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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (天元çª�ç ´ã‚°ãƒ¬ãƒ³ãƒ©ã‚¬ãƒ³, roughly Heaven-Piercing Crimson Face, and officially released in the west as just Gurren Lagann) is what happens when Studio Gainax is asked to create a Saturday-Morning Cartoon.Lonely orphan Simonnote pronounced "SHI-mon" in Japanese and "SEE-moan" in the English dub(Tetsuya Kakihara) lives in an underground village, digging for ancient artifacts and eating pigmoles. His self-appointed big brother, Kamina (Katsuyuki Konishi), is a hot-headed badass who dreams of going to the "Surface" as his father did despite the village elder constantly saying the "Surface" doesn't exist. One fateful day, Simon discovers a strange drill-shaped key and, soon after, a pint-sized mecha which responds to the key. While taking an unapproved excursion to see it, Simon and Kamina are interrupted by the village elder... then by the roof of the village collapsing... then by a massive, bestial, robotic head... and then by Yoko (Marina Inoue), a young woman with a very big gun, and very little clothing, firing at said beast-mecha known as a "Gunmen".note Ganmen in Japanese, meaning "face".Thus begins a roller coaster ride of Fanservice, over-the-top fight scenes between mecha, hot-bloodedness, epic sunglasses, massive badassery, and mind-blowing heroism. The show seldom takes itself seriously; it could be described as the exact polar opposite of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gainax's other series about giant mecha.The series is also something of a tribute to Getter Robo and Ken Ishikawa in general, being written by Ishikawa's editor and "number-one fan" Kazuki Nakashima half a year after the former's unexpected death, and incorporating enough of its lingering plot threadsnote Most notably, the late-series moral conflict over whether humanity pursuing "the power of evolution" will cause them to destroy the universe that it can be seen as a pseudo-sequel to the (then) unfinished Getter Robo Āḥ. This extends to its appearances in Super Robot Wars, where it's treated as an honorary Getter entry for the purpose of mechanics and roster (even being allowed to take Getter's place in the traditional Mazinger/Getter/Gundam "Holy Trinity").There are two Compilation Movies with new scenes to help tie things together and provide movie-original climaxes: Gurren-hen (紅蓮篇, Crimson Lotus Chapter, titled as Childhood's End outside of Japan) and Lagann-hen (螺巌篇, Spiral Stone Chapter, similarly titled The Lights in the Sky are Stars). There are also three manga: one is a slightly altered version of the anime, another is a High School AU, and the third is set in an Alternate Universe focusing on Simon and Nia.Gurren Lagann was originally licensed by ADV Films, but was later lifted from their license list and given to Bandai, whose DVD release of the series went out of print when that company went down, and currently rests in the hands of Aniplex of America. The English dub first aired in America on Sci Fi Channel, then later aired on Viz Media's Neon Alley streaming service and Toonami. The entire series can be found on both Hulu and Netflix.The sheer success of this anime led to the creation of Studio TRIGGER, a sort of spiritual successor to Studio Gainax, who eventually ended up acquiring the rights to the series in 2021 alongside fellow Hiroyuki Imaishi work Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.See also GunBuster, DieBuster, and FLCL (previous Gainax productions); Neon Genesis Evangelion (its Gainax Spiritual Antithesis) and Kill la Kill and Promare (its TRIGGER Spiritual Successors). Compare Code Geass, another popular yet Darker and Edgier anime with mecha that aired around the same time. Warning: Due to the series' massive popularity and Trope Overdosed nature, there are many unmarked spoilers below. If you have not watched it yet, you may wish to Archive Binge first. | |
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Falling into His Arms | |
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Falling into His Arms: Nia falls into Simon's arms after he arrives to save her from the Anti-Spiral. | |
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Eye Color Change: Humans who channel enormous Spiral Power have spirals appear in their eyes. This is seen mostly in Lordgenome, but also briefly in Kittan right before his death. Simon's eye also changes during the Giga Drill Break war with the Anti-Spiral after Lordgenome's sacrifice, as well as during the Distant Finale. | |
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Canon Foreigner | |
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Canon Foreigner: The Manga introduces Princess Straea, an elderly abandoned Spiral Princess who runs the all-female village and wants Nia to succeed her post. And had a past with Old Coco. | |
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Anyone Can Die | |
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Anyone Can Die: To a more limited degree than other series, though. Kamina dies, and so do a bunch of other characters while fighting the Anti-Spiral; Nia dies at the end. | |
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All Men Are Perverts | |
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All Men Are Perverts: Played with. Kamina believes voyeurism to be "the height of the male soul" (and Simon at least goes along, until he's complimented on his real manliness by Yoko). | |
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Goggles Do Nothing | |
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Goggles Do Nothing: Averted. Entirely. Simon's goggles are used as light sources, and later turn into Kamina-style glasses. Even the Gurren Lagann has sunglasses that double as a boomerang. | |
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Misanthrope Supreme: The Beastmen continuously rant about humans and how their deaths are beneath them. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: More a villainous blue screen of death: Viral's realization that he's been fighting "women and a children" instead of Kamina, ever since Kamina's death. Simon also gets a brief one after Kamina's death before realising that Kamina always believed in him and quickly snaps out of it. It can also be said that Lordgenome was never evil, just suffering from a chronic case of this. | |
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Death Is a Sad Thing | |
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Death Is a Sad Thing: Many of the characters express regret at the death of Kamina. The entire Dai Gurren team in Lagann Hen fights with unmatched fury after the death of Kittan. | |
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Villain Opening Scene: In the Movie. | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Darker and Edgier: The second movie, Lagann-hen, had a run-in with this trope. Even though the other Dai-Gurren members survived the initial Anti-Spiral attack, Kittan still died, and the scenes in the film were more brutal and graphic this time around than in the TV anime. Such instances of brutality included Simon coughing up blood from exerting too much Spiral Power, the Tengen Toppa mechs all bleeding (which seems to be a bit of a loving jab towards another work from Gainax) from the Anti-Spiral's no-holds-barred beatdown, Simon coughing up even more blood from said beatdown, and the more subtle, less-epic manner in which the film handled Rossiu's attempted suicide. Also Nia and Yoko got at least a whole thirty seconds of screentime dedicated to showing off their nude bodies which includes seeing their nipples. Slightly less extreme as above, but the series proper post-Timeskip definitely counts. Just look at the Anti-Spiral's and Rossiou's decisions! | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything? | |
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Later in the same battle, Simon pushes the Dai-Gurren out of the water by ramming his drill into the hole left by the destroyed cannon. Instead of a repeat performance by the men, we see Leeron gasp and suddenly hop upwards. | |
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Badass Adorable | |
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Badass Adorable: Simon is this as he looks up to Kamina. | |
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Four-Philosophy Ensemble: (Early episodes): Simon as Cynic, Kamina as Optimist, Yoko as Realist, Leeron as Apathetic. Later it becomes: Simon as Cynic, Nia as Optimist, Yoko as Realist, Leeron as Apathetic. At the beginning of season 2 is was: Rossiu as Cynic, Kittan was Optimist, Simon was Realist and Viral is Apathetic, then it turned into Gimmy as Cynic, Simon/Kittan as Optimist, Leeron/Yoko as Realist and Lordgenome as Apathetic. Maybe. Hard to say since everyone is pretty single-mindedly optimistic through sheer force of will at that point. | |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy | |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy: Kamina; much of his personality is arguably because of his regret that he didn't accompany his father to the surface when he was a child. Simon, towards Kamina himself; most of his motivation in the first eight episodes is making his bro happy. | |
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Genre Shift | |
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In Episode 8, Kamina meets his end because he charged into the middle of the enemy base and let his guard down to jump from his Gunman and belt Simon in the face. He didn't pick up on the sudden Genre Shift and probably his Plot Armor to protect him from the obvious consequences. | |
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The Worf Effect | |
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The Worf Effect: If you pay attention, you'll notice that Kamina almost never won a fight without Simon. The funny thing is, Kamina is fully aware of that trend. It's just that no one - especially Simon - believes him. And this is about a guy with insane stamina, Genius Bruiser tendencies and some Instant Expert skills thrown in one. This is mostly due to the fact that the super robot Lagann IS THEIR ENTIRE FIGHTING FORCE and without it, the real robot Gurren is just one big ass target. The Lagann is also the only mecha powered by Spiral Energy (aka manliness) and only Simon can pilot it. Also, the final battle. After escaping from the Alternate Space Labyrinth, the Dai-Gurren Brigade assemble a galaxy-sized mecha with an entire universe's worth of Spiral power. The Anti-Spiral proceeds to summon up his own galaxy-sized mecha and beat the crap out of it, even tearing it to shreds in the movie. Deliberately invoked by the Anti-Spirals, as this is the only way to induce total despair, which in turn will destroy any trace of spiral power. | |
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Spectacular Spinning | |
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Spectacular Spinning: In the form of "Spiral Power", this is a codified law of the universe. | |
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Full-Frontal Assault | |
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Full-Frontal Assault: Practically the entire cast in the Bath House episode, but extra points for Simon and Kamina, who use a drill and Boota as a Scenery Censor, respectively. Happens directly to Leeron's face, much to his pleasure. | |
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Title Drop: The biggest mecha in the series is called "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann"; chapters are also named after a dramatic line said by one of the characters. As the title in America is simply Gurren Lagann, this was lost when the finale was aired. There's also confusion after episodes having to be renamed as the lines they're named after are slightly different. It should be noted that, translated, the biggest Mecha of the series literally reads Heaven Shattering Gurren Lagann. Guess what it does. | |
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Extreme Speculative Stratification: The Beastmen live in the high-tech city of Teppelin under the rule of the Spiral King, while humans are forced to eke out an existence Beneath the Earth. The Spiral King maintains this to appease his masters, the Anti-Spiral, who want to keep humans from advancing because they are a Spiral race, and the awakening of Spiral Power could destroy the universe. | |
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Passion Is Evil: Inverted. Good is personified by passion in this series, as opposed to the depressing stoicism and cold logic of the bad guys. | |
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Never Trust a Trailer | |
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Never Trust a Trailer: Subverted, and how! | |
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Living Forever Is Awesome: If the girls on his throne are any indication, Lordgenome enjoyed eternal life. In the Distant Finale, Viral was making the most of it too. | |
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The Movie | |
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Viral repeats this in the battle against the Anti-Spiral, though it stands to reason that he probably learned from watching Kamina. And then Lagann does it too. | |
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Soft Water | |
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Soft Water: During the Beach Episode, it's OK to use the hundreds of feet tall Dai-Gunmen as a springboard. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1c2b6ac8 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1c445e86 | type |
Poor Communication Kills | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1c445e86 | comment |
Poor Communication Kills: Lordgenome reveals that having more than 1,000,000 humans would have severe consequences. Unfortunately, he fails to specify that this applies to the number of humans on the surface(hence why he forced the humans to live underground). Rossiu, assuming that having more than 1,000,000 humans total would trigger this, forces the humans to come to the surface to easily be counted, thereby causing the disaster that he was trying to prevent. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1c445e86 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1c445e86 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1c445e86 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1c4adce1 | type |
The Siege | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1c4adce1 | comment |
The Siege: Combined with Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1c4adce1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1c4adce1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1c4adce1 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1ca3c244 | type |
Who Are You? | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1ca3c244 | comment |
Who Are You?: Inverted or...something. The hot-blooded heroes were rarely actually asked, but often answered their opponents preemptively and at great length, always ending with the series' Character Catchphrase / Arc Words, "JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE!?" | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1ca3c244 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1ca3c244 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1ca3c244 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1ce83c47 | type |
Marshmallow Hell | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1ce83c47 | comment |
Marshmallow Hell: Simon has just the perfect height for this. Kiyoh even says so when she smothers him. Simon follows up his entry to the surface by falling into Yoko's cleavage. He looks up in horror to see her smiling face, only to see the smile change to a horrified expression- not because of his position, but because of the two gunmen behind him. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1ce83c47 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1ce83c47 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1ce83c47 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1cf11f13 | type |
No Sympathy | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1cf11f13 | comment |
No Sympathy: After Kamina's death, everyone's morale has taken a toll, but none more so than Simon. However, most seem to be intent on putting a stiff upper-lip and trying to move on while doing somewhat half-assed attempts at helping him. Gets a bit worse throughout as after Lagann stops working, they kinda abandon him to his own devices. The only one shown to be consistently worried about him was Rossiu. While Nia was also worried, she also had genuine faith in Simon which was the main reason he broke through his funk (not that Rossiu didn't believe in Simon, he was openly concerned). | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1cf11f13 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1cf11f13 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1cf11f13 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1d47dc06 | type |
Alternative Calendar | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1d47dc06 | comment |
Alternative Calendar: While an actual dating system is never mentioned, Word of God says that prior to Lordgenome's defeat, each village had developed its own calendar system due to not being able to measure time by the sun and moon. This explains why Yoko looks so much older than Simon, despite both of them being, by the reckoning of their respective cultures, 14, because Geehaw and Littner measure years differently. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1d47dc06 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1d47dc06 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1d47dc06 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1dacdb4f | type |
Senseless Sacrifice | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1dacdb4f | comment |
Senseless Sacrifice: Kittan flies out to perform a Heroic Sacrifice — only for his mecha to blow up moments too soon. Wait, no, that was his mecha's mecha. Kittan lasts a few more seconds to say something. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1dacdb4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1dacdb4f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1dacdb4f | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1dea3034 | type |
Cool Shades | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1dea3034 | comment |
Manliest of all is Kamina. So much so just wearing his Cool Shades at least triples your manliness. WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK HE IS?! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1dea3034 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1dea3034 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1dea3034 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e10069c | type |
Real Robot Genre | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e10069c | comment |
Whoever designed the Do-Ten-Kai-Zan certainly was. In a Real Robot Genre show it certainly would be an intimidating opponent, being four carriers combined into a flying fortress that the enemy would have to traverse in order to destroy. Unfortunately for it, it's in a Super Robot Genre series and the Giga Drill Break: Team Dai-Gurren Special just punches through it. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e10069c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e10069c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e10069c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e1aa82a | type |
Diabolus ex Machina | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e1aa82a | comment |
Diabolus ex Machina: See Contrived Coincidence. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e1aa82a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e1aa82a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e1aa82a | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e6dfea1 | type |
Ãœbermensch | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e6dfea1 | comment |
Ãœbermensch: Kamina is one of the straightest heroic examples in fiction. He defies the existing morality (which is similar to the "sheep" morality described and despised by Nietsche) and makes his own code, and inspires others to follow him. All of Team Gurren is this to some degree, and most of the leaders who oppose them (Lordgenome, post-timeskip Rossiu, the Anti Spiral) are Last Men. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e6dfea1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e6dfea1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e6dfea1 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e7487cd | type |
Breaking the Fourth Wall | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e7487cd | comment |
Breaking the Fourth Wall: Done in the director's cut version of the Hot Springs Episode in reference to the censoring blur on the female naked apes of Team Gurren. Kamina points it out, and is overall confused by it. From the bowdlerized version of the same episode's Clip Show segment, when it gets to Viral's first appearance: Grandzeboma does this to end the Dai Gurren Dan's triumphant speech in Lagann Hen. Yoko addresses the viewer in the second episode, wondering aloud where Kamina 'gets his confidence' just after the Title Drop in which he announces his intentions to commandeer one of the Gunmen advancing on the pair. The Fourth Wall is never broken again in the series in this fashion. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e7487cd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e7487cd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e7487cd | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e7c47ab | type |
Stealth Pun | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e7c47ab | comment |
Stealth Pun: At least in English, the song title "Rap is a Man's Soul" works as this, given that rap, R&B, and, yes, soul are closely related musical genres. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e7c47ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e7c47ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1e7c47ab | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1eb49c19 | type |
Stripperiffic | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1eb49c19 | comment |
Stripperiffic: Yoko, especially her outfit for the final arc. Not to mention Simon's waist cincher and posture collar. And Kamina never wore very much either. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1eb49c19 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1eb49c19 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1eb49c19 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1f19f198 | type |
Back-to-Back Badasses | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1f19f198 | comment |
Back-to-Back Badasses: Kidd and Iraak during their Heroic Sacrifice. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1f19f198 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1f19f198 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1f19f198 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1f862cf | type |
Dare to Be Badass | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1f862cf | comment |
Dare to Be Badass: Kamina's whole character is pretty much based around providing this sort of motivation to the other characters. Hell, this could be considered basically the entire message of the series, seeing as all the incredibly awesome stuff they accomplish is caused simply by daring to a badass. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1f862cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1f862cf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1f862cf | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1fdaf8ff | type |
Ominous Latin Chanting | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1fdaf8ff | comment |
Ominous Latin Chanting: See One-Woman Wail. Interspersed with a rap song, and is just as awesome as it sounds. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1fdaf8ff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1fdaf8ff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1fdaf8ff | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1fffdf05 | type |
Advantage Ball | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1fffdf05 | comment |
Advantage Ball: Prevalent since, thanks to Spiral Energy, confidence is combat ability. Except for wild cards like the Mugann, the Ball is in the court of whoever is delivering a Badass Boast at the moment. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1fffdf05 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1fffdf05 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_1fffdf05 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20917b55 | type |
Milking the Giant Cow | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20917b55 | comment |
Milking the Giant Cow: Frequent and intense. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20917b55 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20917b55 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20917b55 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20a14df0 | type |
Wrong Genre Savvy | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20a14df0 | comment |
Wrong Genre Savvy: Rossiu is a cynical, pragmatic, and intellectual. If he was in Gundam or Evangelion he'd be completely right with all his choices. Whoever designed the Do-Ten-Kai-Zan certainly was. In a Real Robot Genre show it certainly would be an intimidating opponent, being four carriers combined into a flying fortress that the enemy would have to traverse in order to destroy. Unfortunately for it, it's in a Super Robot Genre series and the Giga Drill Break: Team Dai-Gurren Special just punches through it. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20a14df0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20a14df0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20a14df0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20b593e9 | type |
In the Name of the Moon | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20b593e9 | comment |
In the Name of the Moon: Simon and his current co-pilot do this at dramatically or thematically appropriate moments. Which, ironically, includes the time they went to attack the moon. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20b593e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20b593e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20b593e9 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20cb2042 | type |
Cape Swish | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20cb2042 | comment |
Cape Swish: Everyone with clothes past their waist does this at least once. Same goes for any mecha with trailing parts. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20cb2042 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20cb2042 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_20cb2042 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_213e1088 | type |
Losing the Team Spirit | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_213e1088 | comment |
Losing the Team Spirit: Most of team Dai-Gurren went through this after Kamina's death. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_213e1088 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_213e1088 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_213e1088 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_21b5f849 | type |
My Name Is Inigo Montoya | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_21b5f849 | comment |
My Name Is Inigo Montoya: "I'm Simon The Digger!!!" | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_21b5f849 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_21b5f849 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_21b5f849 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_21f3e32e | type |
Chekhov's Boomerang | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_21f3e32e | comment |
Chekhov's Boomerang: Nia's engagement ring, which coincides with her Face–Heel Turn into the Anti-Spiral messenger, becomes the subject of the Armor-Piercing Question above, then is later used to find her and the Anti Spiral homeworld, and is then used once again as a gateway to allow Simon and the Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann to get to the Anti Spiral King. This is even more impressive when you note that the engagement ring's gem is the same rock that Simon gave Nia in Episode 11. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_21f3e32e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_21f3e32e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_21f3e32e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_21fd09a7 | type |
How Do I Shot Web? | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_21fd09a7 | comment |
How Do I Shot Web?: Played straight in the first episode. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_21fd09a7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_21fd09a7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_21fd09a7 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_22a65646 | type |
Not Brainwashed | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_22a65646 | comment |
Not Brainwashed: Nia, according to herself after she learns she's The Mole. Simon disagrees. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_22a65646 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_22a65646 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_22a65646 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_22cf536c | type |
Chekhov's Gun | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_22cf536c | comment |
Chekhov's Gun: The Space Gunmen's cascade system, which allows the original Gunman/Grapearl to eject from the larger mech's mouth. The first time it is actually used is when Kittan has to eject the original King Kittan when his Space Gunman is crushed by the Death Spiral Machine. Had it not been for that, Kittan's Heroic Sacrifice would have been for naught, and the heroes would have been crushed to death. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_22cf536c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_22cf536c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_22cf536c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_22d2b473 | type |
Share Phrase | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_22d2b473 | comment |
Share Phrase: Every main character gets a turn in hot-bloodingly shouting some variation on "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?!" Even Nia. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_22d2b473 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_22d2b473 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_22d2b473 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_23473ae7 | type |
Adaptation Expansion | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_23473ae7 | comment |
Adaptation Expansion: The manga adds in a few additional scenes not found in the anime: How Nia wound up in the box that Simon would later find. A conversation between Thymilph and Adiane that gives a little insight to their relationship. An additional bit before the final battle of the first half about Nia's sister. The inclusion of Kiyal in the final battle with the Anti-Spirals. This also may have been a response to criticism, as fans were disappointed with the reduced role of the Black sisters in the second half of the series. The second movie which focuses on the Anti-Spiral Arc. While it condenses and changes some things like most of the Gurren Brigade surviving, only Kittan's sacrifice is still kept in. The last battle is expanded on with everyone gaining their own Tengen Toppa Gunmen, including Nia, and taking their turn getting their licks in on the Anti-Spiral King. The final blows between Simon and him also only come down to fisticuffs rather then just throwing Lagann at him like they did in the series. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_23473ae7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_23473ae7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_23473ae7 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_23698fa8 | type |
Aborted Arc | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_23698fa8 | comment |
Aborted Arc: Simon's feelings for Yoko end up disappearing from the story, despite being built up for 8 episodes and partially being the reason behind Kamina's death. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_23698fa8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_23698fa8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_23698fa8 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2379224f | type |
Astral Finale | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2379224f | comment |
Astral Finale: The entire third arc of the series is set in space. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2379224f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2379224f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2379224f | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_242b7b18 | type |
First Time in the Sun | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_242b7b18 | comment |
First Time in the Sun: The first episode. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_242b7b18 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_242b7b18 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_242b7b18 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_24321e44 | type |
Only Sane Man | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_24321e44 | comment |
Only Sane Man: Rossiu in episode 6 and Kittan in episode 20. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_24321e44 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_24321e44 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_24321e44 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2462a9ba | type |
Multi-Armed and Dangerous | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2462a9ba | comment |
