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éX-Driver
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In the future, Automated Automobiles are used by people to get around. Unfortunately, the cars end up going haywire at times...And that's when the eponymous force comes in.éX-Driver (often abbreviated simply to éX-D) is a six-episode Original Video Animation series created by Kosuke Fujishima (You're Under Arrest!, Ah! My Goddess, Piano) and animated by Actas, A-Line and Xebec, released early in the Turn of the Millennium in 2000. The series focused around three teens (Lisa Sakakino, Lorna Endou, and Souichi Sugano) and their attempt to corral the out-of-control vehicles using manually-driven ones.It was adapted into a movie in 2002. The story revolves around the three drivers participating in a race held in Santa Monica, California. However, they uncover a conspiracy involving the éX-Driver organizations after rescuing Angela Gambino, the daughter of a Corrupt Corporate Executive. | |
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Dropped link to AutomatedAutomobiles: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Dropped link to Duel: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Dropped link to ModelPlanning: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Dropped link to TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Darker and Edgier: Episodes 5 and 6, in which a former éX-Driver and his crew try to kill the three heroes (they only manage to injure two of them, though). The Movie also. | |
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Ambiguously Brown | |
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Ambiguously Brown: Lisa has a slightly darker complexion than her teammates. | |
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Ironic Echo | |
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Ironic Echo: In the film, after being thrown into Wang's storehouse, Angela laments nothing good ever happens when Soichi gets involved in her plans. This prompts Soichi to tell her the same thing. | |
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Limited Wardrobe | |
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Limited Wardrobe: Played with. The main team has several outfits while all supporting cast members are only seen in one outfit. | |
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Stuff Blowing Up | |
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Stuff Blowing Up: Occurs in episode 5, The Movie and the Mini-Movie (with AI-controlled vehicles). | |
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Official Couple | |
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Official Couple: Kelly and David get together towards the end of The Movie after Lorna stops the AI car and crashes it. | |
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Every Car Is a Pinto | |
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Every Car Is a Pinto: Averted, when cars crash, they don't explode. The AI cars that do were rigged. | |
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome | |
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: In The Movie, after Souichi, Lisa and Lorna destroy a runaway car, they are arrested for violating California driving laws. | |
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A.I. Is a Crapshoot | |
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A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Pretty much the whole point of the series. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: Nothing ever goes right for Lisa. | |
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Thanks for the Mammary | |
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Thanks for the Mammary: In The Movie, Angela rigs an AI cleaning truck to explode and set the circuit race track on fire. As she is about to escape, Souichi corners her only for him to grab her breast and realize who she really is. Understandably, Angela is not amused. | |
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Author Appeal | |
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Author Appeal: This is Kosuke Fujishima we're talking about here... | |
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Hero's Classic Car | |
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Hero's Classic Car: Justified because they need to lack computers to prevent the malfunctions from happening to them. All police cars in the city also have the autopilot system. | |
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Eagleland | |
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Eagleland: Appears in the movie as a mix between a Type 2 and a Mixed Flavor (mostly the former). | |
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Shower Scene | |
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Shower Scene: Episode 4, Played for Laughs. | |
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Tsundere | |
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Tsundere: Lisa in the series and Angela in The Movie. | |
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Turn of the Millennium | |
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Turn of the Millennium: Released sometime after Y2K-2001 (which may explain the AI is a Crapshoot trope above). | |
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Free-Range Children | |
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Free-Range Children: Their parents are never seen, but more than likely know about this. | |
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Cool Car | |
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Cool Car: An obvious trope. | |
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Women Drivers | |
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Women Drivers: Averted, as two-thirds of the main cast are female. Also, there are other female éX-Drivers, as the movie confirms. | |
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Locked in a Room | |
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Locked in a Room: Once Angela and Souichi are captured by Wang's men, they are thrown into Wang's storehouse. | |
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Big Bad | |
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Big Bad: Wang Somin and Joe are the main antagonists of The Movie. | |
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Merchandise-Driven | |
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Merchandise-Driven: Not to the extent of a more popular anime like Dragon Ball per se (nor was anything ever advertised within). But the series did have its fair share, including coffee mugs, art books, model kits and CDs. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
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Oh, Crap!: At the end of The Movie, Joe gets shocked when Souichi is about to cause his car to crash. | |
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Girls Love Stuffed Animals | |
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Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Nina's workspace (and later revealed in Danger Zone, her apartment) has dozens of plushies. | |
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Cool Bike | |
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Cool Bike: Rei's Ducati 900 SS | |
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Berserk Button | |
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Berserk Button: Do not dare tell Lisa that Souichi's a better driver. | |
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Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot | |
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Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot: In the film, Souichi and his friends happen to discover that Angela caused the AI car to go out of control in the city and at the race track, only for them to realize that it was part of Angela's plot to stop her father from betting on the race. | |
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Shout-Out | |
éX-Driver / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: The AI Cars have a singular red eye, akin to that of Hal 9000. Duel gets this treatment twice - Once in episode six, and again in the movie. | |
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NoseBleed | |
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Nose Bleed: Episode 4, after Souichi looks at a naked Rei (in the bathroom, of all places). He also went unconscious. | |
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Corrupt Corporate Executive | |
éX-Driver / int_cbe687ab | comment |
Corrupt Corporate Executive: In the film Wang Somin is the president of a West Coast supermarket who provides the funding for the éX-Driver team in China. Not only that, but he has sinister motives for gambling on the race. Angela's father Rico is also a financial backer for the éX-Driver for Team USA who is in league with Wang at least up until the end of the film. | |
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"Eureka!" Moment | |
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"Eureka!" Moment: After they are captured on Wang's orders, Angela tells Souichi that she rigged a car to crash when they first met and later made an exploding AI cleaning car severely damage the track, all in an effort to ultimately stop her father from gambling on the race. | |
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Non-Fatal Explosions | |
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Non-Fatal Explosions: The AI cars have a system that can deploy airbags if the AI malfunctions and all of the red headlights are shot out. | |
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Universal Driver's License | |
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Universal Driver's License: This might be one of the reasons that allow anyone (even as a child/early teen) to become an éX-Driver (the other being the ability to actually operate a manually controlled vehicle). | |
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Art Evolution | |
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Art Evolution: Inverted somewhat; the first episode is more detailed than the others. Played straight in the movie. | |
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Expy | |
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Expy: To an extent, Lisa and Lorna resemble the designs of Chihiro and Urd. | |
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Younger Than They Look | |
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Younger Than They Look: Angela looks about the same age as Lisa or Lorna but she's actually as young as Soichi. | |
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Drives Like Crazy | |
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Drives Like Crazy: Largely intentional for the job. Lisa does play this straight on numerous occasions, though. As do the AI cars when malfunctioning. Ditto the rivals in episodes 5 and 6. | |
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Well-Intentioned Extremist | |
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Well-Intentioned Extremist: In the film, Angela genuinely wants to stop her father from gambling on the race in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, her plans include rigging an AI car to crash and going so far as to blow up the circuit race track. | |
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"Eureka!" Moment / int_183d2ec7 | |
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Hero's Evil Predecessor / int_183d2ec7 | |
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Machine Empathy / int_183d2ec7 | |
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Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot / int_183d2ec7 | |
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Pre-Meeting / int_183d2ec7 | |
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Robot and A.I. Works / int_183d2ec7 | |
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