.
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Astro Boy / int_b8e3f20a	type	Demoted to Extra
Astro Boy / int_b8e3f20a	comment	Demoted to Extra: Brando, Montblanc & North #2 still appear in this version of the World's Strongest Robot arc, but only as random goons sent to stop Pluto's path of destruction and are almost immediately ripped to shreds by him.
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Astro Boy / int_b9c673a6	type	Market-Based Title
Astro Boy / int_b9c673a6	comment	Market-Based Title: This series' full title in Japanese is "Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom" (ã‚¢ã‚¹ãƒˆãƒãƒœãƒ¼ã‚¤ãƒ»é‰„è…•ã‚¢ãƒˆãƒ ), acknowledging the western title as a prefix. The second opening, "Now or Never", even peppers its lyrics with "Astro Boy" rather than his Japanese name.
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Astro Boy / int_ba236071	type	It Makes Sense in Context
Astro Boy / int_ba236071	comment	The 2003 version of Franken is actually a composite of two completely different robots from the manga (a robot chauffeur from the 1960s Sankei Newspaper serial and a magnetic robot panhandler (It Makes Sense in Context. Sort of) from a short tie-in manga for the 80s series) and has almost nothing to do with the original series' Franken, apart from becoming a flashpoint for anti-robot sentiment, which the Sankei version already did anyway.
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Astro Boy / int_ba5bbda5	type	Mirror Character
Astro Boy / int_ba5bbda5	comment	Mirror Character: A corporate head Tokugawa had a child he called Daichi and started neglecting him, much like how Tenma neglected Tobio and late Astro. In the original, Daichi dies during an illicit trip to the space shuttle; in the dub, Daichi was always a robot and got busted for trespassing and attempted hijacking. Either way, his father was grieving and refretful. This is why Tenma takes pity on the man when he begs him to rebuild Daichi after the latter is ordered dismantled following his attempt to hijack a moon shuttle. Daichi later becomes Atlas. When Tokugawa says he treated the robot like his own son, Tenma snarkily says, "I see that."
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Astro Boy / int_bc00493f	type	Precision F-Strike
Astro Boy / int_bc00493f	comment	Precision F-Strike: A minor example. In the original Japanese, once in awhile some adult characters would say minor swears, like "what the hell" or "dammit". The English dub dialogue would be rewritten without words like that to be a bit more child friendly, but one episode inexplicably had Dr. Elefun refer to the planet Venus as having "thousands of degrees of fiery hell", though Dr. Elefun's voice actor said it quick enough that it would be easy to miss.
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Astro Boy / int_bcc5c9a5	type	Replaced the Theme Tune
Astro Boy / int_bcc5c9a5	comment	Replaced the Theme Tune: The opening theme for the first half of the series is "True Blue" performed by Zone; it was replaced by "Now or Never" performed by Chemistry and M-Flo during the Blue Knight arc before changing back to "True Blue" for the final two episodes. The ending theme for the first half of the series is "Boy's Heart" by Fumiya Fujii; during the Blue Knight arc, most of the episodes alternate between either a solemn, slow-paced version or an energetic, fast-paced version of "Mighty Atom", performed by Zone.
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Astro Boy / int_bddced73	type	Victory-Guided Amnesia
Astro Boy / int_bddced73	comment	Victory-Guided Amnesia: Astro manages to end the Battle of Robotonia and restore the trust between humans and robots, but is knocked unconscious after blocking Lamp's attack on the Blue Knight and the robots on his spaceship. Numerous attempts to revive Atom failed, and Dr. Ochanomizu entrusts Astro to Dr. Tenma (who knows all the details), who wipes Astro's memory, making Astro believe he is Tobio and forgetting about his time with Ochanomizu.
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Astro Boy / int_c132c0c5	type	I Have No Son!