Multi-Armed and Dangerous: The Granzeboma has an additional pair of gigantic arms, big enough to pick up galaxies easily the size of the rest of the mech's body The idea behind Viral's mech at the Enkidudu stage. Doesn't work; Simon pretty much pwns him without really paying attention, and eventually it gets shot up by Grapearls. It gets a bit more impressive with sixteen arms circa Lagann-Hen. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2462a9ba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2462a9ba | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2462a9ba | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_25101d1a | type |
Post-Victory Collapse | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_25101d1a | comment |
Post-Victory Collapse: Kamina gets lethally hurt, but not without opening a huge can of whoopass on Thymilph's Dai-Gunzan and commandeering it as the Dai-Gurren. Then he dies.. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_25101d1a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_25101d1a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_25101d1a | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_25524784 | type |
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_25524784 | comment |
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: The battle against Lordgenome, who beats the ever-loving crap out of Lagann bare-handed. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_25524784 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_25524784 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_25524784 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_25bc8511 | type |
Generation Xerox | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_25bc8511 | comment |
Generation Xerox: Played with, since the villains make it quite clear that everything the hero has done so far has been done before, with no success; the heroes only manage to succeed due to The Power of Love. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_25bc8511 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_25bc8511 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_25bc8511 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_263bb4ec | type |
Wave-Motion Gun | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_263bb4ec | comment |
Wave-Motion Gun: Powered by a Big Bang. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_263bb4ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_263bb4ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_263bb4ec | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_264b8f4c | type |
Balloon Belly | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_264b8f4c | comment |
Balloon Belly: Briefly happened to Kamina in Episode 6: | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_264b8f4c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_264b8f4c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_264b8f4c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2737c505 | type |
Shoot the Dog | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2737c505 | comment |
Shoot the Dog: Rossiu is forced to do this a lot, and suffers for it. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2737c505 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2737c505 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2737c505 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_27a42ebc | type |
Spiritual Successor | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_27a42ebc | comment |
Spiritual Successor: To Gunbuster, FLCL, and Diebuster. Gains one of its own six years later, even being made by the same people. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_27a42ebc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_27a42ebc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_27a42ebc | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_282579b2 | type |
City in a Bottle | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_282579b2 | comment |
City in a Bottle: Jeeha, Simon and Kamina's village; Kamina always keeps getting in trouble because he firmly believes in the surface, and the elder doesn't start believing until Yoko and a Gunmen crash through the ceiling. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_282579b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_282579b2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_282579b2 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_29292e6d | type |
Walking the Earth | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_29292e6d | comment |
Walking the Earth: Viral, because of Lordgenome (post-timeskip) and Simon, because of Nia (in the epilogue). | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_29292e6d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_29292e6d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_29292e6d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_294ed981 | type |
Bilingual Bonus | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_294ed981 | comment |
Bilingual Bonus: The name of Viral's Leitmotif, "Nikopol"? Apparently, it derives from the Greek Nikepolis, which means "City of Victory." | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_294ed981 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_294ed981 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_294ed981 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_297ab1b9 | type |
Parental Abandonment | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_297ab1b9 | comment |
Parental Abandonment: The parents of everyone that wasn't born during the course of the series are all dead Except for Rossiu, though his mother was essentially sentenced to death by his father. Except for one case, Nia; where it simply was a literal parental abandonment - though her father dies anyway. Twice. Lordgenome had Nia and her sisters before her placed in boxes and dumped over a mountain when they began showing signs of intelligence. This was to prevent their growth in spiral power and The End of the World as We Know It. Even Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You is cranked up. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_297ab1b9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_297ab1b9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_297ab1b9 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a090d00 | type |
Lampshade Hanging | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a090d00 | comment |
This is actually pointed out at one point. When something smashed through the observation deck, all of the male crew members, minus Leeron, grabbed their crotches and cringed. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a090d00 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a090d00 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a090d00 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a51fd2d | type |
Beam-O-War | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a51fd2d | comment |
Beam-O-War: Twice. With drills. It collapses a pocket universe the second time. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a51fd2d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a51fd2d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a51fd2d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a542c7d | type |
Beam Spam | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a542c7d | comment |
Beam Spam: There's a reason why Attenborough is known by fans as "Beam Spam McMuppet". | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a542c7d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a542c7d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a542c7d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a80d327 | type |
Slipknot Ponytail | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a80d327 | comment |
Slipknot Ponytail: Rossiu after Simon jumps through space and time to smack some sense into him. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a80d327 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a80d327 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2a80d327 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2ad2a2c8 | type |
Diagonal Cut | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2ad2a2c8 | comment |
Diagonal Cut: Although This Is a Drill, Giga Drill Break stylistically resembles one. Gurren Boomerang is a more straightforward example. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2ad2a2c8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2ad2a2c8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2ad2a2c8 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2ae277ab | type |
Mauve Shirt | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2ae277ab | comment |
Mauve Shirt: Gimmy and Darry usually end up as the last survivors of the Redshirt Army. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2ae277ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2ae277ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2ae277ab | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2b3bd260 | type |
Readings Are Off the Scale | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2b3bd260 | comment |
Readings Are Off the Scale: Literally. As in, when the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann absorbs the energy from a Beam-O-War twice the power of the Big Bang, the readings go off the scale and float in midair. The Scale also only uses White and Green normally. When the Reading literally go off the scale, they also turn into a rainbow. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2b3bd260 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2b3bd260 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2b3bd260 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2b706ca | type |
More Dakka | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2b706ca | comment |
That's nothing. How about when the Chouginga Gurren Lagann fires missiles to attack every point in space ten seconds into the past and eight seconds into the future? Honestly, it was pretty close to being enough Dakka. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2b706ca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2b706ca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2b706ca | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2bdae2ae | type |
Awesome, but Impractical | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2bdae2ae | comment |
Awesome, but Impractical: Filled to the brim with this, but it's later played with: Due to the way that Spiral Energy works, the more awesome something is, the more practical it is. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2bdae2ae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2bdae2ae | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2bdae2ae | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d266580 | type |
Face Fault | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d266580 | comment |
Face Fault: This being anime, it happens a few times. What's notable is how Leeron manages to make the aircraft-carrier-sized Dai-Gurren facefault. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d266580 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d266580 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d266580 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d364c81 | type |
Tomboy and Girly Girl | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d364c81 | comment |
Tomboy and Girly Girl: Yoko and Nia. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d364c81 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d364c81 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d364c81 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d395ee9 | type |
Autobots, Rock Out! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d395ee9 | comment |
Autobots, Rock Out!: Viral's Leitmotif is highly badass heavy metal. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d395ee9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d395ee9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d395ee9 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d4fa515 | type |
Ax-Crazy | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d4fa515 | comment |
In Episode 9, Simon is outright exhausted because Kamina's death has driven him to become almost Ax-Crazy, constantly in battle and pushing himself extremely hard, while in a Heroic Safe Mode outside of it, all in an attempt to pick up the slack that Kamina left behind. It's also implied during this time that Simon isn't even eating or sleeping. As a result, Simon ends up hitting a Heroic RRoD as a result of the physical and mental hell that he's putting his body through. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d4fa515 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d4fa515 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2d4fa515 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2dc0d2bf | type |
Hidden Depths | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2dc0d2bf | comment |
Hidden Depths: Kamina is actually a much more complex character than he seems. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2dc0d2bf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2dc0d2bf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2dc0d2bf | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2e38477c | type |
Killer Yo-Yo | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2e38477c | comment |
Killer Yoyo: Not in the main series, but in Parallel Works: Kittan Zero, Kiyoh uses one of these. Not surprisingly, the tricks she pulls with it are powered by Rule of Cool. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2e38477c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2e38477c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2e38477c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2f50c5bf | type |
Theme Music Power-Up | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2f50c5bf | comment |
Theme Music Power-Up: Repeatedly. Culminating in the final episode, when the Anti-Spirals unleash the power of a Big Bang in a last-ditch effort to win... then the theme music kicks in. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2f50c5bf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2f50c5bf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2f50c5bf | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2fdfbdaf | type |
Close-Call Haircut | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2fdfbdaf | comment |
Close-Call Haircut: Nia is being held hostage by an enemy mech, but Yoko destroys it by shooting through Nia's hair. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2fdfbdaf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2fdfbdaf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_2fdfbdaf | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_30537448 | type |
The War to End All Wars | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_30537448 | comment |
The War to End All Wars: One of these is a major part of the backstory; it ended with humankind forced to live underground in a misguided attempt to save it from the Anti-Spiral. A more literal example takes place during the course of the series, in which humanity fights back against the Anti-Spiral and defeats it, and the newly-liberated civilizations of the universe join with humanity in peace. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_30537448 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_30537448 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_30537448 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_31a2a33c | type |
Stuff Blowing Up | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_31a2a33c | comment |
Stuff Blowing Up: Has an explosions-per-minute quotient that would put any Michael Bay movie to shame. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_31a2a33c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_31a2a33c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_31a2a33c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_31add7fe | type |
Out of the Inferno | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_31add7fe | comment |
Out of the Inferno: Pulled by Kittan flying King Kittan through the explosion of his Space Gunmen. Earlier pulled by every one of the three battleships involved in episode 14. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_31add7fe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_31add7fe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_31add7fe | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_323f135b | type |
Sorting Algorithm of Evil | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_323f135b | comment |
Sorting Algorithm of Evil: Viral, then the Four Divine Generals, then Lordgenome, then the Anti-Spiral System, then an entire reality controlled by Anti-Spirals, and finally an enemy mecha that throws galaxies like Frisbees. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_323f135b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_323f135b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_323f135b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3297cfbb | type |
Evolving Credits | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3297cfbb | comment |
Evolving Credits: Each arc has a different animation for the opening credits, reflecting changes in the cast and the goals. But they don't stop there- the pre-timeskip openers feature the first verse of Sorairo Days, while the post-timeskip openers use the second verse. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3297cfbb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3297cfbb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3297cfbb | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3318a1cb | type |
Distant Finale | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3318a1cb | comment |
They're also on everyone's outfits in the Distant Finale. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3318a1cb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3318a1cb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3318a1cb | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_334e48a1 | type |
After the End | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_334e48a1 | comment |
After the End: The story takes place thousands of years after Lordgenome wiped out his fellow Spiral Warriors and forced everyone else underground. The Ageless: Lordgenome has this, as do his Four Generals. It's possible that all Beastmen have the same trait. Leeron seems to have it too, since he looks almost exactly the same in the Distant Finale as he did in the series itself. However, Word of God attributes this to extensive plastic surgery. invoked | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_334e48a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_334e48a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_334e48a1 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_337b9528 | type |
The Worf Barrage | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_337b9528 | comment |
The Worf Barrage: Poor Viral seems to fall victim to this a lot, especially any time he draws his swords. Apparently drills > Katanas. Then he gets redeemed. In Lagann-Hen, he does the same barrage of blades in the anime, but with Tengen Toppa Enkidulga, and when the swords inevitably break, he kicks a shard of the sword into the Anti-Spiral homeworld, which Yoko shoots in her Tengen Toppa Yoko W Tank, the only time in the series where his swords were useful. Not to mention Attenborough's Button Mashing all the Humongous Mecha-du-jour's guns on every enemy, usually to little effect. This is pointed out to him at one point. Despite this, he actually does kill Adiane with it, and mooks now and then. And it's not just Attenborough. Before that there was Yoko's BFG. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_337b9528 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_337b9528 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_337b9528 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_33cadb12 | type |
Compilation Movie | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_33cadb12 | comment |
In the Compilation Movie, to simplify the plot Lordgenome simply says the trigger will be humanity reaching the moon. So Rossiu sends a rocket to the moon. Brilliant. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_33cadb12 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_33cadb12 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_33cadb12 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3441859b | type |
Rank Scales with Asskicking | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3441859b | comment |
Rank Scales with Asskicking: Thymilph, Lordgenome and the Anti-Spirals all succeed in doing major damage to Team Dai-Gurren. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3441859b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3441859b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3441859b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_34960f22 | type |
Vapor Wear | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_34960f22 | comment |
Vapor Wear: It's obvious that Nia in the High School AU goes commando. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_34960f22 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_34960f22 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_34960f22 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_35ae6a23 | type |
Lethal Chef | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_35ae6a23 | comment |
Lethal Chef: Nia, although Simon and Boota sincerely like her cooking. Anyone else who eats it gets knocked out, though. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_35ae6a23 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_35ae6a23 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_35ae6a23 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_35fb9016 | type |
Gratuitous German | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_35fb9016 | comment |
Gratuitous German: Nia Teppelin's family name is most likely a garbled version of the German word "Zeppelin". | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_35fb9016 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_35fb9016 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_35fb9016 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_36e63b81 | type |
Rule of Cool | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_36e63b81 | comment |
Kamina lives strictly by the Rule of Cool to the point of rejecting anything useful, plausible, practical, survivable, etc, if it isn't cool enough. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_36e63b81 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_36e63b81 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_36e63b81 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_36ed3e1e | type |
Ascended Meme | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_36ed3e1e | comment |
Ascended Meme: In Super Robot Wars Z2, you can get Kamina's shades as an equippable item. They give +20 to starting morale. A lesser example: though "Beyond the Impossible" is quite a popular translation of Kamina's catchphrase, no official translation uses it. However, on the blurb for its compilation DVD release of the two movies, Madman Entertainment wrote: "Go beyond the impossible with this Gurren Lagann movie bundle [...]", as a nod to the popularity of that alternate translation. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_36ed3e1e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_36ed3e1e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_36ed3e1e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_371b253a | type |
Testosterone Poisoning | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_371b253a | comment |
Testosterone Poisoning: Kamina, especially in episode 6. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_371b253a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_371b253a | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_373283c9 | type |
This Cannot Be! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_373283c9 | comment |
This Cannot Be!: Actually exclaimed by heroes and villains alike whenever physics go out the window in favor of what's coolest. The final battle is basically one long contest of this, with the Anti-Spirals losing HORRIBLY. Needless to say physics was found brutally murdered in a dark alley. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_373283c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_373283c9 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_392372f9 | type |
Actor Allusion | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_392372f9 | comment |
Actor Allusion: Father Magin of Adai village has played a stoic false priest with questionable morality and surprisingly good combat skills before. Hynden Walch plays a highly intelligent princess that is utterly unaware of basic facets of human society, that acts as The Heart and The Chick to the team. Where we have seen that before? For that matter, Bridget Hoffman, who takes over as that character, has some experience as the cheery Love Interest with Daddy Issues that falls under the thrall of an otherworldly threat. Rossiu has had experience piloting giant robots. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_392372f9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_392372f9 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_39297f53 | type |
Bigger Is Better | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_39297f53 | comment |
Bigger Is Better: The Gurren Lagann just keeps getting bigger... and bigger... and bigger... Then inverted in that at the end it then gets smaller... and smaller... | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_39297f53 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_39297f53 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3950c1f0 | type |
Poe's Law | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3950c1f0 | comment |
Poe's Law: Started out as a parody of the Hot-Blooded Super Robot shows that inspired it, but after Episode 8, it gradually became more and more the Decon-Recon Switch we all know and love. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3950c1f0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3950c1f0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3a1c2171 | type |
The Man Behind the Man | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3a1c2171 | comment |
The Man Behind the Man: The Anti Spirals. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3a1c2171 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3a1c2171 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3ac583f4 | type |
SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3ac583f4 | comment |
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is surprisingly right in the middle of the scale with a slight leaning toward idealism. While on the surface it seems like a normal Good Vs. Evil story, the main villains are very much like the heroes one of who being a Fallen Hero and the other being a Well-Intentioned Extremist with very understandable reasons and are never treated as being whole wrong. Likewise, the heroes are full of flaws and are never treated as being fully right especially as they were on a path to causing an Apocalypse Wow for the whole universe. The only time the heroes are treated as being fully right is when they take the phiosophy of the Big Bad into themselves, changing their views into a combination of their's and the enemy's. While the series does promote a Screw Destiny message, the ending shows that just because they can screw destiny doesn't mean they should. And while the heroes are able to create a path for a bright future for all, it comes at the cost of many lives, implied that it will be a very hard path to transverse and the main character gives up on being a big famous hero and simply walks the earth, old and forgotten. In short, while things may have turned out for the best of all people, the heroes had to make a lot of sacrifices and changes to get things this way. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3ac583f4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3ac583f4 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3b99a9e0 | type |
Reality Warper | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3b99a9e0 | comment |
Reality Warper: What starts to happen when you have enough Spiral Energy. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3b99a9e0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3b99a9e0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3b99a9e0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3c7d0418 | type |
Doom Magnet | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3c7d0418 | comment |
Doom Magnet: As mentioned above, anyone Yoko shows the slightest romantic affection toward is destined for a Bad End. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3c7d0418 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3c7d0418 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3cd3a0f1 | type |
Femme Fatalons | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3cd3a0f1 | comment |
Femme Fatalons: Adiane, of course. Her entire character is feminine to the point that she has the most titular Gunmen of the series; sporting ample breasts and speaking out of its crotch. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3cd3a0f1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3cd3a0f1 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3d19dd09 | type |
Punk Punk | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3d19dd09 | comment |
Punk Punk: The entire first season and a little on is in the style of Desert Punk to the letter. Plus giant robots. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3d19dd09 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3d19dd09 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3da789e | type |
Resurrection Revenge | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3da789e | comment |
Resurrection Revenge: Kamina willed himself back to life after being killed by Thymilph. He proceeded to invent Gurren Lagann's finishing move and Team Gurren to victory. Only to promptly die again as soon as the battle was over. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3da789e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3da789e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3e848d5c | type |
Cast of Snowflakes | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3e848d5c | comment |
Cast of Snowflakes: Crowd scenes are impressively detailed, and include quite a few recurring extras. Including Bruce Ironstaunch, if you look hard enough. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3e848d5c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3e848d5c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3ea7916d | type |
Immortality Immorality | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3ea7916d | comment |
Immortality Immorality: Played straight with Lordgenome. Thankfully subverted. Lordgenome performed his Heroic Sacrifice and admitted that he had always dreamed to die for humankind, Viral became the most furious protector of humankind, compared to cynical Rossiu and Simon who was unaware of Rossiu's deeds | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3ea7916d | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3ea7916d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3ea7916d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3eb0f889 | type |
Pun-Based Title | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3eb0f889 | comment |
Pun-Based Title: The Japanese titles of the movies use kanji that read Guren and Ragan (i.e. "Gurren" and "Lagann"). The English titles eschew this in favor of the Idiosyncratic Episode Naming, and go with quotes just like the series episode titles. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3eb0f889 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3eb0f889 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3ed23024 | type |
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3ed23024 | comment |
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome : Even in a series as soft on science as this one, some examples pop up. In Episode 8, Kamina meets his end because he charged into the middle of the enemy base and let his guard down to jump from his Gunman and belt Simon in the face. He didn't pick up on the sudden Genre Shift and probably his Plot Armor to protect him from the obvious consequences. In Episode 9, Simon is outright exhausted because Kamina's death has driven him to become almost Ax-Crazy, constantly in battle and pushing himself extremely hard, while in a Heroic Safe Mode outside of it, all in an attempt to pick up the slack that Kamina left behind. It's also implied during this time that Simon isn't even eating or sleeping. As a result, Simon ends up hitting a Heroic RRoD as a result of the physical and mental hell that he's putting his body through. Naturally since the heroes were the ones who liberated mankind from the Spiral King, they are put in charge of the new civilization that is built. This is a bad idea — a bunch of hot-headed freedom fighters really have no idea how to run a government, and they're all either incompetent or disinterested in their jobs save for the level-headed one among them, who is forced to shoulder a lot of the burdens of leadership himself and grows distant and cynical from the others. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3ed23024 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3ed23024 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3f92ad39 | type |
"I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3f92ad39 | comment |
"I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: Simon gives a particularly good one to an Anti-Spiral-possessed Nia. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3f92ad39 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3f92ad39 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3fe2b13f | type |
Ungrateful Bastard | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3fe2b13f | comment |
Ungrateful Bastard: After Kamina's death, most of the members of Team Dai-Gurren quickly lose patience with Simon, who is very clearly experiencing severe depression and grief. Their annoyance is somewhat understandable, as Lagann depends on Simon's fighting spirit and without it Simon has half-crippled the team, but their treatment of him only makes matters worse. It's no surprise that it's Nia's support and kindness, coupled with his own Determinator nature, that manages to help get Simon out of his hole. Adiane and Cytomander both react to Viral saving their lives this way; Adiane beats Viral to a bloody pulp and Cytomander drags him before Lordgenome and demands he be executed, blaming Viral for his own strategic failures. The human population; after the first encounter with the Mugann causes damage to Kamina City, they immediately start rioting and want Simon dead despite everything he did for humanity. This is foreshadowed by the complaints Team Dai-Gurren have constantly been shown fielding since the time jump; it shows that, with the possible exception of Rossiu, Leeron, and possibly Dayakka, Team Dai-Gurren are much more capable as warriors than politicians, and that humanity has gotten used to a comfortable life quite quickly and very easily forgotten how hard Team Dai-Gurren fought to free them from Lordgenome's oppression. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3fe2b13f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_3fe2b13f | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_40b1c664 | type |
The Patriarch | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_40b1c664 | comment |
The Patriarch: Father Magin. He's the head of an entire clan, and is also pretty competent. As Kamina notes he had enough fighting spirit to get an ancient gunman working and used it to defeat the Monster of the Week (though he still manages to be The Stoic). Also, he got the hang of it pretty well, so he's either an Instant Expert, or he's piloted them before. The dub at least implies Instant Expert, as he said that he just did what felt natural. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_40b1c664 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_40b1c664 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_40cc0c7e | type |
Bittersweet Ending | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_40cc0c7e | comment |
Bittersweet Ending: The universe is saved through badassitude and a timely Theme Music Power-Up. But, in a universe where humans and all other Spirals can work together to make life exponentially better for everyone, heroes like Team Gurren are no longer needed. With the Anti-Spiral gone, Nia fades away soon after marrying Simon, who spends the rest of his days Walking the Earth with Boota. And Yoko, having lost both of the men she loved, swears off romance to teach the next generation. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_40cc0c7e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_40cc0c7e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_42846e90 | type |
Elemental Powers | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_42846e90 | comment |
Elemental Powers: Each of Lordgenome's Four Generals has power over one of the classical elements. This is most readily seen when they teleport out of his throne room. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_42846e90 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_42846e90 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_42cfbfc6 | type |
2D Visuals, 3D Effects | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_42cfbfc6 | comment |
2D Visuals, 3D Effects: The Anti-Spiral Mugann mecha look like refugees from TRON. And it works. The first time a Mugann shows up becomes a bonafide Oh, Crap! moment because it's so entirely different from any other enemy seen in the series so far. Pay close attention to episode 8 as Dai-Gurren is about to throw Gurren Lagann. Its arms are computer-generated, but they're cleverly blended into the scene in split-second animation. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_42cfbfc6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_42cfbfc6 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_42d3be0b | type |
Population Control | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_42d3be0b | comment |
Population Control: Applies both to Adai Village's population limit of 50 (enforced by randomly-selected exile to the surface) and the "1,000,000 apes" prophecy. Of course, the latter was supposed to cut the population down to 0, were it not for Team Dai-Gurren being incredibly badass. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_42d3be0b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_42d3be0b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4387800d | type |
Pressure-Sensitive Interface | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4387800d | comment |
Pressure-Sensitive Interface: The kind of psycho Gonk called Attenborough who appears to be in charge of using the giant mechs' cannons. He never does any aiming or anything, mind you. And he often acts so rashly that he puts the whole team in danger. Presumably, he's only in this position because he pushes those buttons very enthusiastically, and really damn hard. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4387800d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4387800d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_43f03c2b | type |
Power Gives You Wings | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_43f03c2b | comment |
Power Gives You Wings: Power gives you Cool Shades and drills. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_43f03c2b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_43f03c2b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_440d1d0b | type |
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_440d1d0b | comment |
This is made all the sweeter when the total extinction of mankind is only prevented by the very Gunmen he ordered scrapped in the first place, and a bunch of former members of Team Dai-Guren deciding "Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!". He spent two weeks making a mess it took Simon less than two hours to fix. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_440d1d0b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_440d1d0b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_44f6517d | type |
Beach Episode | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_44f6517d | comment |
And again with the Beach Episode: The men are VERY excited that Yoko agrees to put on a bathing suit, but are disappointed when it covers more than her normal outfit (though, really, how much more revealing can you get than her normal outfit?). | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_44f6517d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_44f6517d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_44fc28e8 | type |
Honor Before Reason | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_44fc28e8 | comment |
Honor Before Reason: Viral in episode 13 (he needs a little push, though) This is rather typical of Viral, actually, as he is repeatedly shown as holding a sense of honor and responsibility above all else. Better explained in the manga, but it shows in the anime as well; such as when he waits patiently for everyone to get dressed and into their Gunmen because there would be no honor in fighting otherwise. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_44fc28e8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_44fc28e8 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4565d81d | type |
Single-Stroke Battle | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4565d81d | comment |
Single-Stroke Battle: While not a literal case of this, GIGA DRILL BUREEEEEIKAAAAAAHHHHHHHH is genuinely shown as such, complete with landing in a crouch before the enemy mech explodes. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4565d81d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4565d81d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4583a262 | type |
Shirtless Scene | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4583a262 | comment |
Kamina also has his fair amount of Shirtless Scene, a whole episode of full nudity. and is a good example of Mr. Fanservice. Which recurred with Simon and Viral during the shower fight scene. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4583a262 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4583a262 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_462e2f79 | type |
The Outside World | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_462e2f79 | comment |
The Outside World: The show starts off with Humanity living in isolated villages below the earth. The idea of a surface world is a legend, as well as a major taboo to go searching for it. When the plot kicks in though, Simon and Kamina find themselves on the surface at the end of the first episode. While the initial reaction to them surveying their surroundings is nothing too special, both are constantly surprised by the wonders that exist there. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_462e2f79 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_462e2f79 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_466e561 | type |
Marked Change | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_466e561 | comment |
Marked Change: Post-Time Skip Nia after she becomes an Anti-Spiral. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_466e561 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_466e561 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_471a505f | type |
Four Is Death | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_471a505f | comment |
Four Is Death: The Four Generals of the Spiral King, who are inspired by and named after The Four Gods of Chinese mythology. And they all die. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_471a505f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_471a505f | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_47b21ca6 | type |
Stress Vomit | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_47b21ca6 | comment |
Stress Vomit: Simon's robot, the Lagann, starts vomiting Spiral Energy during the more stressful moments Simon goes through after Kamina's death. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_47b21ca6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_47b21ca6 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_47d646a2 | type |
GenkiGuy | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_47d646a2 | comment |
Genki Guy: Attenborough. Just try to find a scene not involving this guy missing the target or a certain shocking twist in which he is calm. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_47d646a2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_47d646a2 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_47e0dd3b | type |
Cool People Rebel Against Authority | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_47e0dd3b | comment |
Cool People Rebel Against Authority: At least until some of those cool people become the Authority after the timeskip, by then its decidely uncool. After that it depends on whether or not you think the Anti-Spiral was a larger authority. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4856ac40 | type |
Stock Footage | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4856ac40 | comment |
Stock Footage: The Giga Drill Break-animation. Which gets kinda jarring in episode 15 and The Movie, as the Gurren Lagann's wings just spontaneously disappear for one shot as the attack is carried out. | |
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Villain Pedigree | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4949bc93 | comment |
Villain Pedigree: From Beastmen to Anti-Spirals. | |
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Badass Teacher | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_498a6a21 | comment |
Badass Teacher: Yoko becomes one after the Time Skip. Do not threaten her students. She'll show you that she hasn't lost her sniper skills. If you happen to be a student, watch out for flying chalk that can crack concrete. | |
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Scenery Porn | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_49d59be9 | comment |
Scenery Porn: When Simon first broke through to the surface with Yoko and Kamina, he shot up so high he saw the earth pretty much split in two between night and day, with the moon and sun on opposite sides of the sky going over a vast expanse of earth. Photographers would kill to get that kind of shot in real life but because this show runs on Rule of Cool, that's more than likely impossible. Even more breathtaking after the Time Skip when Yoko and a student see the same view (inexplicably from a treetop this time) over the ocean. | |
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Ace Custom | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_49f8c18f | comment |
Ace Custom: The Gurren, built out of the combined remains of the first three Gunmen our heroes fight on the surface. | |
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Long Song, Short Scene | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4cefd8a6 | comment |
Long Song, Short Scene: While Dai-Gurren's Theme and the like are used often throughout the series, Kamina's Theme is used maybe once for all of five seconds. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4d440389 | type |
Idealist vs. Pragmatist | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4d440389 | comment |
Idealist vs. Pragmatist: The second half of the series presents Rossiu as one who is willing to Shoot the Dog in order to make any progress with the limited resources under his command. Simon refuses to sacrifice anyone. The latter ends up more successful. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4da6ac | type |
Rated M for Manly | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4da6ac | comment |
Rated M for Manly: This show is all about drills. And fighting. Breasts feature prominently in the background. And the manliness is so awesome it warps reality. Manliness warping reality is actually the driving force of the plot. Even the girls are manly enough to warp reality. Heck even the pet piglet is manly enough to warp reality. Even the super-femme Camp Gay mechanic is manly enough to warp reality! Manliest of all is Kamina. So much so just wearing his Cool Shades at least triples your manliness. WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK HE IS?! It's a show all about doing the impossible, seeing the invisible, breaking the unbreakable. Fighting the POWAH. Lordgenome might top them all. He's a giant muscular man with an impressive spiky beard and spiral-shaped chest hair who goes around shirtless despite essentially ruling the world. He is so manly HE DESTROYS GIANT ROBOTS WITH HIS OWN BARE HANDS. HE CONSIDERS USING HIS GIANT ROBOT IN A BATTLE AS "HOLDING BACK". He ate a Big Bang. As in for breakfast. Without milk. Devoured the damn thing whole and then turned into a gigantic-ass drill. Said drill was directly responsible for the defeat of the Big Bad. Simon invented time-space teleportation just to punch Rossiu in the face. By the end of the series, Simon becomes so manly that a nice outfit and ridiculous-looking pair of sunglasses spontaneously generates on his body, right in time for the final battle. As described to an anime club once: "Gurren Lagann is about brotherhood, giant robots, and killing furries with phallic symbols." | |
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Male Frontal Nudity | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4db42cf3 | comment |
Male Frontal Nudity: Gimmy in the director's cut of the Hot Springs Episode and the Parallel Works #5 music video. (Japan regards toddler nudity as non-sexualized.) | |
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Clap Your Hands If You Believe | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4dbd3706 | comment |
Clap Your Hands If You Believe: The Gunmen, especially Gurren Lagann, pretty much run on the sheer power of belief and hot blood. | |
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Wham Line | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4e7c4536 | comment |
Wham Line: At the end of Episode 18, Simon sees Rossiu leading a squad of soldiers, and Rossiu reveals how he intends to deal with the looming crisis. | |
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Full-Circle Revolution | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4ef62a4d | comment |
Full-Circle Revolution: Once Lordgenome has been defeated and it's time to rebuild, it turns out the protagonists aren't very good statesmen: while the Idiot Heroes are still as (un)reliable and (trying to be) helpful as usual, an Obstructive Bureaucracy is created in the shadow of Lordgenome's tyranny, and the only competent official in the bunch (Rossiu) is slowly growing into Spiral King 2.0. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4f6cf75 | type |
Mirroring Factions | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4f6cf75 | comment |
Mirroring Factions: Simon discovers that after taking Teppelin, team Daigurren have been forcing humans to live above ground whether they want to or not...which really isn't too different from the oppression Lordgenome imposed on humanity by forcing them to live under the surface. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_50d71a78 | type |
Dual Wielding | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_50d71a78 | comment |
Dual Wielding: Most notably, the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann dual-wielding two Giga Drills in the finale. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_522811b8 | type |
Falling into the Cockpit | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_522811b8 | comment |
Falling into the Cockpit: Let's face it, almost anyone who is even slightly a Determinator or Hot-Blooded can and WILL pilot a Gunmen at some point. Simon literally does this in episode 11, before his Heroic Rebirth and Prestige-Classing into Badass. He literally falls hundreds of meters from hanging onto a gunmen, and is caught by Lagann's seat. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_527fbbe6 | type |
Latex Space Suit | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_527fbbe6 | comment |
Anti-Spiral Nia's black Latex Space Suit has red Tron Lines going about it. The concentric circles on her breasts easily remind you of something. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5288f02 | type |
All Your Powers Combined | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5288f02 | comment |
All Your Powers Combined: The Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: In the movie, it splits up into its base parts—Simon in Tengen Toppa Lagann, Nia's Tengen Toppa Solvernia, Viral's Tengen Toppa Enkidurga, Yoko's Tengen Toppa Yoko W Tank, the twins' Tengen Toppa Twin Boukun, Kidd's Tengen Toppa Kidd Knuckle, Iraak's Tengen Toppa Ainzaurus, Zorthy's Tengen Toppa Sozorthyn, Makken's Tengen Toppa Moshogun, and Darry and Gimmy's Tengen Toppa Grapearl, with the rest of the crew in the Tengen Toppa Dai-Gurren. And then they re-combine to create SUPER TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN, which is even bigger. And looks like a comparatively GIANT-SIZED KAMINA MADE OF BLUE FLAMES, COMPLETE WITH CAPE AND EPIC SHADES!!! By comparizon, Granzeboma is, prior to its own upgrade, no bigger than STTGL's big toe. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5313c266 | type |
Bookends | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5313c266 | comment |
Book Ends: Well, sort of, the technique that was used to defeat the Big Bad wasn't the Giga Drill Break, it was the very first team attack that Kamina and Simon used to defeat two Gunmen, throwing Lagann at the enemy, impaling them. Lagann-hen's final battle involves Simon progressively losing mechs to The Anti-Spiral until he's down to the original Gurren Lagann, then losing that and Lagann in his charge on the Anti-Spiral homeworld until he ends the battle how he began, just a human with a drill. Lagann-hen starts with the melee fight between Simon and Lordgenome ending with Lordgenome having a big hole in his chest. Guess how the Anti-Spiral ends up going down? To make it even better, look at the dialogue in between the battles, you'll notice several parallels. The formation of the Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann in the final battle of Lagann-hen features the exact same dialogue exchange as back during the first formation of Gurren Lagann. "All The Lights in the Sky..." ExplanationThe series starts with a What If? Bad Future where Team Dai-Gurren wage war on the entire universe, with what seems to be a Beastman version of Boota remarking "So... All the lights in the heavens are our enemy now huh?" The true ending of the series instead has Simon encouraging a young boy's dream of going to space, remarking "Sure you will! Because the lights in the skies are stars... ... yeah they're stars, stars where our Spiral cousins are waiting for us..." Lagann-hen goes even further, as the ending music for said scene is the first track ever played in the original series. The shot just before Simon discovers Lagann in the first episode is of Simon's tunnel spiraling down to a fine point and continuing even farther down straight vertically. The last shot of the series is of Gurren Lagann's flight trail spiraling up into a fine point and continuing farther up straight vertically. Simon starts as a simple digger expanding Jiha Village, and ends as a simple digger planting flowers and helping others. Parallel Works 8 begins with Lordgemone as a child, sitting on a spiral shaped playground structure and surrounded by cute little animals. It ends with him on his spiral throne as the Spiral King, attended to by his monstrous Beastmen creations. In the dub, Kamina's final words to Simon are "Later, buddy", used to indicate that he's no longer there for Simon. Likewise, Simon's parting words with Kamina in the Interdimensional Labyrinth are "Let's go, buddy", showing that Kamina will always be a part of him. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_53ecf83f | type |
Lensman Arms Race | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_53ecf83f | comment |
Lensman Arms Race: It goes from the compact car-sized Lagann, to the tens-of-meters Gurren Lagann, to the aircraft-carrier-sized Dai-Gurren, to the multi-kilometric Arc-Gurren Lagann, to the thousands-of-kilometers Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann, to what Word of God has stated 10-million-light-year tall Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.. Also, the Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann from the movie. Supposedly, it is 3 BILLION light years in height. Not to mention, any and all visible movement, even the slightest twitch, would require breaking the lightspeed barrier.. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_53f5119f | type |
The Dragon | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_53f5119f | comment |
The Dragon: Both Viral and Guame can be considered Dragons. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_55009528 | type |
CombatBreakDown | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_55009528 | comment |
Combat Break Down: Simon vs. Lordgenome. Starts with Gurren Lagann vs. Lazengann. Both get trashed. Continues with Lagann (just the head) vs. Lordgenome punching it barehanded. Lordgenome actually wins that one and pulls Simon out of the cockpit. Simon responds by stabbing Lordgenome with his fricking drill key. The resulting explosion pops the top off Teppelin. Lagann-hen's finale. It happens really fast at the end. It starts with Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann versus Super Grandzeboma. They both smash their giant drills together. Super Tengen Toppa Giga Drill Break falls apart to Super Grandzeboma's drill. Then Zamboa's drill beats Tengen Toppa Giga Drill Break, then Super Galaxy Giga Drill Break, then Arc Giga Drill Break, before finally being beaten by the original Giga Drill Break, sending Gurren Lagann flying at Super Grandzeboma. It breaks down more from there. Super Grandzeboma sends some drill tendrils at Gurren Lagann. Gurren Lagann plows through after taking some hit. The Anti Spiral homeworld shoots some more tendrils at Gurren Lagann. Viral uses Gurren to throw Lagann at the Anti Spiral homeworld to get past the tendrils. Breaks down further to the Anti Spiral himself shooting tendrils at Lagann, breaking open the cockpit, causing Lagann to come alive and throw Simon at the Anti Spiral. From there on out it's down all the way from giant energy beings 500 million light-years tall to Simon and the Anti Spiral going at it with their bare fists. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_550f2108 | type |
Combat Breakdown | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_550f2108 | comment |
Lagann-hen's final battle involves Simon progressively losing mechs to The Anti-Spiral until he's down to the original Gurren Lagann, then losing that and Lagann in his charge on the Anti-Spiral homeworld until he ends the battle how he began, just a human with a drill. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5539b84f | type |
Corrupt Church | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5539b84f | comment |
Corrupt Church: Partially subverted; the religion of Rossiu's village is faked, but only to Shoot the Dog when it's honestly necessary. Though after the Time Skip, Rossiu seems to be reverting somewhat to the patterns of this phony faith, as Simon points out. | |
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Lotus-Eater Machine | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5541da8c | comment |
Also, Simon's world in the Anti-Spiral's Lotus-Eater Machine is noticeably bleak and unsaturated, at least until the real Kamina shows up. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5558641 | type |
Gratuitous Japanese | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5558641 | comment |
Gratuitous Japanese: The names of the mechs tend to be untranslated from Japanese (Mugann is better translated as Faceless, Chouginga as Super-Galaxy/Galactic, Tengen Toppa as Heaven Piercing, Lazengann as Spiral Face, etc.). | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_558245a7 | type |
Redshirt Army | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_558245a7 | comment |
Redshirt Army: The motley crew at the battle against Teppelin, then the post-Time Skip Grapearl army. Said motley crew? Entirely identical and all bright red. | |
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Badass Family | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_55a37945 | comment |
Badass Family: The Black siblings. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_56099773 | type |
Otherworldly Technicolour Hair | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_56099773 | comment |
Otherworldly Technicolour Hair: Nia Teppelin is an artificial being made by the Anti spirals, and has multicoloured, cloud-like pale blue/shiny blonde hair. She is the only non-human amongst the main cast. While Gurren Lagann is a case of World of Technicolor Hair, the human characters are restricted to a single hair colour, such as Simon's blue and Yoko's red. | |
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SuperRobot | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_567f754 | comment |
Super Robot: Hell yeah. | |
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I Am Not Left-Handed | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_56c55ed8 | comment |
Lordgenome might top them all. He's a giant muscular man with an impressive spiky beard and spiral-shaped chest hair who goes around shirtless despite essentially ruling the world. He is so manly HE DESTROYS GIANT ROBOTS WITH HIS OWN BARE HANDS. HE CONSIDERS USING HIS GIANT ROBOT IN A BATTLE AS "HOLDING BACK". He ate a Big Bang. As in for breakfast. Without milk. Devoured the damn thing whole and then turned into a gigantic-ass drill. Said drill was directly responsible for the defeat of the Big Bad. | |
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Battle-Interrupting Shout | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5715081d | comment |
Battle-Interrupting Shout: Nia does this twice. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_571a3c67 | type |
Power Incontinence | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_571a3c67 | comment |
Power Incontinence: Simon gets the rare inversion of this trope following Kamina's death - whenever he tries to use Lagann in the immediate aftermath, it starts vomiting out energy and refuses to work. Turns out the thing runs on spiral energy—determination and willpower, so Simon's defeatist attitude was basically pouring diesel in the gas tank. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_571a3c67 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5764e0ba | type |
Meta Mecha | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5764e0ba | comment |
Meta Mecha: More or less the signature power of the Lagann, taken to ridiculous levels when in the finale you have a mech the size of a human co-piloting a mech the size of a building, who in turn pilots a mech the size of a city, who then pilots a mech the size of the moon, who them combines with about a dozen other human-sized mechs and pilots a mech the size of a galaxy, and that's all without figuring in the giant flaming Kamina in the Movie known as Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann... | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5764e0ba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5764e0ba | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5764e0ba | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_58030b25 | type |
Visual Innuendo | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_58030b25 | comment |
Visual Innuendo: The Dai-Gurren—for God's sake just look at it! This is actually pointed out at one point. When something smashed through the observation deck, all of the male crew members, minus Leeron, grabbed their crotches and cringed. Shortly thereafter, an equally Freudian weapon nails the Dai-Gurren from below...causing Leeron to hop out of his seat with a startled "iya~n." Anti-Spiral Nia's black Latex Space Suit has red Tron Lines going about it. The concentric circles on her breasts easily remind you of something. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_58030b25 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_58030b25 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_58030b25 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_58962105 | type |
White-and-Grey Morality | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_58962105 | comment |
White-and-Grey Morality: All of the major antagonists had justifiable reasons for their less than savory actions. Lordgenome tried to prevent the Anti-Spiral from finding about the existence of the human race, Rossiu tried to follow what he learned from his village, and the Anti-Spiral tried to prevent an Apocalypse How. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_58962105 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_58962105 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_58962105 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_58c32292 | type |
Catchphrase Interruptus | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_58c32292 | comment |
Catchphrase Interruptus: WTHDYTIA, the last time it's used in the show. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_58c32292 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_58c32292 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_58c32292 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5923e9d1 | type |
Snot Bubble | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5923e9d1 | comment |
Snot Bubble | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5923e9d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5923e9d1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5923e9d1 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_59848cd4 | type |
Mecha-Enabling Phlebotinum | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_59848cd4 | comment |
Mecha-Enabling Phlebotinum: The humanoid form is ideal for channeling spiral energy. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_59848cd4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_59848cd4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_59848cd4 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5a40d6a | type |
Adaptation Distillation | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5a40d6a | comment |
Adaptation Distillation: By shoehorning the battles with the Four Generals into the last half hour of the first movie and giving different parts to different characters, the story is more streamlined and the film ends with an epic battle. The second movie crunches twelve episodes into two hours, and somehow makes it work. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5a40d6a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5a40d6a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5a40d6a | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5a65ba8c | type |
Flirting Under Fire | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5a65ba8c | comment |
Flirting Under Fire: This actually happens during Kamina and Yoko's first meeting. She comes down through the roof, firing at the enemy gunman, and he's instantly attracted to her. When he starts flirting, Yoko's baffled that he isn't running for his life instead. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5a65ba8c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5a65ba8c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5a65ba8c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5c300c3b | type |
The Berserker | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5c300c3b | comment |
The Berserker: Almost the entire cast with the exception of Nia, her awesome moment in Lagann-Hen notwithstanding. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5c300c3b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5c300c3b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5c300c3b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5c9fdc8d | type |
Inventing the Wheel | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5c9fdc8d | comment |
Inventing the Wheel: Averted. The new high technology used after the timeskip is all influenced by Gunmen designs, so all civilian vehicles move on legs or have hoverpads attached with nary a wheel in sight. Basing everything on Gunmen also results in skyscrapers with faces... Even mundane appliances like clothes irons, TV sets, and doors have faces! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5c9fdc8d | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5c9fdc8d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5c9fdc8d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5d3e7c6 | type |