Astro Boy / int_c132c0c5	comment	Or, in the case of Dr. Tenma, a cruise ship. Dr. Tenma takes Tobio on a cruise to America to start a new life there after the whole runaway tank ordeal, because the fact that Tobio is a robot can no longer be hidden. However, Dr. Tenma appeared to ditch him after their dinner goes horribly wrong. In remorse, Dr. Tenma later searches for him during Tobio's first confrontation with Atlas, but Hamegg (who had earlier forced Tobio to sign a lifetime contract to work at a robot circus) abducts Tobio, leaving Dr. Tenma searching for him. The second episode was the final time Dr. Tenma appeared, and he is nowhere to be seen anywhere else.
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Astro Boy / int_c32ff031	type	Xanatos Gambit
Astro Boy / int_c32ff031	comment	Xanatos Gambit: Creating Pluto was this for Tenma. Either Astro loses or evolves and becomes stronger. He's perfectly happy either way. When Pluto instead has a Heelâ€“Face Turn, Shadow reveals he has a stronger robot in the wing, Archeron, who has no emotions. Skunk has one early on. He uses robots to hunt other robots and sell their parts on the black market. He hid his home base in a abandoned ice cream factory and here's where the gambit comes in. If no one finds him, he can continue unbothered but hopes Astro does find him because he has a trap set up.
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Astro Boy / int_c41e9867	type	Intangible Price
Astro Boy / int_c41e9867	comment	Intangible Price: In "The Time Machine", a guest-starring Black Jack asks his usual high price for saving the life of a crown prince, and is given the key to the royal treasury and a promise that he may take anything he chooses. After the successful operation, he recalls the promise and says that what he chooses to take with him when he leaves the kingdom is an unjust law that he's learned has been causing the prince grief.
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Astro Boy / int_c420a553	type	We Can Rule Together
Astro Boy / int_c420a553	comment	We Can Rule Together: How Tenma tries to convince Astro to come with him in the end.
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Astro Boy / int_c5f0119c	type	Insane Troll Logic
Astro Boy / int_c5f0119c	comment	Insane Troll Logic: The final arc is kicked off when General Red's daughter is injured and put into a coma, and his robot butler Jake (whom Red forbids from spending time with her) is accused of assault. In reality, his daughter had tripped, and Jake was trying to help her. At court, Ochanomizu argues that Jake should be allowed to speak, as he is capable of free will and honesty. The court agrees with the Professor — and decide that, if Jake can possess free will, then he must also possess the ability to lie, therefore the court cannot believe whatever he says. Ochanomizu is understandably upset by this.
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Astro Boy / int_c6655b23	type	Fallen Hero
Astro Boy / int_c6655b23	comment	Fallen Hero: Tenma used to be a respected scientist, the head of Ministry. Tobio's death broke him. Tawashi reveals he vanished and went underground, making illicit deals to pay the bills.
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Astro Boy / int_cb5a0181	type	Where's the Kaboom?
Astro Boy / int_cb5a0181	comment	Where's the Kaboom?: Kato has planted bombs all over the robot revolutionary Blue Knight's sanctuary and is about to press the button on the detonator, taunting Astro that the only way to stop him is to kill him and prove he's just as ruthless as Blue Knight. Astro opens fire on him and apparently misses. Cue maniacal laughter as the villain presses the button. Click, click, click. Astro decided to Take a Third Option and was actually firing at the communications antenna that would relay the remote detonator's signal.
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Astro Boy / int_cbe32f62	type	Decided by One Vote
Astro Boy / int_cbe32f62	comment	Decided by One Vote: In "Saving Our Classmate", a election for a class president has been called to replace the previous class president who had been transferred out prior. With the two contenders Kenichi and Shibugaki tied, the class realizes that Astro has yet to vote. Astro casts the deciding vote for Kenichi, causing Shibugaki to resent Astro for denying him a shot at the presidency.