Kangaroo Court | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5d3e7c6 | comment |
Rossiu is repeatedly called out for this post-Timeskip. And rightfully so. He makes Simon a scapegoat (after the latter had just finished defending the city from TWO Mugens), puts Simon in a Kangaroo Court (appointing himself as the judge and stocking the prosecution and probably the jury with people who were more loyal to him), uses the aforementioned Kangaroo Court to sentence Simon to death for the sole sake of calming the public. He then orders Gurren Lagann and the other Gunmen scrapped, evacuates everyone outside of Kamina City to underground shelters to survive the Colony Drop, and continues doing this even after he learns that they have no chance of surviving. He then leaves half of Kamina City behind, though not without the guilt weighing heavily upon him. This is made all the sweeter when the total extinction of mankind is only prevented by the very Gunmen he ordered scrapped in the first place, and a bunch of former members of Team Dai-Guren deciding "Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!". He spent two weeks making a mess it took Simon less than two hours to fix. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5d3e7c6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5d3e7c6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5d3e7c6 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5d6710a | type |
Pixellation | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5d6710a | comment |
Pixellation: Subverted for laughs in the uncut "director's cut" version of episode 6. When the villain kidnaps the women and children and displays them on a monitor, pixels covering the necessary areas. She offers to remove them if Kamina exits Gurren. The girls were wearing towels underneath; only Gimmy needed to be censored. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5d6710a | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5d6710a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5d6710a | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5e782d0c | type |
Super Prototype | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5e782d0c | comment |
Super Prototype: The Grapearl mecha are mass-produced versions of the Gurren Lagann. Of course, being Real Robots based on a Super Robot, they're inferior. Gimmy lampshades this in one episode. Also, the Custom Gunmen of Lordgenome's Four Generals. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5e782d0c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5e782d0c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5e782d0c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5ed3ace2 | type |
Batman Can Breathe in Space | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5ed3ace2 | comment |
Batman Can Breathe in Space: The characters are able to breathe in space without a problem. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5ed3ace2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5ed3ace2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5ed3ace2 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5eff8cf | type |
High School AU | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5eff8cf | comment |
In the High School AU pretty much everyone's age is up for grabs since most of the main characters seem to be in the exact same grade despite some characters clearly being established to be older than others regardless of what their age in the anime is mentioned to be. Some gems include: Rossiu being the only one who takes his Time Skip appearance and is thus older than the rest of the cast. The dynamics between Kittan's siblings are also messed up. Kinon is Rossiu's assistant and also takes her Time Skip appearance, despite being established to be the middle child of the Black Sisters. Speaking of which, then there is Kiyoh who is still married to Dayakka and humorously claims to not mention this fact to anyone since it would land them in trouble. And then there's Kittan who is established to be the oldest Black sibling being in Simon's grade with his two sisters. Finally, there's Leeron who in the anime proper is more or less one of the adults being a student as well. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5eff8cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5eff8cf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5eff8cf | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5fcb9ad1 | type |
Time Skip | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5fcb9ad1 | comment |
Episode 17-18: After a seven-year Time Skip, the Anti-Spirals reveal themselves as the show's main antagonists, and Nia is shown to be under their control. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5fcb9ad1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5fcb9ad1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5fcb9ad1 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5fda26b1 | type |
Time Skip | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5fda26b1 | comment |
Slightly less extreme as above, but the series proper post-Timeskip definitely counts. Just look at the Anti-Spiral's and Rossiou's decisions! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5fda26b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5fda26b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_5fda26b1 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_604f9b0f | type |
Brains Evil, Brawn Good | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_604f9b0f | comment |
Brains Evil, Brawn Good: Team Dai-Gurren is essentially made up of idiotic caveman, save for 2 or three exceptions, who need to have major things explained to them in very dumbed down terms. While characters like Lordgenome or the Anti-Spirals, who actually know what's going on, are the embodiment of evil in the universe. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_604f9b0f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_604f9b0f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_604f9b0f | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_608bf5a0 | type |
Shoot the Hostage | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_608bf5a0 | comment |
Shoot the Hostage: Brought up by Adiane to Yoko when she takes Nia hostage, but subverted: Yoko was actually aiming 2 millimeters to the right of Nia's head, allowing her to hit a weak spot on Adiane's mech. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_608bf5a0 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_608bf5a0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_608bf5a0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_60ab69b4 | type |
Elseworld | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_60ab69b4 | comment |
Elseworld: Some of the Parallel Works videos. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_60ab69b4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_60ab69b4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_60ab69b4 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_610d5e4e | type |
Shoulders of Doom | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_610d5e4e | comment |
Shoulders of Doom: Most of the Gunmen, epitomised by Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann's. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_610d5e4e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_610d5e4e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_610d5e4e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6114a875 | type |
Lost Technology | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6114a875 | comment |
Lost Technology: The Gunmen; also, Yoko's gun comes from the cache of ancient weapons her village was built around. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6114a875 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6114a875 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6114a875 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_617f0563 | type |
Heel–Face Turn | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_617f0563 | comment |
Poor Viral seems to fall victim to this a lot, especially any time he draws his swords. Apparently drills > Katanas. Then he gets redeemed. In Lagann-Hen, he does the same barrage of blades in the anime, but with Tengen Toppa Enkidulga, and when the swords inevitably break, he kicks a shard of the sword into the Anti-Spiral homeworld, which Yoko shoots in her Tengen Toppa Yoko W Tank, the only time in the series where his swords were useful. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_617f0563 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_617f0563 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_617f0563 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_61b8f9e2 | type |
Bunny-Ears Lawyer | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_61b8f9e2 | comment |
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Several. Leeron is the first to come to mind. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_61b8f9e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_61b8f9e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_61b8f9e2 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_62b4f327 | type |
RealRobot | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_62b4f327 | comment |
Debatably, the Beastman-controlled Gunmen can be considered a type of Real Robot; they are mass-produced (though there are many types), they use mundane weaponry like clubs and greatswords, and they run on solar power. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_62b4f327 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_62b4f327 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_62b4f327 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6377d6e6 | type |
Grievous Harm with a Body | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6377d6e6 | comment |
Grievous Harm with a Body: Kamina smacks some sense into Simon with the arm of his own mech. Gurren Lagann has a habit of fastballing its own head at enemies. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6377d6e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6377d6e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6377d6e6 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6411dac8 | type |
BadassNormal | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6411dac8 | comment |
Badass Normal: Kamina. Supplemental material states that when it comes to comparing Spiral Energy levels across the series, Kamina's is one of the lowest of the cast, which is justified by the fact that most of his bravado is a facade that inspires others and is intentionally invoked to keep people from thinking of him as weak. Kamina, having barely any Spiral Power, yet acts brave and inspiring. That in turn raises Spiral Energy in his allies which then strengthens Kamina himself. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6411dac8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6411dac8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6411dac8 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6439de78 | type |
Heroic Sacrifice | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6439de78 | comment |
Also, Kittan's Heroic Sacrifice. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6439de78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6439de78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6439de78 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_64b59c6c | type |
Funbag Airbag | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_64b59c6c | comment |
Funbag Airbag: The male-on-male version happens in the very first episode between Simon and Kamina; later, you see a straight version between Simon and Yoko, who reacts with a smile. Except poor Simon never gets to come anywhere near Yoko. Which is probably a good thing: He might've died otherwise. Happens again in episode 6, when Simon leaps over Leeron, but his crotch doesn't quite clear him and Leeron gets smacked in the face by Simon's junk. He responds simply by going "So warm.~" | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_64b59c6c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_64b59c6c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_64b59c6c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_64e975cf | type |
Manly Tears | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_64e975cf | comment |
Manly Tears: Several times during the series. Often mirrored by THE VIEWER THEMSELVES. Notably Simon at episode 11, after a hell of a Rousing Speech. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_64e975cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_64e975cf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_64e975cf | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6500e9cc | type |
Fighting from the Inside | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6500e9cc | comment |
Fighting from the Inside: Nia, after her consumption by the Anti-Spirals. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6500e9cc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6500e9cc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6500e9cc | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_658a406d | type |
Not Too Dead to Save the Day | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_658a406d | comment |
Not Too Dead to Save the Day: Kamina, twice. Once in the episode where he died, and again when everyone is trapped in the Lotus-Eater Machine. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_658a406d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_658a406d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_658a406d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_65b00368 | type |
Telescoping Robot | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_65b00368 | comment |
Telescoping Robot: Taken to the extreme: making weapons larger than the rest of the mech. Handwaved with Spiral Power, and deconstructed: overuse will destroy the entire universe. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_65b00368 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_65b00368 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_65b00368 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_65b7c87 | type |
Flair Bartending | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_65b7c87 | comment |
Flair Bartending: In the side story "Viral's Sweet Dream," Simon the bartender uses his GIGA DRIIIIIILL BREEEEEEEAKAAAA! …as a martini shaker. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_65b7c87 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_65b7c87 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_65b7c87 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_65ce79f1 | type |
High-Speed Missile Dodge | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_65ce79f1 | comment |
High-Speed Missile Dodge | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_65ce79f1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_65ce79f1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_65ce79f1 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_663e1c3c | type |
Beady-Eyed Loser | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_663e1c3c | comment |
Beady-Eyed Loser: Simon starts off as one. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_663e1c3c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_663e1c3c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_663e1c3c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6682d6e4 | type |
Dying Moment of Awesome | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6682d6e4 | comment |
Dying Moment of Awesome: Kamina's death in Episode 8. He suffers a blow that nobody could possibly survive, and is Left for Dead, (It's implied he actually is dead.) and Simon enters the Despair Event Horizon, the Dai-Gunzan goes berserk, all hope seems lost... and then Kamina turns out to be Not Quite Dead, throws his own mech's arm at Simon in the most epic face punch ever (indeed, it was the second one in that episode), combines with Lagann, destroys some Mooks, and invents the finishing move Giga Drill Break, utterly obliterating Thymilph, then dying again. You know someone's badass if they die twice in a series in such an epically awesome fashion. Also, Kittan's Heroic Sacrifice. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6682d6e4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6682d6e4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6682d6e4 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_66cdb21b | type |
Gag Penis | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_66cdb21b | comment |
The Dai-Gurren—for God's sake just look at it! This is actually pointed out at one point. When something smashed through the observation deck, all of the male crew members, minus Leeron, grabbed their crotches and cringed. Shortly thereafter, an equally Freudian weapon nails the Dai-Gurren from below...causing Leeron to hop out of his seat with a startled "iya~n." | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_66cdb21b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_66cdb21b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_66cdb21b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_67d9a51 | type |
Big "NEVER!" | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_67d9a51 | comment |
Big "NEVER!": The Anti-Spiral Leader yells this during the final battle in the English dub. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_67d9a51 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_67d9a51 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_67d9a51 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_680bb6b1 | type |
Hot-Blooded | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_680bb6b1 | comment |
Played around with in regards to Jorgun and Balinbow (each twin wears red and blue shades, respectively, but have the same basic Hot-Blooded personality). | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_680bb6b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_680bb6b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_680bb6b1 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_68357614 | type |
Elite Four | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_68357614 | comment |
Elite Four: The Spiral King had four elite generals who led his army. Each of them were based on The Four Gods and DNA and each of them oversaw the oppression of the Human race until their demise. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_68357614 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_68357614 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_68357614 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6838a3ec | type |
EliteMook | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6838a3ec | comment |
Elite Mook: Gurren starts out as one of these, piloted by a Beastman who is at least one level of command above his randomly-marauding peers in the region. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6838a3ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6838a3ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6838a3ec | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_68845c99 | type |
Brawler Lock | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_68845c99 | comment |
Brawler Lock: Simon in Lagann vs Lordgenome... WITH HIS BARE HANDS!!! Also Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann vs the Grandzeboma. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_68845c99 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_68845c99 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_68845c99 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_68f95429 | type |
That's No Moon | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_68f95429 | comment |
That's No Moon: The Moon itself is a disguised Humongous Mecha. Which is thereafter corrected by using said mecha to pull the real moon out of another dimension | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_68f95429 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_68f95429 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_68f95429 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_69655022 | type |
Gigantic Moon | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_69655022 | comment |
Gigantic Moon: Justified. In the three-week period when the moon is about to crash into the Earth, the moon is filling more and more of the sky. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_69655022 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_69655022 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_69655022 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a2ae11f | type |
Improbable Weapon User | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a2ae11f | comment |
Improbable Weapon User: Using galaxies as weapons, of course. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a2ae11f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a2ae11f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a2ae11f | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a643799 | type |
Expressive Mask | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a643799 | comment |
Expressive Mask: The faces on the Gunmen speak at the same time as their pilots. To go even further, the Gunmen can even mimic facial expressions to some degree. Thought it happens with the majority of the main ones, it's best featured on Enki (particularly in Parallel Works 2, though it happens at various points in the canon). Gurren Lagann does a Jaw drop (with the top head) and blush (both heads) when the towel covering Yoko's chest flies away. That mecha is expressive as hell. Taken to a ridiculous extent with Sayrune, which resembles a female figure but has eyes for breasts and a Vagina Dentata that mimic Adiane's speech and expressions. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a643799 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a643799 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a643799 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a696742 | type |
The Power of Love | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a696742 | comment |
The Power of Love: One of the main themes of the show; on a more literal level, without Simon and Nia's love, humanity and the beastmen would've been annihilated. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a696742 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a696742 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a696742 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a7bd799 | type |
Signature Team Transport | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a7bd799 | comment |
Signature Team Transport: The Dai-Gurren becomes this for the Gurren Brigade. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a7bd799 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a7bd799 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6a7bd799 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6b983bf7 | type |
Unstoppable Rage | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6b983bf7 | comment |
Unstoppable Rage: Simon gets these a lot, especially after episode 8. Of course, special mention must be made for Kamina's unstoppable rage in episode 6. "MAN'S WRATH ERUPTION SLASH!" | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6b983bf7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6b983bf7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6b983bf7 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6ba906f | type |
Berserker Tears | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6ba906f | comment |
Berserker Tears: Simon in episode 11. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6ba906f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6ba906f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6ba906f | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6bd689ca | type |
Meaningful Echo | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6bd689ca | comment |
The formation of the Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann in the final battle of Lagann-hen features the exact same dialogue exchange as back during the first formation of Gurren Lagann. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6bd689ca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6bd689ca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6bd689ca | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Simon's name apparently comes from a Japanese word relating to digging and we all know how much Simon loves to dig. Naakim, the kid in Yoko's "during the time skip" episode, climbs a ridiculously tall tree to retrieve a satchel that bullies had hung from the top branches. This impressed the bullies so much that they told him they couldn't just call him Naakim anymore. Naakim is an anagram of Kamina. Both Gurren and Lagann. "Guren" means "Crimson" (or "Crimson Lotus") and "Ragan" (Lagann's romanized form) means "Rock Face". Furthermore, the English word "Lagan" means "wreckage or goods at the bottom of the sea" (compare flotsam, jetsam), which, if "bottom of the sea" is replaced by "under ground", is where Lagann was actually discovered by Simon. This could also be how Kamina came up with the name in the first place... | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6bda9a30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6bda9a30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6bda9a30 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6bfc52a3 | type |
A Wizard Did It | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6bfc52a3 | comment |
A Wizard Did It: Spiral Energy can do pretty much whatever the hell's coolest. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6bfc52a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6bfc52a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6bfc52a3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6c3f509e | type |
Better on DVD | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6c3f509e | comment |
Episode 16 (and most of 6, in the TV-version), which recap the entire story thus far. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6c3f509e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6c3f509e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6c3f509e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6de71c57 | type |
Disc-One Final Boss | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6de71c57 | comment |
Disc-One Final Boss: The Spiral King. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6de71c57 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6de71c57 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6de71c57 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6e16031c | type |
Sphere of Power | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6e16031c | comment |
Sphere of Power | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6e16031c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6e16031c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6e16031c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6e7268ad | type |
Parrot Pet Position | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6e7268ad | comment |
Parrot Pet Position: Boota is often seen on Simon's shoulder, pre-Time Skip. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6e7268ad | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6e7268ad | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6e7268ad | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6ee10e0 | type |
My Greatest Failure | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6ee10e0 | comment |
Kamina; much of his personality is arguably because of his regret that he didn't accompany his father to the surface when he was a child. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6ee10e0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6ee10e0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6ee10e0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6f271c2e | type |
Fangs Are Evil | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6f271c2e | comment |
Fangs Are Evil: Until Viral's Heel–Face Turn, when Gurren itself sports them. Also, whenever Gurren-Lagann performs a Giga Drill Break, its teeth in Gurren's mouth are replaced by drills, as if trying to play this trope straight. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6f271c2e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6f271c2e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6f271c2e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6f398193 | type |
Behemoth Battle | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6f398193 | comment |
Behemoth Battle: The anime starts off as a typical battle between Humongous Mecha who over the series escalates into galaxy sized ones. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6f398193 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6f398193 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6f398193 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6f68bf8e | type |
Monstrosity Equals Weakness | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6f68bf8e | comment |
Monstrosity Equals Weakness: Averted. The most powerful gunmen tended to be really bizarre and monstrous, and the more animalistic beastmen, while minor characters for the most part, weren't portrayed as any less powerful than humanoids. For a series that flat out states that the human form has more spiral power than any other, that's a pretty surprising aversion. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6f68bf8e | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6f68bf8e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_6f68bf8e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_704d7e91 | type |
No Ontological Inertia | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_704d7e91 | comment |
No Ontological Inertia: Teppelin falls apart after Lordgenome is killed, and Nia dies after the defeat of the Anti-Spirals. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_704d7e91 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_704d7e91 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_704d7e91 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_71038217 | type |
Wrench Wench | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_71038217 | comment |
Wrench Wench: Leyte in is the chief mechanic for team Dai-Gurren and is responsible for the majority of the upgrades to the mechs and the battleship. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_71038217 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_71038217 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_71038217 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_71bd62b9 | type |
Calling Your Attacks | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_71bd62b9 | comment |
Calling Your Attacks: Giga Drill Break is the most famous, but at one point it's parodied as well. "HANDS-OFF-MY-BELOVED-LITTLE-BROTHER PUUUUUUUUNCH!" "WHO-THE-HELL-DO-YOU-THINK-I-AM KICK!!!" Also, in the same episode... Finishing Move! PERFECT COMBUSTION OF MANLY SOULS CANNONBALL ATTAAAACK! "MAN ON FIIIIIRE! BLAZING CHARIOT! KIIIIIIIIIICK!!!" I-GOT-THE-BEST-WIFE-IN-THE-UNIVERSE-SWING!!! The Anti-Spiral plays it straight in the finale: "Infinity... Big Bang! STTTTOOOOORRRRRRMMMMMMM!" MAN'S WRATH...EXPLOSIVE SLASH!!! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_71bd62b9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_71bd62b9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_71bd62b9 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_722b3319 | type |
Camp Gay | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_722b3319 | comment |
Even the super-femme Camp Gay mechanic is manly enough to warp reality! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_722b3319 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_722b3319 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_722b3319 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_723606c4 | type |
Adaptational Early Appearance | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_723606c4 | comment |
Adaptational Early Appearance: The manga adaptation uses this: Nia is shown right after Kamina, Yoko, Leeron, and Simon leave Littner Village. There's also some early-bird Ship Tease for Dayakka/Kiyoh and Rossiu/Kinon. In Gurren-Hen, Guinble makes an appearance just after the destruction of the Doten-Kaizan. He looks (appropriately enough) younger than he did in the original series. In Lagann-hen, the Anti-Spiral's face briefly appears on the moon's surface just as Nia accepted Simon's marriage proposal. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_723606c4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_723606c4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_723606c4 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_72737504 | type |
Lottery of Doom | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_72737504 | comment |
Lottery of Doom: Father Magin has set a cap on the population of Adai village due to limited resources. When the protagonists first arrive the population is at 49 and things are pretty austere, but they've got enough reserves to give Simon, Kamina and Yoko a meager meal as a one-off deal. Then triplets are born, and it's time to start drawing straws. It's very, very strongly implied that Magin routinely cheats to ensure the selection causes as little lasting harm to the village as possible (he definitely does in the one case we see). | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_72737504 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_72737504 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_72737504 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7289b368 | type |
Idiot Hero | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7289b368 | comment |
Idiot Hero: At first glance, Kamina screams this trope. However, he is actually a good planner and Combat Pragmatist when the time is right. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7289b368 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7289b368 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7289b368 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_72e0023f | type |
Invoked Trope | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_72e0023f | comment |
Said motley crew? Entirely identical and all bright red. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_72e0023f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_72e0023f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_72e0023f | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_735b4101 | type |
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_735b4101 | comment |
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: In Parallel Works 8, which shows Lordgenome's Start of Darkness as he gets shown the Spiral Nemesis and corrupted by the Anti-Spirals, everything on the side of the Spirals is green, and everything on the side of the anti-Spirals is red, making it easy to show Lordgenome's Face–Heel Turn by having him switch colors. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_735b4101 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_735b4101 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_735b4101 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7360a6b6 | type |
Noble Demon | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7360a6b6 | comment |
Noble Demon: Viral. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7360a6b6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7360a6b6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7360a6b6 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7374ab13 | type |
Once More, with Clarity | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7374ab13 | comment |
Once More, with Clarity: In episode 10, Simon tells a story to Nia and Yoko about a misadventure he and Kamina had where Kamina's boundless optimism was the only thing that kept him digging and saved both their lives. The point, Simon feels, is that he needs to be more like Kamina to be successful. In episode 11, Yoko recounts Kamina's version of the story. According to him, Simon was the one who saved them by continuing to dig in spite of the seemingly impossible odds and Kamina's confidence, both then and later, came from his refusal to be surpassed so easily by Simon. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7374ab13 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7374ab13 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7374ab13 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_73f79f91 | type |
Released to Elsewhere | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_73f79f91 | comment |
Released to Elsewhere: Adai village practices strict population control. Every time the population exceeds 50, they cast lots to see who gets sent to the surface. The people are told that the surface is paradise, but in reality, it's a desolate wasteland crawling with genocidal beastmen. It's doubtful that the exiles even outlast their rations. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_73f79f91 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_73f79f91 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_73f79f91 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7453bc5b | type |
Spared by the Adaptation | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7453bc5b | comment |
Spared by the Adaptation: In the second film, Kittan is the only character to be killed in the final battle, everyone else who died in the original anime lives, with various scenes edited or added to include them. Kamina survives in the High School AU. Nia survives in Super Robot Wars X. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7453bc5b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7453bc5b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7453bc5b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_746180fb | type |
Awesomeness Is Volatile | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_746180fb | comment |
Awesomeness Is Volatile: This is why the Anti-Spirals are against the use of Spiral Energy. The entire point of Spiral Nemesis is that too much uncontrolled awesome will destroy the universe. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_746180fb | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7464705c | type |
Arc Words | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7464705c | comment |
The Arc Words "Yours is the drill that will pierce the heavens!" foreshadow the titular Tengen Toppa (Heaven-Piercing) Gurren Lagann. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7570a10c | type |
Bond Villain Stupidity | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7570a10c | comment |
Bond Villain Stupidity: At the end, they realize that the Anti-Spiral leader is intentionally matching their abilities, just to make it more depressing when they finally lose. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_75d6bf40 | type |
Belligerent Sexual Tension | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_75d6bf40 | comment |
Belligerent Sexual Tension: Kamina and Yoko. The bickering, the insults, the beating, the denial, the accidental perversion that leds to a beating; it's all there. It's also a rare example of this being Played for Drama due to certain plot developments. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_768d59aa | type |
Cool, but Stupid | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_768d59aa | comment |
Cool, but Stupid: Kamina is filled with this. In the very first episode he attempts to take on a giant robot, and he only gets cooler and stupider from there. Somehow, though, Word of God confirms that Kamina would have won the battle without Yoko or Lagann. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_77666408 | type |
Combat Tentacles | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_77666408 | comment |
Combat Tentacles: The Anti-Spiral and his personal mech. Naturally, they're drills. Adiane's mech also displays this when she first shows up. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_78255ad7 | type |
Passing the Torch | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_78255ad7 | comment |
Passing the Torch: There is a chain of these, mixed with Take Up My Sword. Notably Kamina to Simon, and Simon to Gimmy. Not including other predecessors. The villains are those who refused to step aside. Throughout the series, Simon gradually becomes more and more like Kamina. This becomes most pronounced post- Time Skip. Just compare the appearances of the two at the end of episode 26 when shown together. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_78255ad7 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_78255ad7 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_78410584 | type |
She Is Not My Girlfriend | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_78410584 | comment |
She Is Not My Girlfriend: Taken a step further when Kiyoh assumes that Gimmy and Darry are two kids that Kamina and Yoko had together. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_78410584 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7870735b | type |
From Bad to Worse | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7870735b | comment |
From Bad to Worse: The first main antagonist is the Spiral King, and seven years later the cast faces the eldritch Anti-Spirals. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7870735b | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7870735b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_787a34e7 | type |
Swiss-Army Superpower | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_787a34e7 | comment |
Swiss-Army Superpower: Drills can do absolutely anything. You'll find drills used as bullets, shields, lances, whips, means of propulsion, machine assimilation adapters, and shockingly enough, even actual digging tools. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_78f5a589 | type |
Supernatural Aid | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_78f5a589 | comment |
Supernatural Aid | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_796fa10c | type |
The Ageless | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_796fa10c | comment |
The Ageless: | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_796fa10c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7a4013f3 | type |
Deuteragonist | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7a4013f3 | comment |
Episode 8: Kamina, set up as the show's Deuteragonist, and perhaps even the main focus of the first arc, is killed in battle. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7b6e47a5 | type |
Armor-Piercing Question | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7b6e47a5 | comment |
Armor-Piercing Question: Anti-Spiral Nia insists that she is a virtual life form with no emotional ties to her past. Simon counters with: "If that's really true, why are you still wearing that ring?" This brings about the conclusion of the "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight and Nia's transition from Manchurian Agent to Damsel in Distress. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7d260070 | type |
Corporal Punishment | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7d260070 | comment |
Corporal Punishment: Adiane beats up on an already injured Viral for his failure against the heroes. It's rather painful to watch. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7d260070 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7d260070 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7d97ab06 | type |
Space Is an Ocean | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7d97ab06 | comment |
Space Is an Ocean: There really is an ocean in space, and a watery one at that. It turns out to be a Negative Space Wedgie. There's also the movie's Tengen Toppa Dai-Gurren; whereas the original Dai-Gurren simply resembled a ship, this one shows up on a wave, flies a flag, has a water-going vessel's steering wheel, and even one of those bells. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7d97ab06 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7ea2a915 | type |
Animation Bump | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7ea2a915 | comment |
Animation Bump: Both the end of the first half of the series and Episode 15 look like a movie version compared to everything we had seen before, especially Gurren Lagann's flight-to and fight with Teppelin's hand and the battle with Lordgenome. Additionally, half of the episode is evening colored instead of the usual bright daytime. The movies have this, and to a larger extent than the TV show. The first film gets a massive animation bump beginning with Simon climbing Cytomander's Gunmen using only his Core Drill, all in order to save Nia, which lasts all the way to the film's credits. The second film contains an even better (and more beautiful) Animation Bump when the fight between Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and the Granzeboma elevates into a fight between Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and the Super Granzeboma. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7eb09e49 | type |
The Four Gods | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7eb09e49 | comment |
The four generals are named after a sort-of-portmanteau of the DNA base pairs and pagan elemental spirits. Guame = guanine + Gnome, spirit of earth; Adiane = adenine + Undine, spirit of water; Cytomander = cytosine + Salamander, spirit of fire; and Thymilph = thymine + Sylph, spirit of air. Their Gunmen are also named after The Four Gods, Suzaku, Seiryuu, Byakkou, and Genbu. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7eb09e49 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7ef728b1 | type |
Tsundere | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7ef728b1 | comment |
Tsundere: Yoko shows some characteristics of this when it comes to Kamina. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7f080f98 | type |
Vague Age | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7f080f98 | comment |
Vague Age: Virtually everyone's age is uncertain due to the whole "living underground with no sun or moon" issue, but Leeron is especially notable: in the Distant Finale, which takes place 27 years after his first appearance, he hasn't aged at all. One can start to wonder if he's actually human… Sources are split whether pre Time Skip Yoko is 16 or 14. The latter would make her around Simon's age, even though her features appear far more mature. In the High School AU pretty much everyone's age is up for grabs since most of the main characters seem to be in the exact same grade despite some characters clearly being established to be older than others regardless of what their age in the anime is mentioned to be. Some gems include: Rossiu being the only one who takes his Time Skip appearance and is thus older than the rest of the cast. The dynamics between Kittan's siblings are also messed up. Kinon is Rossiu's assistant and also takes her Time Skip appearance, despite being established to be the middle child of the Black Sisters. Speaking of which, then there is Kiyoh who is still married to Dayakka and humorously claims to not mention this fact to anyone since it would land them in trouble. And then there's Kittan who is established to be the oldest Black sibling being in Simon's grade with his two sisters. Finally, there's Leeron who in the anime proper is more or less one of the adults being a student as well. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7f080f98 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7fbb2a3 | type |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7fbb2a3 | comment |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Wait, Lordgenome's iron-fisted rule was the only thing keeping all of humanity from a brutal genocide at the hands of the Anti-Spirals? Whoopsie... More directly, Lordgenome says that the moon shall become the "messenger of hell" when there are 1 million humans on the surface. So what does Rossiu do? He forces everyone onto the surface to conduct a census. As it turns out, at that time there were 999,999 of them. And then Kiyoh has her baby. Whoops. In the Compilation Movie, to simplify the plot Lordgenome simply says the trigger will be humanity reaching the moon. So Rossiu sends a rocket to the moon. Brilliant. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7fbb2a3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7febc23b | type |
Establishing Character Moment | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7febc23b | comment |
Establishing Character Moment: The show literally starts out with Stuff Blowing Up. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_7febc23b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_80251be3 | type |
How We Got Here | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_80251be3 | comment |
How We Got Here: The series begins in space with a battle between unknown forces with Simon ready to unleash an attack that will finish them off. Even though that scenario never occurred in the main story, it's theorized that it takes place in an alternate setting. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_80251be3 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_80251be3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_806acfa7 | type |
Breaking the Bonds | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_806acfa7 | comment |
Breaking the Bonds: Done by Kamina in the first episode, as well as Lordgenome in the 15th. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8071af62 | type |
Don't Think, Feel | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8071af62 | comment |
Don't Think, Feel: How to pilot a Gunmen: do whatever feels natural. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8071af62 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_817693fa | type |
Combined Energy Attack | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_817693fa | comment |
Combined Energy Attack: Signified when everyone on Earth sports a Determined Look. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_817693fa | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_81bdc398 | type |
He's Back! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_81bdc398 | comment |
He's Back!: Simon... One of the most awesome examples ever seen on television. EVERRRR! | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_81bdc398 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Kamina, to ridiculous levels. In fact, most of the cast are somewhat ham-like at one point or another, but Kamina really takes the cake. The cake made entirely of ham. And badass. In fact, in the same way the series is supposed to be the Rule of Cool personified, Kamina is Large Ham personified. The Anti-Spiral King brings forth truly preposterous amounts of ham when they are fighting in the final battle. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_82933b02 | type |
Button Mashing | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_82933b02 | comment |
Not to mention Attenborough's Button Mashing all the Humongous Mecha-du-jour's guns on every enemy, usually to little effect. This is pointed out to him at one point. Despite this, he actually does kill Adiane with it, and mooks now and then. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_82933b02 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_82accf22 | type |
Gainax Ending | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_82accf22 | comment |
Gainax Opening: Apparently, it was supposed to foreshadow the ending but, as the writers would later admit, that story thread got lost somewhere along the way. Fans have taken it as an alternate reality where that foreshadowing references a bad ending. The Word of God ended up being going along with it. The TV series ending does have several elements that come out of nowhere. However, Lagann-hen tailors the story with foreshadowing. Gainax... learning from its mistakes? | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_82accf22 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_82f5ced1 | type |
Conservation of Ninjutsu | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_82f5ced1 | comment |
Conservation of Ninjutsu: The Gunmen in season 1 seem to adhere to this, especially with regard to Yoko's rifle: whenever there's one Gunman, her shots barely faze it. When there's an army of them: like in the battle to capture Dai-Gunzan, they're dropping like flies. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8344209e | type |
BFG | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8344209e | comment |
And it's not just Attenborough. Before that there was Yoko's BFG. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8344209e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_834420aa | type |
BFS | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_834420aa | comment |
BFS: Kamina's nodachi. This is lampshaded in Kamina's on-foot battle with Viral; he spends a good ten seconds drawing the thing. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_834420aa | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_834420aa | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_835d1cd2 | type |
Satellite Love Interest | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_835d1cd2 | comment |
Satellite Love Interest: Kiyoh for Dayakka, Kinon for Rossiu. Still, this is Character Development for them since before they had little characterization. Kiyoh and Dayakka's relationship is given a little more attention in the manga. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_835d1cd2 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_83cef301 | type |
Right for the Wrong Reasons | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_83cef301 | comment |
Right for the Wrong Reasons: During Simon and Kamina's first mecha fight with Viral, Gurren grabs Lagann and rams it, drill-first, on top of its own body. "You see that!? Now we got two faces too!" Little did Kamina know, that's exactly how Lagann transforms with other Gunmen. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_83cef301 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8411ab92 | type |
Red Oni, Blue Oni | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8411ab92 | comment |
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Played around with in regards to Jorgun and Balinbow (each twin wears red and blue shades, respectively, but have the same basic Hot-Blooded personality). | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8411ab92 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_84266af9 | type |
Reflectionless Useless Eyes | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_84266af9 | comment |
Reflectionless Useless Eyes: Several characters get spiral-shaped eyes at various points when they're utilizing massive amounts of Spiral Power. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_84266af9 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_85650443 | type |
Noah's Story Arc | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_85650443 | comment |
Noah's Story Arc: The Arc-Gurren is used to house the population of Kamina City in space when the moon is on a collision course with earth. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_85650443 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: The heroes defeat the Anti-Spiral, but never actually defeat or destroy the Spiral Nemesis. In fact, the series doesn't even apply a Hand Wave to the problem of the Spiral Nemesis so much as just forget about it entirely, aside from a five-second shot of what might be people heading off to deal with it in the ending. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_86b21114 | type |
Badass Boast | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_86b21114 | comment |
Badass Boast: The reputation of Team Gurren echoes far and wide across Giha village! When they talk about its badass leader, that paragon of indomitable spirit and masculinity... they're talkin' about THE MIGHTY KAMINA!! Simon gives us this gem: Done by the entire Team Dai-Gurren, in the final episode: | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_86c192f4 | type |
Badass Creed | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_86c192f4 | comment |
Badass Creed: Just about all of Kamina's catchphrases could qualify: | |
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1.0 | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_86ee8070 | type |
World of Ham | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_86ee8070 | comment |
World of Ham: Does anybody notice that it can be said the Spiral Power is actually powered by hams? | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_86f4f393 | type |
Stating the Simple Solution | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_86f4f393 | comment |
Stating the Simple Solution: Lordgenome asks the Anti-Spiral Leader why he didn't just destroy Team Dai-Gurren with his near-infinite power. The ASL says there was an unusual source of spiral energy that they needed data on, lest it "ruin everything". Turns out it's Boota. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_86f4f393 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_86f4f393 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8774fb47 | type |
Eldritch Abomination | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8774fb47 | comment |
Eldritch Abomination: The Anti-Spirals. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8774fb47 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8774fb47 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_87854c3d | type |
The Usual Adversaries | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_87854c3d | comment |
The Usual Adversaries: For the first half, Beastmen. Later on becomes Anti-Spirals. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_87854c3d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_87a18d19 | type |
Gonna Need More X | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_87a18d19 | comment |
Gonna Need More X: You mean we're gonna need to use an even bigger drill? | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8806e0dd | type |
Action Dress Rip | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8806e0dd | comment |
Action Dress Rip: In episode 21, when Naakim is stuck in a tree, Yoko does this in order to rescue him. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8806e0dd | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_884e513b | type |
Medium Awareness | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_884e513b | comment |
Medium Awareness: In the director's cut version of the Hot Springs Episode, Darry and Gimmi are notably surprised when they notice Kamina and Simon's split screens appearing above them, and actually begin looking around for where it's coming from. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_884e513b | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_884e513b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_88574a | type |
Narrator All Along | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_88574a | comment |
Narrator All Along: Simon. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_88574a | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_88799cf4 | type |
Badass Cape | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_88799cf4 | comment |
Badass Cape: Kamina has one. The Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann comes with one made of spiral power. This is justified in that said mecha looks like a giant glowing blue Kamina. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_88799cf4 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_88b408cb | type |
Action Hero | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_88b408cb | comment |
Action Heroine: Yoko. She starts out being Overshadowed by Awesome, but things get better for her soon. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_88b408cb | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_89a17726 | type |
Spell My Name with an S | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_89a17726 | comment |
Spell My Name With An S: Official Japanese Gulaparl vs. Fanon Grapal; which one is used depends on the fansub group, and neither is the official English name, "Grapearl;" Gunmen/Gammen/Ganmen/Gunman, Rossiu/Roshiu, Giga Drill Break(er); Giha/Jiiha; pronouncing Simon SHE-Moan or SEE-Moan (or as the usual Anglo "Simon"); Lord Genome/Lordgenome. Also, the Anti-Spiral's Tengen Toppa-class mecha, the Grandzeboma, is usually seen written as "Grand Zamboa". To add a theoretical dimension to this, Matt Greenfield of ADV Films once said that they would've dubbed Simon's name as the typical English Sai-mon. "Ritona" was pretty rampant as Yoko's last/clan name, being the direct Romanization. Bandai standardized this to "Littner". And then there's the series title itself. It has been alternatively spelled as Tenga Toppa Gurren Lagann. It's an EXTREMELY widespread usage. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_89a17726 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_89a17726 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_89baee12 | type |
Space Opera | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_89baee12 | comment |
Space Opera: The final act of the series. Of course, fitting the series, this is a Space Opera wherein the ships are piloted by the sheer manliness and willpower of the protagonists. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_89baee12 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_89baee12 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8a4988bb | type |
Mind Rape | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8a4988bb | comment |
Mind Rape: The Anti-Spirals showing the Spiral Nemesis to the future Lordgenome in Parallel Works 8. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8a4988bb | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8a4988bb | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8b1a664 | type |
Kill All Humans | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8b1a664 | comment |
Kill All Humans: The basic goal of The Anti-Spirals. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8b1a664 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8b1a664 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8b606a51 | type |
There Is No Kill Like Overkill | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8b606a51 | comment |
There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Most battles, including the very first, are completed by utterly anhilating the enemy. "GIGA!!! DRILL!!! BRRRRREAKER!!!!!" The Giga Drill Break in Episode 8 Almost takes an entire chapter in the manga... or at least 11 PAGES FOR A 30 SECOND LONG ATTACK SEQUENCE! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8b606a51 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8b606a51 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8b6de1eb | type |
Airborne Aircraft Carrier | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8b6de1eb | comment |
And when the flying kick only scratches the side of the Airborne Aircraft Carrier? They at once make the captain fling the wheel over in the most exaggerated way possible, turning the flying kick into a flying roundhouse kick that of course succeeds. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8b6de1eb | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8b6de1eb | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8b93a168 | type |
Macross Missile Massacre | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8b93a168 | comment |
Macross Missile Massacre: Attenborough loves to do this. It generally accomplishes very little. A massive one is delivered in the Compilation Movie. It does precisely jack to Team Dai-Gurren...who then return the favor. For future reference, "Done right" refers to a missile-laced Giga Drill Breaker landing in the enemy hanger, working its way through the giant Combining Mecha's body (taking out two of the three pilots en route), culminating in a giant rainbow explosion that every human on earth can see. Done right? How about done awesome? That's nothing. How about when the Chouginga Gurren Lagann fires missiles to attack every point in space ten seconds into the past and eight seconds into the future? Honestly, it was pretty close to being enough Dakka. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8b93a168 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8be2f0da | type |
Bicep-Polishing Gesture | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8be2f0da | comment |
Bicep-Polishing Gesture: Bruce Ironstaunch. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8c49c29e | type |
Zig-Zagging Trope | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8c49c29e | comment |
And zig-zags in the music: while most lines make grammatical sense, one wonders what a "microphone phenotype" is... | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8c49c29e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8c96ae78 | type |
No One Could Survive That! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8c96ae78 | comment |
Kamina's death in Episode 8. He suffers a blow that nobody could possibly survive, and is Left for Dead, (It's implied he actually is dead.) and Simon enters the Despair Event Horizon, the Dai-Gunzan goes berserk, all hope seems lost... and then Kamina turns out to be Not Quite Dead, throws his own mech's arm at Simon in the most epic face punch ever (indeed, it was the second one in that episode), combines with Lagann, destroys some Mooks, and invents the finishing move Giga Drill Break, utterly obliterating Thymilph, then dying again. You know someone's badass if they die twice in a series in such an epically awesome fashion. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8c96ae78 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8c96ae78 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8e20979 | type |
Wham Episode | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8e20979 | comment |
Wham Episode: Episode 8: Kamina, set up as the show's Deuteragonist, and perhaps even the main focus of the first arc, is killed in battle. Episode 17-18: After a seven-year Time Skip, the Anti-Spirals reveal themselves as the show's main antagonists, and Nia is shown to be under their control. Episode 24-25: Most of team Dai-Gurren's members, including Kittan, sacrifice themselves to give the heroes a fighting chance against the Anti-Spiral. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8e20979 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8e20979 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8e92e125 | type |
Lawyer-Friendly Cameo | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8e92e125 | comment |
Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: Squidward from Spongebob Squarepants very briefly appears in a background shot. Gunmen resembling the Autobot and Decepticon symbols make brief appearances. The eyecatches have even more, with Gunmen resembling Pokémon and The Legend of Zelda characters. Pikachu himself appears in the last Parallel Works video as one of Lordgenome's toy animals. There's a parody of Dexter's Laboratory in Yoko's music video. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8e92e125 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8e92e125 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8f842f45 | type |
Multiple Head Case | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8f842f45 | comment |
Multiple Head Case: Because every individual Gunmen resembles a face and has an individual pilot, any of the Combining Mecha forms (such as the iterations of the titular Gurren Lagann) end up as this, with each pilot controlling an individual component (and face) and having to coordinate between each other in battle. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8f842f45 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8f842f45 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8f9f71a8 | type |
Crazy Enough to Work | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8f9f71a8 | comment |