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Astro Boy / int_ce6555f0	type	Lighter and Softer
Astro Boy / int_ce6555f0	comment	Lighter and Softer: Both this and Darker and Edgier. Astro's angsty past is retconned away, but the series in general took on a much more serious tone than the two previous anime. While the outcome for Astro is maybe less tragic than the manga or previous versions, it's potentially even darker. Instead of simply selling off Astro, Tenma actually effectively shuts down Astro after he expresses his horror at seeing old Ministry of Science robots being scrapped, and shows signs of rebellion.
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Astro Boy / int_d001c42c	type	Anti-Villain
Astro Boy / int_d001c42c	comment	Anti-Villain: Atlas, who in this version is a Composite Character with the Anti-Villain Blue Knight from the manga.
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Astro Boy / int_d1b4f0ef	type	Everybody Lives
Astro Boy / int_d1b4f0ef	comment	Everybody Lives: In stark contrast to the two series that came before it, an almost insane amount of effort is put into ensuring nobody, friend or foe, actually dies in this show. This obviously does not apply to characters who are portrayed as having been dead prior to the start of the show, as they're often treated as motivations for plots, but most characters who seemingly die tend to show up again later just fine.
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Astro Boy / int_d2e98fd5	type	Die or Fly
Astro Boy / int_d2e98fd5	comment	Die or Fly: Instead of being built with his various gadgets from the start, Astro "evolves" them in response to life-threatening situations, such as his iconic rocket boots after falling out the window of an office building.
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Astro Boy / int_d3beb0de	type	Precocious Crush
Astro Boy / int_d3beb0de	comment	Precocious Crush: Astro develops one in an episode at a space camp.
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Astro Boy / int_d4bf11d1	type	Dramatic Unmask
Astro Boy / int_d4bf11d1	comment	Dramatic Unmask: In "The Time Machine", a detective pursuing an escaped criminal gets tangled in a situation involving a kingdom being threatened with invasion. With Astro's help, the invasion is defeated and the leader of the invading army is unmasked as the same criminal he was looking for in the first place.
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Astro Boy / int_d6618014	type	Last Request
Astro Boy / int_d6618014	comment	Last Request: Whereas the other adaptations kill Tobio off on the spot, in this version Tobio gets to say his last words to Dr. Tenma, allowing the robot to replace him as his son and urging him to dote on him the same way he would on Tobio. Unfortunately, this does not come to pass.
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Astro Boy / int_d73e0f7f	type	"Ray of Hope" Ending
Astro Boy / int_d73e0f7f	comment	"Ray of Hope" Ending: In episode 193, after Astro sacrifices himself to save the Earth one last time, Dr. Ochanomizu says that, even if our hero doesn't return, he'll build a second and third model of Astro, right where he was first activated back in episode 1.
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Astro Boy / int_daa59ba1	type	Puppy Love
Astro Boy / int_daa59ba1	comment	Puppy Love: In the final episode Astro falls for a robot girl. She ends up dying.
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Astro Boy / int_dca70c44	type	Reasonable Authority Figure
Astro Boy / int_dca70c44	comment	Reasonable Authority Figure: Detective Tawashi is this. In one episode, he learns a robot is committing bank robberies, and sees said robot running away from Astro. The detective knows Astro isn't involved but hears their conversation about Astro trying to convince Denkou of the truth that her "friend" Skunk is a thief using her. Then he orders the police to nonviolently corner Denkou and ask her to surrender calmly. When Skunk says Denkou has an EMP strapped to her that will blow up the city's power, Tawashi orders Astro to find her and holds his fire when he safely gets her out of range. Then he returns Denkou to her creator, knowing she was manipulated into thinking stealing is a game.
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Astro Boy / int_dd08dba9	type	Token Black Friend
Astro Boy / int_dd08dba9	comment	Token Black Friend: Kenichi/Kennedy acts as one to Astro.
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Astro Boy / int_debc6687	type	Solemn Ending Theme
Astro Boy / int_debc6687	comment	The ending theme for the first half of the series is "Boy's Heart" by Fumiya Fujii; during the Blue Knight arc, most of the episodes alternate between either a solemn, slow-paced version or an energetic, fast-paced version of "Mighty Atom", performed by Zone.