Crazy Enough to Work: If smashing a small robot into a big robot's head, almost impaling the pilot of the big robot (who, by the way, was the one who thought of this) in the process is not Crazy Enough to Work, then nothing is. Oh, and they also run a walking, nonflying battleship up a mountain and jump through the air for a good half a mile just to get a chance to kick an Airborne Aircraft Carrier. This universe runs on Rule of Cool, so it was destined to succeed. And when the flying kick only scratches the side of the Airborne Aircraft Carrier? They at once make the captain fling the wheel over in the most exaggerated way possible, turning the flying kick into a flying roundhouse kick that of course succeeds. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8f9f71a8 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8f9f71a8 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8fb67e29 | type |
Awesomeness Is a Force | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_8fb67e29 | comment |
Awesomeness Is a Force: Spiral Energy literally runs on this and allows the heroes' hot-bloodedness to manifest as anything from giant drills to galaxy-sized robots. Essentially, pure awesomeness surpasses all known laws of physics. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_906ed7b4 | type |
Apocalypse Maiden | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_906ed7b4 | comment |
Apocalypse Maiden: Nia is the messenger of the Anti-Spirals. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_906ed7b4 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_90965cc7 | type |
Hive Mind | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_90965cc7 | comment |
Hive Mind: The Anti-Spiral is the collective conscious of their entire race. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_90965cc7 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_912b24c4 | type |
Art Shift | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_912b24c4 | comment |
Art Shift: The art style changes noticeably in episode 4 due to having a different director. Nia's paper-cutout flashback in Episode 11. The animation switches to a light, heavily sketchy style during times of extreme hot-bloodedness along with Lordgenome most of the time, whether the rest of the shot is sketchy or not, probably because he has a truly preposterous amount of Spiral energy. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_912b24c4 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_912b24c4 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_916c72b3 | type |
Rule of Symbolism | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_916c72b3 | comment |
Rule of Symbolism: As elaborated in Simon's "No More Holding Back" Speech, the concept of spirals detailing the struggles of the humans up to that point. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_916c72b3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_91835104 | type |
Motivational Kiss | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_91835104 | comment |
Motivational Kiss: Both Kamina and Kittan choose to kiss Yoko shortly before dying heroically in battle. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_91835104 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_91835104 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_91e894b4 | type |
Apocalypse How | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_91e894b4 | comment |
Apocalypse How: Pre-timeskip Earth is a class 2. The Anti-Spirals try to inflict a Class 6 on Earth (by using the moon for a Colony Drop), to keep humanity from eventually causing a Class X-4, if the stuff about the Spiral Nemesis is true. The final fight against the Anti-Spiral causes a few class X-3s. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_91e894b4 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_91e894b4 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_926e0d7d | type |
Hot Springs Episode | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_926e0d7d | comment |
Hot Springs Episode: Featuring Lawyer Friendly Cameos from other famous Gainax characters in Playboy Bunny costumes, including Rei, Haruko, and Lal'c Mellk Mal and Nono. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_926e0d7d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_93a38c9b | type |
Magic Feather | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_93a38c9b | comment |
Magic Feather: Contrary to how it might initially seem, possessing the core drill is not what allows Simon to pilot Lagann. Indeed, it might be more true to say that his inherent Spiral power is what allowed him to find the core drill. Kamina understands this intuitively, and insists that Simon alone pilot it. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_93a38c9b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_944eb8fb | type |
All Deaths Final | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_944eb8fb | comment |
All Deaths Final: In the final episode, after Nia dies, Simon is asked why he doesn't just bring her and everyone who died during the series back, since he has such massive Spiral Power. Yoko simply replies, "Because he's not God." Simon adds that if he were to bring back the dead, they would get in the way of the new generation, and that there are people better suited to follow the tunnels he digs. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_944eb8fb | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_944eb8fb | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_950329d8 | type |
Dynamic Entry | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_950329d8 | comment |
Dynamic Entry: Inter alia, see below under Get A Hold Of Yourself Man. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_950329d8 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_95265081 | type |
Leeroy Jenkins | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_95265081 | comment |
Leeroy Jenkins: Damn near everyone. Kamina and Attenborough are especially good examples. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_957e5fc2 | type |
Villainous Breakdown | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_957e5fc2 | comment |
Villainous Breakdown: Both Lordgenome and the Anti-Spiral King. Notable in that Lordgenome isn't having a Freak Out so much as he's enjoying himself for the first time in one thousand years. In the anime, the Anti-Spiral King—being the collective conscious of an entire planet—has a few moments where he begins to stretch and tear at the seams. In the movie, however, he mirrors Lordgenome, especially when he releases the Super Grandzeboma - he freaking smiles with confidence! In general, this can be said for most of the villains, who go from confident to Oh, Crap! regularly. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_958a7bef | type |
Layman's Terms | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_958a7bef | comment |
Layman's Terms: Leeron's long explanations require this to make sense. On the other hand, Lordgenome's layman's terms still make no sense. Before the final fight Dayakka snaps at Lordgenome 'demanding' them. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9657fe0f | type |
Transformation Sequence | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9657fe0f | comment |
Transformation Sequence: Invoked by Kamina in the fourth episode. He just would not combine with Simon until he did it. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_967809be | type |
Small Girl, Big Gun | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_967809be | comment |
Small Girl, Big Gun: Yoko and her sniper rifle. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_970c790a | comment |
Well, sort of, the technique that was used to defeat the Big Bad wasn't the Giga Drill Break, it was the very first team attack that Kamina and Simon used to defeat two Gunmen, throwing Lagann at the enemy, impaling them. Lagann-hen's final battle involves Simon progressively losing mechs to The Anti-Spiral until he's down to the original Gurren Lagann, then losing that and Lagann in his charge on the Anti-Spiral homeworld until he ends the battle how he began, just a human with a drill. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_98138110 | type |
Leader Forms the Head | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_98138110 | comment |
Leader Forms the Head: Played with in various ways throughout the series; see the trope page for details. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_98576799 | type |
Throw the Dog a Bone | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_98576799 | comment |
Throw the Dog a Bone: An odd (and hilarious) example in the Hot Springs Episode—Kamina (and, to a lesser extent, Simon) spend virtually the entire episode trying to catch a glimpse of their female cohorts in the buff. Numerous opportunities just barely slip away from them (causing no small shortage of rage for Kamina) and the Beastmen even use the promise of nude pics to try and convince Kamina to surrender. But, at the end of it all, there's no such luck for the pair and they fight off the beastmen attackers... at which point Yoko's cheering and jumping suddenly causes her bikini to pop off right in front of them. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_98a63dc6 | type |
Time Abyss | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_98a63dc6 | comment |
Time Abyss: While receiving reports on the evacuation, Rossiu glances at a display showing a world map. The shapes of the continents are just recognizable enough to deduce that tens of millions of years' worth of continental drift has occurred. Or the Anti-Spirals' attack on Earth (as shown in Parallel Works #8) severely screwed up the landmasses. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_98a67517 | type |
Creature-Hunter Organization | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_98a67517 | comment |
Creature-Hunter Organization: The Spirals' Gunmen Pilots, who repurposed Gunmen to combat the Anti-Spirals and their Ashtanga. The Beastmen are these Inverted, since they were seen by the humans as mere beasts who attack people on the surface with their Mecha just because. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_98a67517 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_99c08028 | type |
Grin of Audacity | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_99c08028 | comment |
Grin of Audacity: A hallmark of the series. Delivered with panache, like everything else. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_99c08028 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9b54d536 | type |
Evil Counterpart | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9b54d536 | comment |
Evil Counterpart: Lordgenome to Simon of all people! In the films, you learn of his backstory and find that in many ways they were eerily similar to Simon's. After the Anti-Spirals first invaded the earth ages ago, Genome, as a child of about Simon's age, decided to raise an army and fight back. He even had a cute animal for a sidekick and a mini-Gunmen. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9b5516f0 | type |
Showy Invincible Hero | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9b5516f0 | comment |
Showy Invincible Hero: Basically every main character, but subverted in that most of their death cheating catches up with them at the very end, albeit by choice, in a series of Heroic Sacrifices. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9b7a0921 | type |
Split Screen | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9b7a0921 | comment |
Split Screen: Taken to splintered screens wrestling with each other's borders during arguments and Ham-to-Ham Combat. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9b7a0921 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9b7c345d | type |
Naked Freak-Out | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9b7c345d | comment |
Naked Freak-Out: This happens to Yoko in the Hot Springs Episode episode where she has at the end a wardrobe malfunction. Seen here. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9bcd82c0 | type |
Took a Level in Badass | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9bcd82c0 | comment |
Took a Level in Badass: Simon. Only in the universe of Gurren Lagann can something like this◊ happen. A human being turning Super Saiyan? Because that's what it looks like to me. (Either that or Deku going 100% against Overhaul) That's right, being in Gurren Lagann makes you so badass that it turns you into a Saiyan. (Or gives you One for All without having to eat someone's hair) Seven years, some good Character Development, and the ingestion of a Big Bang-level attack will do that to you. Nia, after she stops being a Princess Classic and slowly becomes a Hot-Blooded freedom fighter as she hangs out with the Team Gurren. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9c1d1e31 | type |
Black Box | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9c1d1e31 | comment |
Black Box: Every Gunmen, specifically Gurren Lagann, has these, and mass-production versions of Gurren Lagann made without these are superior to Lordgenome's old clunky Gunmen, right? Hell No. Apparently, if you make a bunch of Gurren Laganns post-timeskip without the inexplicable ability to summon huge drills from nowhere, that odd, presumably appendix-like engine that allows it to run on Spiral Power, and on top of that replace the Gunmen pilots with a bunch of people who weren't in the original (Dai-)Gurren Brigade, all you get is a Redshirt Army. Go figure. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9c8701b5 | type |
A Day in the Limelight | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9c8701b5 | comment |
A Day in the Limelight: The compilation movies put a lot more emphasis on the minor Gunmen pilots in the group, especially the second one, which gives each of them their own Tengen Toppa mech and a fight scene versus the Anti-Spiral. | |
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Single-Minded Twins | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9ccedbed | comment |
Single-Minded Twins: Jougan and Barinbou. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9ce7c264 | type |
Future Badass | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9ce7c264 | comment |
Future Badass: Gimmy, Darry, and Viral. In the Distant Finale, it's just those 3. But don't forget, this show does have a 7-year timeskip, where pretty much everybody counts as a Future Badass. If they started badass, then they got more badass. Future Loser? In Gurren Lagann? What the hell do you think this is?! | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9d0daa7d | type |
Last Episode Theme Reprise | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9d0daa7d | comment |
Last Episode Theme Reprise: Happens when Lordgenome absorbs the Infinity Big Bang Storm and is one of the most iconic examples in all of anime, and arguably the show that made the trope even more popular in anime throughout the late 2000s and 2010s. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: In the first 2 minutes of the series, we get a look at the initial battle fought with the Anti-Spirals, and the ship which was used in it. It goes even further to show that Lagann (by way of the core drill) will play a huge part, and even displaying a character looking almost identical to evolved!Boota. The series is in love with history repeating itself (with everything from personalities, fighting techniques, and deaths), and just repeating itself in general by way of having an episode and two movies dedicated to clips; but they have moved to show us that the same thing has been in the course of happening for over 1,000 years. Viral's character and sense of honor being what it is, his discussion with Lordgenome is obvious but real foreshadowing for his Heel–Face Turn after the time skip. Similarly, during Gurren Lagann's first appearance, it fights against Viral's mecha, and steals its helmet. Viral's mecha's helmet becoming a part of Gurren Lagann foreshadows that Viral would become one of the mecha's pilots, and by extension become a "part" of Gurren Lagann himself. Rossiu's society as a child fuels his future decisions to the point where he does exactly what he'd been so horrified to learn of in the past. In Episode 7, Rossiu even warns Simon that "Good intentions can sometimes tempt good people to travel down the wrong path, just as it did in my village," which becomes ironic considering what Rossiu ends up becoming. And while on the topic of Rossiu, his temporarily taking control of the Gurren in episode 6. Following Kamina's death, Rossiu becomes his replacement. About the whole relationship between Rossiu and Simon is made of these, really. Starting after Kamina's death, when Rossiu takes over the piloting of Gurren, Rossiu acts similar to Simon's old self and constantly tries to save Simon who gets nearly suicidal and reckless "like" Kamina. As the story develops Rossiu is the one that needs encouragement like Simon did, and Simon is the brave, inspiring big bro like Kamina was. The whole resemblance goes on to the Get A Hold Of Yourself Man punch from Simon to Rossiu exactly copying what Kamina did to Simon, and ultimately Simon entrusts the leadership and everything to Rossiu, just like Kamina chose Simon to lead the Dai-Gurren Team. Kamina often wants to keep fighting but is talked down by Simon, many characters talk about how his reckless nature will get him killed, and he outright says "[Simon's] level head is the only thing that keeps him alive." The first major battle they experience where Simon isn't there to back Kamina up, he gets himself overwhelmed and fatally wounded. Kamina stealing Viral's helmet and lecturing him on how he'll never know what combining is. Guess who replaces Kamina as Gurren's pilot (and gets his helmet back)? Kamina is well known for his line, "Don't believe in yourself, believe in me who believes in you" but what is perhaps a more significant line, as well as one that foreshadows his fate, is the exact opposite: "Don't believe in me who believes in you, believe in you who believes in yourself." He is essentially foreshadowing that he will no longer be there to be Simon's moral support so Simon has to learn to stand on his own, which he eventually does, signified by his own famous lines, "I am not bro! I'm Me! Simon the Digger!" The Arc Words "Yours is the drill that will pierce the heavens!" foreshadow the titular Tengen Toppa (Heaven-Piercing) Gurren Lagann. Kinon picking up a reading "identical to Gurren Lagann" inside Tepplin's throne room. When Lazengann is first revealed sitting underneath Lordgenome's throne, it appears as if it's sitting on a throne of its own. But closer inspection◊ reveals that it's actually a cockpit very similar to Lagann's. Specifically, what appear to be armrests are actually handles. It was piloting Dekabustsu (Tepplin), just as Gurren Lagann would later pilot Arc Gurren Lagann. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9d17b859 | type |
Made of Iron | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9d17b859 | comment |
Made of Iron: Pretty much everyone and everything in the series. That's right, even the animals. One managed to survive two arrows two the heart and back. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9d1cc720 | type |
Barbie Doll Anatomy | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9d1cc720 | comment |
Barbie Doll Anatomy: Subverted in episode 4, which introduces the Black siblings, as Kiyoh's nipples are quite noticeable through her top in Simon's POV shot. Subverted with the final scenes of the Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. It's either cold in space or Simon kicking every single bit of ass possible makes both Nia and Yoko very happy. You may not notice it due to all the awesome though. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9dbf9610 | type |
World of Technicolor Hair | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9dbf9610 | comment |
World of Technicolor Hair: It's rife with examples of Anime Hair (including unusual hair colours), since it's an over-the-top, hot-blooded middle finger to science. Heroes Simon and Kamina both have blue hair (though Simon's looks kinda black), Yoko has brick red hair (as does Gimmy), Leeron's is aqua, Darry's is cotton-candy pink, Kittan's is blond and black. Dayakka has green hair, Kiyal has purple hair and Makken has very short light-blue hair-stubs. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9dd2cbc2 | type |
CloudCuckooLander | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9dd2cbc2 | comment |
Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Nia; at first it seems to come from her sheltered up-bringing but it's quite clear she isn't all there in the head when even after 7 years in the outside world she still surprises everyone with her quirky misunderstandings. Simon even remarks he has a hard time understanding what she says. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9e062ca3 | type |
Suicide Mission | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9e062ca3 | comment |
Of course, Kittan's death is due to him undertaking a Suicide Mission to give the others a chance to survive. And he volunteered. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9e0c3153 | type |
Punctuated! For! Emphasis! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9e0c3153 | comment |
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: GIGA!!! DRILL!!! BREAAKEEEERRR!!!!!. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9ee7ff42 | type |
No Conservation of Energy | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9ee7ff42 | comment |
No Conservation of Energy: It's a major plot point that Spiral Energy can make energy and mass where there was none, which is why it may destroy the entire universe. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9f00986d | type |
Gut Punch | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_9f00986d | comment |
Gut Punch: Kamina's death is a mild example - while the series did get notably darker afterwards, it still stayed pretty light. | |
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More Expendable Than You | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a0b0840c | comment |
However, he interrupts Yoko just as she is about to announce that she is going on said suicide mission. So his sacrifice was to protect the woman he came to love... whom he thought had multiple children over the past few years (total misunderstanding). | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a0d9c2f3 | type |
Final Speech | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a0d9c2f3 | comment |
Final Speech: Lordgenome and the Anti-Spiral leader. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a186b0a6 | type |
Journey to the Sky | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a186b0a6 | comment |
Journey to the Sky: The series begins in a society of people forced to live underground. Kamina's dream is to reach the surface and see the sky, with the help of Simon, whose Arc Words are "The drill that will pierce the heavens". Over the course of the show, they not only reach the surface and see the sky but eventually reach space, using Humongous Mechas. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a1a1491e | type |
Homage | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a1a1491e | comment |
Homage: Nia's awakening scene was a homage to Outlaw Star's scene when Melfina was found. Yu-Gi-Oh! made a card who must be a tribute/homage to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, the Drill Warrior. In Kid Icarus: Uprising, there's a weapon called the Drill Arm. It looks exactly like an arm-sized Core Drill. | |
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A Mech by Any Other Name | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a247c4bf | comment |
A Mech by Any Other Name: Sort of: there are Gunmen and Grapearl, but the (very infrequently-used) generic term is "mech". On a single occasion, "Gunmen" is also used as if it were the generic term. | |
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Fill It with Flowers | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a29bcb9f | comment |
Fill It with Flowers: In the movie, after the Time Skip, Nia states that she wants to plant flowers across the world. In the Distant Finale, Simon is shown digging a well for a small village and, when offered thanks, demands that the chief cover the hillside with flowers. | |
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Supporting Leader | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a32a1881 | comment |
Supporting Leader: Kamina of course; though Kittan assumes the role after Kamina dies, even getting two days in the limelight in the second arc. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a3c0d670 | type |
Evil Chancellor | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a3c0d670 | comment |
Evil Chancellor: Post-Time Skip Rossiu is actually a subversion. He's a Well-Intentioned Extremist who tries to kill himself once he realizes what he's done. Luckily, Simon gives him a fist sized dose of Get A Hold Of Yourself Man. | |
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Finishing Move | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a43a691b | comment |
For future reference, "Done right" refers to a missile-laced Giga Drill Breaker landing in the enemy hanger, working its way through the giant Combining Mecha's body (taking out two of the three pilots en route), culminating in a giant rainbow explosion that every human on earth can see. Done right? How about done awesome? | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a44cd048 | type |
Meet the New Boss | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a44cd048 | comment |
Meet the New Boss: Rossiu's village chief, then Lordgenome, then the Anti-Spirals all repress a group for their own good, likely a deliberate tie-in with the "Spiral" theme of recurring escalation. Viral accuses Simon of replacing Lordgenome as a tyrant over the Beastmen and villagers by imprisoning the former and forcibly relocating the latter. Though there seem to be good reasons for these decisions, Simon's fear that he is too similar to Lordgenome causes him to accept Rossiu's plans, even when that means his own execution. | |
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Mood Whiplash | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a4c37cbe | comment |
Mood Whiplash: As a direct consequence of several character deaths. Also, the above-mentioned Sci Fi Channel scheduling. Frequently switched between humour, drama, and action. "You're Gonna Do It!!", for example, starts with dramatic closeup shots as Kamina and Viral snipe at each other while Simon, Yoko, and the Black sisters look on. Then the camera switched to a wider angle, and, reminds the audience that, oh, right, our heroes are still pretty much naked from the last episode. | |
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Artificial Animal People | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a4e3ad2a | comment |
Artificial Animal People: The Beastmen were engineered by Lordgenome to enforce his rule, combining a basic human shape with traits of various animals. For instance, Viral is part cat and part shark. In addition to giving them whatever extra abilities would be useful, they are all sterile, ensuring that they cannot possess Spiral Power. | |
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Healing Factor | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a5fb0d24 | comment |
Healing Factor: Viral is explicitly given an immortal body, but it's not clarified what this means; however, he demonstrates a Healing Factor at one point, and is the only character in the Distant Finale (apart from Leeron) who still looks the same. | |
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Physical God | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a60f7120 | comment |
Physical God: The only category that the Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann qualifies for! And the Anti-Spiral King. | |
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Emerald Power | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a667c3a6 | comment |
Emerald Power: Spiral Energy glows green, and whenever someone uses a vast amount of spiral energy, their eyes turn green too. Special mention to Kittan whose entire body take a green tint during his Heroic Sacrifice. | |
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Determined Expression | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a6f7514e | comment |
Determined Expression: These happen, of course, throughout the series, but the crowner comes in the grand finale, when a stunning "The Reason You Suck" Speech from the Big Bad is countered by Determined Looks from people across the globe, as they send a Combined Energy Attack to the titular mech and simultaneously kick off a Last Episode Theme Reprise. | |
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Beneath the Earth | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a7544a0f | comment |
Beneath the Earth: Most of humanity had been forced underground by forces unknown a long time ago. The first part of the series revolves around liberating the repressed humans. | |
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Imagination-Based Superpower | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a7f551dc | comment |
Imagination-Based Superpower: Spiral Energy is essentially this. It's the force of willpower manifested into reality, allowing one to "do the impossible." While first seen to apply (temporary) repairs to Gurren Lagann's leg early on, it also allows one to create matter, break physics and just overpower anything through sheer will. By the end of the series, Simon is able to harness it to do practically anything. Though namely in the making of larger drills while powering the insanely huge mechs. Perhaps as a nod to its spiritual predecessor, Getter Robo, it usually manifests itself as green (with the exception of Lord Genome; who's is a rather sinister red, though this is due to the fact he is using spiral energy against itself, working for suppressive and repressive means, since his was green back when he was a young man. | |
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"Hell, Yes!" Moment | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a8238745 | comment |
"Hell, Yes!" Moment: Nia has this reaction when she realizes her ring has started glowing. | |
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Meet Cute | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a82ff02f | comment |
Meet Cute: How Simon and Nia meet. After Kamina's death, Simon is hit harder by it than anyone else, not helped that any attempts to help him feel better prove ineffective. However, upon freeing Nia from a box that contained her, his angst and self-pity is immediately forgotten and goes back to being rather dorky in how he speaks to his beautiful girl who seems to have no grasp what a human is and is automatically friendly to him. | |
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Self-Healing Phlebotinum | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a85c596a | comment |
Self-Healing Phlebotinum: Gunmen regenerate when infused with fighting spirit. Usually they return to their damaged state after the battle is over. | |
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Juggling Loaded Guns | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a8a0603e | comment |
Juggling Loaded Guns: When Kamina is first given a gun he pretends to know how to use it, even though he doesn't know what it actually is. At first he uses it as a hammer, and after narrowly missing shooting himself in the gonads he proceeds to hold it upside down. Well, he already held it upside down when using it as a hammer; but of course, it was pointing towards him then. | |
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Not So Stoic | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a8a4b41e | comment |
Not So Stoic: The Anti-Spiral goes Hot-Blooded during the final battle. | |
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Reality-Breaking Paradox | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a8d6bd1f | comment |
Reality-Breaking Paradox: The Spiral Nemesis. The Anti-Spirals fear that transmuting too much mass will cause the universe to collapse into a black hole. Probably performed in Lagann-hen when the power struggle of two drills causes the pocket universe they're in to collapse into an infinity sign. | |
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Death Is Dramatic | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a8f3f520 | comment |
Death Is Dramatic: Played as straight as possible. | |
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Combining Mecha | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_a950584d | comment |
Combining Mecha: Parodied when Kamina tries to accomplish this by just sticking Simon's mecha on top of his own, only to have it work anyway. Simon is able later to repeat this trick with a battleship, a winged mini-mech, an even bigger battleship, and the Moon.. Further parodied in the manga adaptation, where Kamina gets it in his head that Lagann Gurren: Gurren on top, Lagann on the bottom. might work. It doesn't. In the Compilation Movie, the mecha of the Four Generals, with Viral taking Thymilph's place, combine into one massive robot rather than the generals fighting the Team Gurren individually. In addition to being a combination of every mecha/spaceship it has fused with to this point, the eponymous mecha also includes several other Laganns that had been abandoned in previous failed attempts to defeat the Anti Spiral, each piloted by a team member. In Lagann-Hen, the Tengen Toppa Gunmen that step in after Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is destroyed, including Tengen Toppa Lagann, turn into raw spiral power and combine to form Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. This trope can also be extended to the other Gurren Laganns, all of which are inside of Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann's head. | |
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Destructive Saviour | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_aa8940ee | comment |
Destructive Saviour: the alternate Team Gurren in Parallel Works 6. Simon, when the Muganns appear for the first time. | |
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Rousing Speech | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_aaece264 | comment |
Notably Simon at episode 11, after a hell of a Rousing Speech. | |
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Big Brother Mentor | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ab17f66 | comment |
Big Brother Mentor: Kamina; although he's not Simon's real brother, he considers himself his soul brother. | |
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Spectral Weapon Copy | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_abbfeda | comment |
Spectral Weapon Copy: The climax has Simon impale the Anti-Spiral with a drill made of pure energy (and his blood). This is foreshadowed in the second expanded movie, where Simon, while imprisoned, creates a spectral copy of his Core Drill, but doesn't use it as he's unsure of the right course of action. | |
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No-Sell | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_abd29ad8 | comment |
No-Sell: Kamina deflects Thymilph's Condemn Glaize effortlessly with ease by simply grabbing it. Lordgenome effortlessly managing to block a Giga Drill Break. | |
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Three-Month-Old Newborn | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ac344349 | comment |
Three-Month-Old Newborn: In a manner of speaking—the daughter of Dayakka and Kiyoh is born with a full head of hair and generally looks many months old from the first. | |
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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ac4ac8e5 | comment |
Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Each arc uses a line from one character — first Kamina, then Nia, then Rossiu, and finally Simon — as the title for each episode. Also, to follow suit, the title cards for each arc have their own typeset. | |
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Chekhov's Skill | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_acecb17d | comment |
Chekhov's Skill: Lagann's ability to combine with other Gunmen crops up several times after it first combines with Gurren. The first time it's used as part of Kamina's plan to hijack the Dai-Gunzan, after which it's mostly forgotten until after the timeskip, when Simon suddenly pulls it out again to combine Gurren-Lagann with the Arc-Gurren and form the Arc-Gurren-Lagann. It was used during the fight against Lordgenome, who detonated Lazengann's arm to prevent it. It was also used against Cytomander's forces when Gurren Lagann grabbed onto a flying gunman, and spiral-fused it to its back, giving it flight and wings. Also, in the manga, Yoko fuses Lagann to the Dayakkaiser, creating Dayakaiser Lagann. She does this in the wake of Kamina's death. | |
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_acf33d00 | comment |
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Guame's televising his fight with Lagann and broadcasting it to humans everywhere. He ends up getting his butt whupped by Simon, for all humans on Earth to see, who are thus inspired into Badassery and Hotbloodedness and turn up as The Cavalry in the penultimate battle for Teppelin. When Team Dai-Gurren first finds Nia, and after it comes out that she is the daughter of the Spiral King, they are distrustful of her. Then Adiane shows up and tries to break Nia's spirit before killing her by publicly announcing that Lordgenome thought of Nia as a doll and has cast her out and discarded her, ordering Adiane to kill her along with the rest of the humans. But when Team Dai-Gurren hears this, this causes them to trust Nia as Nia is now firmly on their side, and they're enraged at Nia being abandoned, to boot. Later on, Simon points out to Nia that all of the Anti-Spiral's attempts to kill off humanity have simply made them stronger. He goes on to realise that she subconsciously did this on purpose. Along those same lines, Simon probably would have just waited for the moon to land and kill him thinking most of humanity was safe if Nia hadn't told him that the impact would kill everyone underground. Though ostensibly she did it to cause him despair, it only goaded him into action. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Simon follows up his entry to the surface by falling into Yoko's cleavage. He looks up in horror to see her smiling face, only to see the smile change to a horrified expression- not because of his position, but because of the two gunmen behind him. | |
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Pyrrhic Victory | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ad9fbc1e | comment |
Pyrrhic Victory: The Anti-Spirals are defeated, leading to the peace and freedom of all Spiral races, but with such victory came at a personal heavy price for Simon and the remaining; more than half of the Gurren Brigade are dead, including Kittan, and Nia dies soon after returning to earth, because her life force was tied to the Anti-Spiral. On her wedding day of all days. | |
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Orcus on His Throne | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_add14bc2 | comment |
Orcus on His Throne: Lordgenome. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_add14bc2 | |
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Face–Heel Turn | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_af3ea0e3 | comment |
Face–Heel Turn: Lordgenome prior to the beginning of the series and Nia in the series (and the movies, though those are essentially just glorified clip shows); as well as Lordgenome in the parallel works. And they turn HARD. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_af3ea0e3 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_af3ea0e3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_af616e40 | type |
Accidental Misnaming | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_af616e40 | comment |
Accidental Misnaming: Rossiu, known by Kamina as "Dekosuke": "Forehead Boy". | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_af616e40 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_af616e40 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_afe75982 | type |
Unsound Effect | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_afe75982 | comment |
Unsound Effect: The manga gives us some truly unique ones, like "Ten-Megaton Punch" and "Kiyaloon <3!" | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_afe75982 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_afe75982 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_affbcbb | type |
Cool Helmet | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_affbcbb | comment |
Cool Helmet: Gurren Lagann's, stolen from Viral's Gunman, Enki. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_affbcbb | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_affcdc91 | type |
Evil Is Sterile | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_affcdc91 | comment |
Evil Is Sterile: The Anti-Spiral opposes the growth of Spiral Energy, which is caused by biological evolution. To that end, it has deliberately halted the evolution of its own species and actively tries to suppress the spread of life throughout the universe. It never creates independent lifeforms, instead spawning countless identical automata that can do nothing but mindlessly attack. This lack is also reflected in its tactics—aside from certain automatic defense systems, like the Death Spiral Field and the Alternate Space Labyrinth, it never uses any strategy more complex than "use a weapon just like the protagonists', but slightly more powerful". Lordgenome, as an agent of the Anti-Spiral, kills his own offspring when they become self-aware and polices his reign with the Beastmen, who are literally sterile as a way to prevent them generating Spiral Power. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_affcdc91 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_affcdc91 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b032e4ed | type |
Ms. Fanservice | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b032e4ed | comment |
Ms. Fanservice: Yoko. See Fanservice above. And the Black sisters too. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b032e4ed | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b032e4ed | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b14e9e90 | type |
Kid Hero All Grown-Up | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b14e9e90 | comment |
Kid Hero All Grown-Up: The second arc features grown-up versions of Simon, Nia, Rossiu, and the Black siblings, as well as teenage versions of Gimmy and Darry. The Grand Finale also shows what becomes of the surviving cast 20 years down the line. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b14e9e90 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b14e9e90 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b179eb00 | type |
Tragic Bromance | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b179eb00 | comment |
Tragic Bromance: Simon and Kamina. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b179eb00 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b1d2b799 | type |
Artistic Age | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b1d2b799 | comment |
Artistic Age: Kamina is supposed to be about 17 or 18, which he does look, but Simon is supposed to be 14 and Yoko is supposed to be around the same age as Simon. This is lampshaded in the background material by claiming that, without the sun, most of the villages lost the ability to tell time, so no one really knows how old anyone is. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b1d2b799 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b1d2b799 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b1e8a3b3 | type |
Coming of Age Story | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b1e8a3b3 | comment |
Coming of Age Story | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b1e8a3b3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b252f072 | type |
Megaton Punch | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b252f072 | comment |
Megaton Punch: In possiby the ultimate example of this, Simon uses Arc Gurren Lagann to punch an enemy so hard it rips a freaking hole in the fabric of space and time. He punched that ship so hard it hit NOTHING, and broke through it! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b252f072 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b252f072 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b3462e22 | type |
The Man Behind the Monsters | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b3462e22 | comment |
The Man Behind the Monsters: Lordgenome. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b3462e22 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b3eecaae | type |
Colony Drop | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b3eecaae | comment |
Colony Drop: After the time skip, the moon is sent on a head-on collision with the Earth. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b3eecaae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b3eecaae | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b4dcdf5b | type |
Antagonist in Mourning | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b4dcdf5b | comment |
Antagonist in Mourning: Viral can't help but feel sad for Kamina's death. Or he's just upset that he's been losing to a little kid all this time; he cheers up when he begins to think of Simon as a Worthy Opponent post-timeskip. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b4dcdf5b | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b4dcdf5b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b58b4e3c | type |
Too Dumb to Live | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
Too Dumb to Live: The reinforcements in episode 14. Your commander dies because he charged straight into a tornado of energy? Go ahead and try it en masse. You'll break through it in no time. The problem he had was that all the robots are powered by determination, and it's hard to tell between that and Suicidal Overconfidence. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b58b4e3c | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b58b4e3c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b6f5a403 | type |
Retro Upgrade | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b6f5a403 | comment |
Retro Upgrade: In the second half of the anime, the Gunmen are dropped in favor of the new Grapearls. It turns out that the Gunmen are still more useful against anti-spirals because they were designed specifically to fight them. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b6f5a403 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b6f5a403 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b72923df | type |
The Final Temptation | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b72923df | comment |
The Final Temptation | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b72923df | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b72923df | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b7e1dcc8 | type |
Empathic Weapon | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b7e1dcc8 | comment |
Empathic Weapon: The Gunmen — and especially Simon's Lagann — are powered by the fighting spirit of their pilots. Near the end of Lagann-hen, it's implied Lagann is not only fueled by emotion, but is actually sentient. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b7e1dcc8 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b7e1dcc8 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b7ff3d2f | type |
Personal Horror | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b7ff3d2f | comment |
Personal Horror: Happens to the Spiral King in the prologue/parallel works. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b7ff3d2f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b7ff3d2f | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b89d9f13 | type |
Assimilation Plot | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b89d9f13 | comment |
Assimilation Plot: The Anti-Spirals are all collected in one Hive Mind. They did this so they would stop evolving and prevent the Spiral Nemesis. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b89d9f13 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b8a7816d | type |
Psychoactive Powers | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b8a7816d | comment |
Psychoactive Powers: Spiral Power. Fear and despair kill it, hope and optimism increase it, and Hot Blood blasts it sky-high. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b8a7816d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b8b9ff48 | type |
Scientific and Technological Theme Naming | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b8b9ff48 | comment |
Scientific and Technological Theme Naming: The four generals are all named for the four chemicals in DNA, while Beastmen in general, as well as Lordgenome, all have a genetics-based name (Viral, for instance). The other halves of their names come from the four Alchemic Elementals. Thymine + Sylph = Thymilph, Adenine + Undine = Adiane, Guanine + Gnome = Guame, and Cytosine + Salamander = Cytomander. The villains' DNA motif on the whole fits with their Mix-and-Match Critters status and the series' overall emphasis on spirals. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b8b9ff48 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b8b9ff48 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b905e88c | type |
People Jars | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b905e88c | comment |
People Jars: Lordgenome's head is revived as a "biological computer", who later becomes useful for spouting out Techno Babble on the reality-altering attacks the Anti-Spirals use. The Beastmen also come from people jars, which are briefly seen when Lordgenome makes Viral immortal, and again in Parallel Works 8. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b905e88c | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b905e88c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b956ebdd | type |
Tron Lines | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b956ebdd | comment |
Tron Lines: These appear on many things related to the Anti-Spirals, including most of the Mugann, Nia as the Anti-Spiral messenger, and even their home planet. They're also on everyone's outfits in the Distant Finale. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b956ebdd | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b9d334b2 | type |
Aerith and Bob | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b9d334b2 | comment |
Aerith and Bob: There's Simon and Kamina. Simon's could be kind of a subversion though, as it's pronounced "See-mone" as opposed to "Si-mon". Both of them are pretty normal compared to names like Viral and Leeron, though. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b9d334b2 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b9f472b | type |
Storming the Castle | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b9f472b | comment |
Storming the Castle | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_b9f472b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ba5bbda5 | type |
Mirror Character | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ba5bbda5 | comment |
Viral accuses Simon of replacing Lordgenome as a tyrant over the Beastmen and villagers by imprisoning the former and forcibly relocating the latter. Though there seem to be good reasons for these decisions, Simon's fear that he is too similar to Lordgenome causes him to accept Rossiu's plans, even when that means his own execution. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ba5bbda5 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ba5bbda5 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bad22526 | type |
What If? | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bad22526 | comment |
"All The Lights in the Sky..." ExplanationThe series starts with a What If? Bad Future where Team Dai-Gurren wage war on the entire universe, with what seems to be a Beastman version of Boota remarking "So... All the lights in the heavens are our enemy now huh?" The true ending of the series instead has Simon encouraging a young boy's dream of going to space, remarking "Sure you will! Because the lights in the skies are stars... ... yeah they're stars, stars where our Spiral cousins are waiting for us..." Lagann-hen goes even further, as the ending music for said scene is the first track ever played in the original series. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bad22526 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bb094e0a | type |
Cool Ship | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bb094e0a | comment |
Cool Ship: The Dai-Gunzan/Dai-Gurren, followed by the Arc-Gurren and finally the Cathedral Terra/SuperGalaxy Dai-Gurren. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bb094e0a | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bbca7a41 | type |
Mirror Match | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bbca7a41 | comment |
Mirror Match: This is the Anti-Spirals' preferred method of inducing ultimate despair. Lordgenome's Spiral Power readouts and drills also turn in the opposite direction of Gurren Lagann's, as well as having straighter grooves. As does The Anti Spiral's Grandzeboma in the final battle. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bbca7a41 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bbfaa837 | type |
Knight Templar | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bbfaa837 | comment |
Knight Templar: The Anti-Spiral is too far down the Slippery Slope to be a regular Well-Intentioned Extremist. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bbfaa837 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bc80725e | type |
Wedding Finale | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bc80725e | comment |
Wedding Finale: The finale has Simon and Nia's wedding day... which takes a sad turn when it's revealed as a result of the death of Anti-Spiral, Nia, formerly their messenger, must die with them. It takes all of her willpower to keep her body alive for her and Simon's special day before disappearing into light after they speak their vows. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bc80725e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bdadcde1 | type |
Spring Coil | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bdadcde1 | comment |
Spring Coil: The Lagann has them. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bdadcde1 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_be157880 | type |
Married in the Future | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_be157880 | comment |
Married in the Future: The Anti-Spiral traps Team Dai-Gurren in a Lotus-Eater Machine called the "Alternate Space Labyrinth," in which they live out their hearts' inner desires (for example, Simon's fantasy is getting to tag along with with the already-Killed Off for Real Kamina much like they did in the beginning of the series, whereas Viral gets to realize his dream of having a family, which is impossible due to him being effectively immortal and Beastmen can't reproduce). One of these what-if scenarios (shown on a TV screen in this case) depicts Yoko and Kittan on their wedding day. What makes this so poignant is that, by that time in the series, Kittan had just died one episode ago after giving a Last Kiss to Yoko. The implication is that, had Kittan not knowingly sacrificed himself to help the group escape from the Sea of Despair and things turned out differently in the battle against the Anti-Spiral, they might have become a couple for real. And then, in Kung-Fu Jesus Messianic Archetype fashion, the spirit of Kamina shows up to help all of the heroes break free. In Yoko's case she's seen turning off the TV display of her and Kittan, which is held by Kamina. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_be157880 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_be38c5d3 | type |
Water Is Womanly | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_be38c5d3 | comment |
Adiane is fought in the ocean and commands the Dai-Gunkai, "kai" meanng sea. She's the sole female general, has dark blue hair, big mood shifts, and can summon water to help her in battle. She also has a scorpion tail, reminiscent of the Scorpio sign in the Western Zodiac, a water sign. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bf2412a1 | type |
Recap Episode | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bf2412a1 | comment |
Recap Episode: Gurren Lagann rates two of these. The Hot Springs Episode had enough risqué material that before broadcast, about half of its running time was replaced with lengthy flashbacks to earlier episodes. Episode 16 was another recap episode, summing up the first arc of the series before the time skip. The episode 16 recap is unusual in that it brings the series's episode total to 27. Weekly syndicated shows usually have episode counts that are multiples of 13, since that divides evenly into a 52-week year. It seems likely that the recap was added late in production, perhaps prompted by concern that viewers might be confused by the second arc if they couldn't remember important details about the first one. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bf2412a1 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bf698238 | type |
When All You Have Is a Hammer… | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bf698238 | comment |
Relatedly, When All You Have Is Your Car Keys — The end of the battle between Simon and Lordgenome. This is somehow more epic than when they were in giant mechas. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bf698238 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bf927e82 | type |
Non-Human Sidekick | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bf927e82 | comment |
Non-Human Sidekick: Boota, later kinda human sidekick.. | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bf927e82 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bf996668 | type |
Sliding Scale of Continuity | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bf996668 | comment |
Sliding Scale of Continuity: Level 5 (Full Lockout), especially as it goes on (though the Parallel Works are level 0). | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bf996668 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bf996668 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_bf996668 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c0337b45 | type |
Never Tell Me the Odds! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c0337b45 | comment |
Never Tell Me the Odds!: Played straight when Lordgenome is about to tell Leeron the chances of survival in the Sea of Despair, and Leeron simply doesn't want to hear it. Best thing about that? Lordgenome later tells him the chances of survival were ZERO. "The odds of success were zero, but probability doesn't seem to matter with you guys." | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c0337b45 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c0337b45 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c0337b45 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c271fe08 | type |
Machiavelli Was Wrong | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c271fe08 | comment |
Machiavelli Was Wrong: After the Time Skip, Rossiu starts Shooting The Dog over and over as things deteriorate. It all just makes things worse. Only when Simon returns do things get better. Rossiu does manage to quell the riots, get almost everyone into underground shelters, and get a large population of humans into space. His plans might have worked...if the enemies were sane or understandable. Simon and Team Gurren provide the Spiral Power needed to win. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c271fe08 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c271fe08 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c271fe08 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c2a64338 | type |
Classical Elements Ensemble | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c2a64338 | comment |
Classical Elements Ensemble: The Four Generals and their battleships thematically represent this idea. Tympilph is fought in a field of volcanos and commands the Dai-Gunzan, "zan" meaning mountain. Despite being shrewd and calculating, can easily get into a Hot-Blooded rage. Adiane is fought in the ocean and commands the Dai-Gunkai, "kai" meanng sea. She's the sole female general, has dark blue hair, big mood shifts, and can summon water to help her in battle. She also has a scorpion tail, reminiscent of the Scorpio sign in the Western Zodiac, a water sign. Cytomander is fought in the sky and commands the Dai-Gunten, "ten" meaning sky. He has a peacock-like appearance given all of the feathers on his body and specializes in aerial combat. Guame is fought on land (and can burrow underground) and commands the Dai-Gundo, "do" meaning earth. He specializes in ground combat and is the most animal-like of the group, which puts him closer to nature and the natural world than the other generals. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c2a64338 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c2a64338 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c2a64338 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c2f65c81 | type |
Ecchi | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c2f65c81 | comment |
Ecchi: Mostly confined to Yoko's outfit of choice. Until the second movie that is. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c2f65c81 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c2f65c81 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c2f65c81 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c303b56d | type |
Fanon | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c303b56d | comment |
Official Japanese Gulaparl vs. Fanon Grapal; which one is used depends on the fansub group, and neither is the official English name, "Grapearl;" Gunmen/Gammen/Ganmen/Gunman, Rossiu/Roshiu, Giga Drill Break(er); Giha/Jiiha; pronouncing Simon SHE-Moan or SEE-Moan (or as the usual Anglo "Simon"); Lord Genome/Lordgenome. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c303b56d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c303b56d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c303b56d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c313d43a | type |
True Companions | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c313d43a | comment |
True Companions: Team Dai-Gurren. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c313d43a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c313d43a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c313d43a | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c335b301 | type |
Cute Little Fangs | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c335b301 | comment |
Cute Little Fangs: Kiyal. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c335b301 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c335b301 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c335b301 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c335b9ec | type |
Irony | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c335b9ec | comment |
Irony: When Rossiu leaves his village, he tells Father Magin that once they make the surface peaceful and safe for humans, there will be no need for painful laws like the village's population limits. Seven years later when humans live on the surface in large numbers, not only is there that exact same problem with the Anti-Spirals beginning their attack once human population reaches a million, but it's Rossiu who's trying to keep it in check to prevent them from reaching that limit. Simon calls him out on this. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c335b9ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c335b9ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c335b9ec | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c3b51bb3 | type |
You Are Better Than You Think You Are | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c3b51bb3 | comment |
You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Kamina's Last Words were this to Simon. Even when everyone wrote Simon off as a hopeless cause, Nia didn't and helped him come to understand what Kamina was saying is this. Kamina and Nia saw something in him no one else did until his He's Back! moment. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c3b51bb3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c3b51bb3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c3b51bb3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c3c18143 | type |
Hope Spot | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c3c18143 | comment |
Hope Spot: In episode 8, Kamina gets impaled by Thymilph and lies on the ground bleeding making it seem like he died. A few moments later, though, he's suddenly able to move again and combines with Simon and both manage to defeat Thymilph and Viral together in an awesome finishing move. However, once the battle ends, Kamina utters his last words and dies for real. Invoked repeatedly, by the Anti-Spirals, in order to turn them on their heads with the intention that this will sap the will of the humans to fight. At best, it works only momentarily. The most touching of these is Viral: he gets a beastman wife and young daughter on an elysian meadow, enjoying peace, tranquility and belonging for the first time in his whole life. What's even worse is, he knows when it's about to end that it was All Just a Dream. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c3c18143 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c3c18143 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c3c18143 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c3eb0946 | type |
Stepping Stones in the Sky | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c3eb0946 | comment |
Stepping Stones in the Sky: The last chapter features Stepping Galaxies In Outer Space! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c3eb0946 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c3eb0946 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c3eb0946 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c45c9fcd | type |
Ass Shove | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c45c9fcd | comment |
Ass Shove: The kancho "attack" used by Gimmy in the very NSFW fifth Parallels Works video. Which is based on a scene in the Hot Springs Episode that didn't air on television, where Kamina and Simon try to see the girls on the other side of the wall and Gimmy is confused by their order to "find a hole". | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c45c9fcd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c45c9fcd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c45c9fcd | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c4b8e2ae | type |
One-Woman Wail | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c4b8e2ae | comment |
One-Woman Wail: "Libera Me From Hell", the track played during Kittan's Heroic Sacrifice, Kamina pulling everyone out of the Lotus-Eater Machine, and the creation of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c4b8e2ae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c4b8e2ae | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c4b8e2ae | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c4f3a09a | type |
Share the Male Pain | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c4f3a09a | comment |
Share the Male Pain: In a particularly memorable scene, the Dai-Gurren takes a shot to the crotch. Every man (save for Leeron) immediately winces. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c4f3a09a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c4f3a09a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c4f3a09a | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c57293d6 | type |
Chastity Couple | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c57293d6 | comment |
Chastity Couple: In spite of all blatant Fanservice, Simon and Nia fit this trope perfectly. They just had one on-screen kiss before her death. Although, off screen it has been confirmed that they got it on at least twice. Though the same Word of God also stated that they didn't at all. Supposedly, YMMV on that point. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c57293d6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c57293d6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c57293d6 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c5fe6c81 | type |