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Astro Boy / int_e003c829	type	History Repeats
Astro Boy / int_e003c829	comment	History Repeats: Tenma gets what he thinks he wants, but it ends up the same way every time The original Tobio rebels and takes the car for the fateful drive that claims his life, then he shuts down Astro at the first sign of rebellion and independent thought, attempting to do the same when Astro regains his memory.
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Astro Boy / int_e4965307	type	Composite Character
Astro Boy / int_e4965307	comment	Composite Character: Atlas has elements of Cobalt, in that he's Astro's "brother" (though in a completely different way from the 80s version). The 2003 version of Franken is actually a composite of two completely different robots from the manga (a robot chauffeur from the 1960s Sankei Newspaper serial and a magnetic robot panhandler (It Makes Sense in Context. Sort of) from a short tie-in manga for the 80s series) and has almost nothing to do with the original series' Franken, apart from becoming a flashpoint for anti-robot sentiment, which the Sankei version already did anyway.
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Astro Boy / int_e6a901a3	type	Meaningful Rename
Astro Boy / int_e6a901a3	comment	Meaningful Rename: The reason why Dr. Ochanomizu insists on renaming the robot Astro. He knows the boy isn't Tobio in any form, and is angry that Tenma doesn't understand that.
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Astro Boy / int_e8a56ee7	type	Steven Ulysses Perhero
Astro Boy / int_e8a56ee7	comment	Steven Ulysses Perhero: In the English dub, Tobio's name is "Aster Boynton", rather than Toby like most adaptations that change the names.
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Astro Boy / int_ea2e9f2d	type	No Ending
Astro Boy / int_ea2e9f2d	comment	No Ending: Unlike the 1963 adaptation or the 2003 adaptation that followed, the 1980s show doesn't end on any big note of finality or outstanding plot, it simply stops. The long-running Atlas plot is resolved 10 episodes before the end, with the final episode being presented as some kind of big revelation of Astro Boy's never-before-mentioned secret, that his legs actually belong to a girl robot, whom he had fallen in love with just before her death.
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Astro Boy / int_eb28ab57	type	Bound and Gagged
Astro Boy / int_eb28ab57	comment	Bound and Gagged: Miss Miyoki, Astro's teacher, in the episode "Reviving Jumbo." Not that it stops her from beating up Skunk and his goons.
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Astro Boy / int_eb6da8ef	type	Crossover
Astro Boy / int_eb6da8ef	comment	Crossover: "Higeoyaji, the Famous Detective" featured Chiyoko Wato from The Three-Eyed One as an adult version of herself, alongside Sharaku, this time as her son. The two-part episodes "Shape Shifter" and "Phoenix" feature both Tamami, Saruta Okami, Rock, and Firebird from Phoenix.
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Astro Boy / int_f09b6509	type	Last Episode, New Character
Astro Boy / int_f09b6509	comment	Last Episode, New Character: Goku (not that one) appears at the very end of the final episode, to introduce the new anime Goku's Great Adventures, another work by Tezuka which would be taking over Astro Boy's slot.
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Astro Boy / int_f2d8e3c2	type	Evil Plan
Astro Boy / int_f2d8e3c2	comment	Evil Plan: The robot-hating Lamp would do anything to eliminate robots, including sparking a war, to the point of attempting to kill Astro and Tenma. Skunk has them when he appears; usually either revenge on Astro or making money. Tenma's larger scale plan is a world where robots rule the world and are ruled by Astro himself.
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Astro Boy / int_fe938414	type	Sympathy for the Hero
Astro Boy / int_fe938414	comment	Sympathy for the Hero: Atlas holds back from fighting Astro when the latter believes Ochanomizu is his creator and father. He then says with pity, "You don't know who your creator is, little brother" and tells him the truth. Of course, then Atlas proceeds to beat him to a pulp.
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