Strong Family Resemblance | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c5fe6c81 | comment |
Strong Family Resemblance: As the 8th Parallel Works video shows super-huge Lordgenome used to basically be a male version of Nia. In the Distant Finale, Rossiu now has a striking resemblance to his own father. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c5fe6c81 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c5fe6c81 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c5fe6c81 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c62aee4c | type |
From Zero to Hero | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c62aee4c | comment |
From Zero to Hero: Simon starts out as a digger in an underground village, when he gets a hold of a mecha. Continuously getting inspired by big bro and mentor Kamina, this leads to his journey above ground, where he begins to fight Ganmen on his way to Lordgenome. The levels of greatness keep piling up until Simon and his allies are fighting in galaxy-sized mechas. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c62aee4c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c62aee4c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c62aee4c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c6538cc6 | type |
The Dulcinea Effect | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c6538cc6 | comment |
The Dulcinea Effect: Simon and Nia's first meeting. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c6538cc6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c6538cc6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c6538cc6 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c660bc15 | type |
Fan Disservice | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c660bc15 | comment |
Fan Disservice: In the sixth episode, Gimmy spends almost the entire episode naked with his penis exposed. By extension, Parallel Works 5 doesn't even need an explanation when you find out that the opening shot is Gimmy's penis flopping to and fro. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c660bc15 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c660bc15 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c660bc15 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c6655b23 | type |
Fallen Hero | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c6655b23 | comment |
Fallen Hero: Lordgenome and Guame | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c6655b23 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c6655b23 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c6655b23 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c71607f4 | type |
Final Exchange | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c71607f4 | comment |
Final Exchange: In the finale, the dying Anti-Spiral begs Simon to protect the universe, which has been his Well-Intentioned Extremist goal from the beginning. Simon returns that they will do so, and to believe in the human race. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c71607f4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c71607f4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c71607f4 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c72af5a8 | type |
Mini-Mecha | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c72af5a8 | comment |
Mini-Mecha: Lagann | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c72af5a8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c72af5a8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c72af5a8 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Has its own page. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c75df49a | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c7a9137e | type |
Universal-Adaptor Cast | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c7a9137e | comment |
Universal-Adaptor Cast: The entire cast fits just fine in the High School AU. Or in a Buddy Cop Show (observe DOUBLE K). | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c7a9137e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c7a9137e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c7a9137e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c7e7529c | type |
Five Stages of Grief | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c7e7529c | comment |
Five Stages of Grief: Simon's reaction to Kamina's death. He only goes through four of them, however: Denial (saying Kamina's name over and over again), anger (killing beastmen by the dozen with no regard for his own safety), depression (Lagann refuses to work), and acceptance (his "No More Holding Back" Speech). | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c7e7529c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c7e7529c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c7e7529c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c87660d5 | type |
Get a Hold of Yourself, Man! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c87660d5 | comment |
Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: Summarized (and done at least thrice in the anime) in just one sentence: "Let's see you GRIT THOSE TEETH!" In Lagann-hen though, it was Kinon who delivered the last one - a traditional Bright Slap - to a still-suicidal Rossiu, while onboard the Cathedral Lazengann. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c87660d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c87660d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c87660d5 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c89f0472 | type |
Troperiffic | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c89f0472 | comment |
Troperiffic | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c89f0472 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c89f0472 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c89f0472 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c960826 | type |
Supporting Protagonist | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c960826 | comment |
Supporting Protagonist: Subverted with Simon. In the first arc, it very much looks this way, but then Kamina dies. In reality, Kamina's entire role was contributing to Simon's Character Development. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c960826 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c960826 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c960826 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c96e8bb5 | type |
Rocket Punch | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c96e8bb5 | comment |
Rocket Punch: Subverted — the one and only example is less "rocket" than it is "pull off my arm and throw it at you," and it is less "punch" than "the most epic Bright Slap in human history." | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c96e8bb5 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c96e8bb5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c96e8bb5 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c978ad0b | type |
Magic Skirt | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c978ad0b | comment |
Magic Skirt: Nia. Especially in episode 15. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c978ad0b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c978ad0b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_c978ad0b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca3de41e | type |
Magical Eye | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca3de41e | comment |
Magical Eye: Inverted. Characters with large Spiral power signify this with spirals in their eyes. Strangely, Simon, the one who produces the vast majority of said power, doesn't get this until the Distant Finale, and then only on one side. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca3de41e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca3de41e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca3de41e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca3ef034 | type |
Evil Knockoff | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca3ef034 | comment |
Evil Knockoff: The Anti-Spiral's Granzeboma in the final battle. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca3ef034 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca3ef034 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca3ef034 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca7e95f6 | type |
Citywide Evacuation | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca7e95f6 | comment |
Citywide Evacuation: In Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, in preparation for the fall of the moon, the residents of Kamina City are loaded into the appropriately-named Arc Gurren and sent into space. The rest of the world's population retreats into underground bunkers, but Rossiu, the orchestrator of the evacuation, secretly knows this won't be sufficient and is just giving them false hope while trying to save the city's population. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca7e95f6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca7e95f6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca7e95f6 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca87e3ec | type |
No Name Given | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca87e3ec | comment |
No Name Given: The music used when Kamina is impaled and when Simon is fighting Lordgenome, has never been released in the official soundtrack and its name is unknown. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca87e3ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca87e3ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ca87e3ec | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cb11543c | type |
Cosmic Horror Reveal | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cb11543c | comment |
Cosmic Horror Reveal: The first half is spent defeating the Spiral King only to reveal in the second part he was protecting humanity from being wiped out by the eldritch-like Anti-Spirals and in the epilogue the earthlings are shown heading out to face the even more eldritch-like Spiral Nemesis. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cb11543c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cb11543c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cb11543c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cb1fe02e | type |
Magic by Any Other Name | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cb1fe02e | comment |
Magic by Any Other Name: The Spiral Energy is biological evolution forces in theory and Imagination-Based Superpower in practice, humans can spontaneously create new weapons or upgrade their mechs by just Heroic Willpower. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cb1fe02e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cb1fe02e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cb1fe02e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cb243ede | type |
Teleporters and Transporters | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cb243ede | comment |
Simon invented time-space teleportation just to punch Rossiu in the face. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cb243ede | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cb243ede | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cb243ede | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cbf05a02 | type |
Vagina Dentata | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cbf05a02 | comment |
Vagina Dentata: Adiane's mecha has its mouth in its crotch, with fangs. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cbf05a02 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cbf05a02 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cbf05a02 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cc4b45f6 | type |
Word of God | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cc4b45f6 | comment |
Also, the Gurren Laganns ejecting each other in turn to get to the Anti-Spiral at the end of the final battle. If we are to trust the Word of God about the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann being 10 million light-years tall, the two mechas' heads should be thousands of light-years away from each other, yet Simon manages to reach the Granzeboma in just a few seconds. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cc4b45f6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cc4b45f6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cc4b45f6 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cc4d190a | type |
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu? | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cc4d190a | comment |
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Literally, during the final battle of Lagann-hen. Topped off with transforming your own hand into a drill before delivering the final blow. Said drill was also made out of said person's blood. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cc4d190a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cc4d190a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cc4d190a | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cc6f4612 | type |
Beyond the Impossible | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cc6f4612 | comment |
Beyond the Impossible: The Dai Gurren Brigade has no respect for laws even if they're physical laws. There's a reason this series named the trope! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cc6f4612 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cc6f4612 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cc6f4612 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cd83fa5b | type |
Spoiler Opening | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cd83fa5b | comment |
Spoiler Opening: The third intro is notorious for this: Nia having "another self", the Gurren Lagann shown to have more (and larger) forms, the Cathedral Terra (although it's only shown in shadow), among others... The opening for Episode 5.5, "My Gurren is Shining!" gives away a number of the best scenes in the episode. This is especially sad given that the episode is only ten minutes long, so doesn't have that many scenes to begin with. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cd83fa5b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cd83fa5b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cd83fa5b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cda501da | type |
Killed Off for Real | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cda501da | comment |
Killed Off for Real: Not only straight-up, but arguably subverted, with the same character: try seeing how well most people survive having their torsos be completely vaporized. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cda501da | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cda501da | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cda501da | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cdb45c07 | type |
No Sense of Personal Space | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cdb45c07 | comment |
No Sense of Personal Space: Leeron gets a little too close to Simon and Kamina for their comfort when he first appears; and then repeatedly with various others through the rest of the series. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cdb45c07 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cdb45c07 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_cdb45c07 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ce104b8e | type |
Serial Escalation | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ce104b8e | comment |
Serial Escalation: Taken to an artform. At the start of the story, Gurren Lagann is a car sized head shaped robot without much capability piloted by 2 guys who have never touched anything more advanced than a hand crank drill in their lives. At the end of the story, it is a veritable matryoshka doll of robots of increasing size culminating in the "top" level robot that is big enough to throw entire galaxies like shurikens without issue. And over the course of the story we see every single step inbetween the two states. The fact that Gainax more or less compiled nearly every well-known Japanese studio for this series as support possibly counts too. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ce104b8e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ce104b8e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ce104b8e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ce75a983 | type |
Screw Destiny | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ce75a983 | comment |
Screw Destiny: The entire point of "We go Beyond the Impossible". Just listen to their Rousing Speeches during the last part of the series. note Alternatively, Screw Physics. This could be taken literally: the dominant motifs are drills, spirals and other screw-shaped implements with which they dig right through their confines and break them to pieces. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ce75a983 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ce75a983 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ce75a983 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d001c42c | type |
Anti-Villain | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d001c42c | comment |
Anti-Villain: Lordgenome and the Anti-Spirals. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d001c42c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d001c42c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d001c42c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d01cffbc | type |
Badass Longcoat | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d01cffbc | comment |
Badass Longcoat: Prologue and post-Timeskip Simon. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d01cffbc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d01cffbc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d01cffbc | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d028ca10 | type |
Deliberately Monochrome | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d028ca10 | comment |
Deliberately Monochrome: The surface world gets this treatment in episode 9, due to the tremendous amount of rain, just to show how bleak the world's gotten (at least from the point-of-view of team Dai-Gurren) after Kamina's death. The only things that aren't monochrome in the environment in the first half of the episode are the green of Simon's drills (and Spiral energy vomit), and the technicolor explosions of the Gunmen that Kittan and Simon leave in ruin in the first few minutes. Also, Simon's world in the Anti-Spiral's Lotus-Eater Machine is noticeably bleak and unsaturated, at least until the real Kamina shows up. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d028ca10 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d028ca10 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d028ca10 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d0f63e83 | type |
Magnetic Hero | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d0f63e83 | comment |
Magnetic Hero: The lead and secondary cast joined Kamina just after a little talk. The rest of them joined just because they were told about his awesomeness. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d0f63e83 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d0f63e83 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d0f63e83 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d148b019 | type |
Mundane Made Awesome | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d148b019 | comment |
Mundane Made Awesome: Parallel Works 2 — a pachinko mecha. Seriously. Libera Me From Hell wasted on nature shots. And it's an official Parallel Works video. HACKING! It has been scientifically proven that if you listen to many of the show's theme songs during menial tasks, said menial task will multiply in awesome. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d148b019 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d148b019 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d148b019 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d27c28ad | type |
Lock and Load | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d27c28ad | comment |
Lock and Load: Parodied during "Who Do You Think You Are, Having Two Faces!?". Yoko tosses Kamina a pistol and asks if he knows how to use it. He cocks it and acts like he does. Then he uses it as a bludgeon, acting surprised when it fires...at him because he was holding it backwards. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d27c28ad | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d27c28ad | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d27c28ad | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d308cbb0 | type |
Character Catchphrase | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d308cbb0 | comment |
Character Catchphrase: Kamina has several, all of which border on being Arc Words: "Who the hell do you think I am!?" | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d308cbb0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d308cbb0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d308cbb0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d323d090 | type |
Incendiary Exponent | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d323d090 | comment |
Incendiary Exponent: If something is about to get badass, it lights on fire. End of story. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d323d090 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d323d090 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d323d090 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d33d9ca1 | type |
Despair Gambit | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d33d9ca1 | comment |
Despair Gambit: The Anti-Spirals' and Lordgenome's MO. Ultimately backfires. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d33d9ca1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d33d9ca1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d33d9ca1 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d39e327f | type |
What the Hell, Hero? | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d39e327f | comment |
What the Hell, Hero?: The justification for Simon's imprisonment. Rossiu is repeatedly called out for this post-Timeskip. And rightfully so. He makes Simon a scapegoat (after the latter had just finished defending the city from TWO Mugens), puts Simon in a Kangaroo Court (appointing himself as the judge and stocking the prosecution and probably the jury with people who were more loyal to him), uses the aforementioned Kangaroo Court to sentence Simon to death for the sole sake of calming the public. He then orders Gurren Lagann and the other Gunmen scrapped, evacuates everyone outside of Kamina City to underground shelters to survive the Colony Drop, and continues doing this even after he learns that they have no chance of surviving. He then leaves half of Kamina City behind, though not without the guilt weighing heavily upon him. This is made all the sweeter when the total extinction of mankind is only prevented by the very Gunmen he ordered scrapped in the first place, and a bunch of former members of Team Dai-Guren deciding "Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!". He spent two weeks making a mess it took Simon less than two hours to fix. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d39e327f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d39e327f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d39e327f | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d3beb0de | type |
Precocious Crush | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d3beb0de | comment |
Precocious Crush: Simon had one on Yoko as revealed in episode 8. Seeing Kamina and Yoko kiss breaks his heart and causes him to lose focus which leads to a chain of events that causes Kamina's death. After she becomes a teacher, Yoko's student Naakim develops a crush on her. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d3beb0de | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d3beb0de | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d3beb0de | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d3f8ad06 | type |
Close on Title | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d3f8ad06 | comment |
Close on Title: Episode 8, "Farewell, comrades," the Last Words of Kamina. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d3f8ad06 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d3f8ad06 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d3f8ad06 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d4bb4e51 | type |
Walking Shirtless Scene | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d4bb4e51 | comment |
Walking Shirtless Scene: The most obvious example is Kamina. Lordgenome could also count, depending on whether or not his (very manly) torso can be seen as Fanservice. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d4bb4e51 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d4bb4e51 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d4bb4e51 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d57dfae4 | type |
Eyes Do Not Belong There | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d57dfae4 | comment |
Taken to a ridiculous extent with Sayrune, which resembles a female figure but has eyes for breasts and a Vagina Dentata that mimic Adiane's speech and expressions. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d57dfae4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d57dfae4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d57dfae4 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d581ba71 | type |
Comes Great Responsibility | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d581ba71 | comment |
Comes Great Responsibility: The last part of the show seems to carry this message to a great extent. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d581ba71 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d581ba71 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d581ba71 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d5a674ff | type |
Defiant Stone Throw | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d5a674ff | comment |
Defiant Stone Throw: As Rossiu is surrounded by armed guards telling a crowd Simon is to be executed, someone throws a rock at him. While we never see who truly threw it. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d5a674ff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d5a674ff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d5a674ff | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d60bc4a0 | type |
Longing Look | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d60bc4a0 | comment |
Longing Look | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d60bc4a0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d60bc4a0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d60bc4a0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d64491d8 | type |
Meaningless Meaningful Words | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d64491d8 | comment |
Meaningless Meaningful Words: Kamina's words to Simon. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d64491d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d64491d8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d64491d8 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d71d51fd | type |
The End of the World as We Know It | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d71d51fd | comment |
Lordgenome had Nia and her sisters before her placed in boxes and dumped over a mountain when they began showing signs of intelligence. This was to prevent their growth in spiral power and The End of the World as We Know It. Even Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You is cranked up. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d71d51fd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d71d51fd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d71d51fd | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d72b162f | type |
Technicolor Eyes | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d72b162f | comment |
Technicolor Eyes: Nia, who has blue eyes with pink-shaped symbols over them. Notably, her eyes became flat and monochrome when she goes under the control of the Anti-Spiral. Kamina's red eyes also count. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d72b162f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d72b162f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d72b162f | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d848560f | type |
Unusual Euphemism | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d848560f | comment |
Unusual Euphemism: When Yoko expresses her feelings for Kamina by kissing him, he reciprocates with a kiss of his own and then remarks that he'll "pay her back ten times over" after they return from their upcoming battle. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d848560f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d848560f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d848560f | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d934b1c7 | type |
Small, Secluded World | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d934b1c7 | comment |
Small, Secluded World : The village where Simon and Kamina live is secluded from the rest of the world and is only big enough for the inhabitants. Each of the underground villages where humans are hidden are one of these. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d934b1c7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d934b1c7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d934b1c7 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d99d9918 | type |
The Captain | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d99d9918 | comment |
The Captain: Dayakka, after the team takes command of Dai-Gurren. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d99d9918 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d99d9918 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d99d9918 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d9e48d0 | type |
Company Cross References | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d9e48d0 | comment |
Company Cross References: Simon is noticeably based on Noriko, and his mentor relationship with Kamina echoes her own with Kazumi; a younger, nervous, unconfident protege (Simon/Noriko) is taken under the wing of an older, more confident, and more naturally-talented mentor figure (Kamina/Kazumi), eventually growing to surpass them. Other GunBuster references include Gurren nailing an Inazuma Kick in episode 7, Simon's rebirth speech in epsiode 11 being heralded by him striking the GunBuster pose in a direct homage to Noriko, and the first appearance of Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann homaging the Gunbuster mecha's first appearance, rising from below with its arms folded. Its color scheme and silhouette, primarily with the huge shoulders, also closely resembles Gunbuster's. Yoko rides a yellow hover-moped during her stint as Yomako. The Hot Springs Episode contains a few cameos from previous Gainax girls in bunny girl outfits; most prominent are Asuka, Rei, Mahoro, Lal'c and Nono. Misato and Jung Freud can also be seen in a few crowd shots. Enki and Lazengann take some Evangelion design cues. Enki resembles an angel, and Lazengann looks an awful lot like a more-robotic EVA Unit. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d9e48d0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d9e48d0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d9e48d0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d9e9ad7e | type |
The Cavalry | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d9e9ad7e | comment |
Guame's televising his fight with Lagann and broadcasting it to humans everywhere. He ends up getting his butt whupped by Simon, for all humans on Earth to see, who are thus inspired into Badassery and Hotbloodedness and turn up as The Cavalry in the penultimate battle for Teppelin. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d9e9ad7e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d9e9ad7e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_d9e9ad7e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_da38c13f | type |
Lamarck Was Right | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_da38c13f | comment |
Lamarck Was Right: She's the daughter of a man who took on a Mini-Mecha with his bare hands and won. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_da38c13f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_da38c13f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_da38c13f | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dabc7a46 | type |
Sixth Ranger | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dabc7a46 | comment |
Sixth Ranger: Viral after his Heel–Face Turn. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dabc7a46 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dabc7a46 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dabc7a46 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_db361e64 | type |
Princess Classic | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_db361e64 | comment |
Nia, after she stops being a Princess Classic and slowly becomes a Hot-Blooded freedom fighter as she hangs out with the Team Gurren. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_db361e64 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_db361e64 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_db361e64 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_db94d3d5 | type |
His Quirk Lives On | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_db94d3d5 | comment |
His Quirk Lives On: Later in the series, we have Simon adopting the cockiness, quirks and fashion sense of his Big Brother Mentor, Kamina. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_db94d3d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_db94d3d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_db94d3d5 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dbe4847b | type |
Conveniently Cellmates | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dbe4847b | comment |
Conveniently Cellmates: Simon is conveniently put in the same cell as Viral. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dbe4847b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dbe4847b | featureConfidence |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dbe4847b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dc579c91 | type |
Contrived Coincidence | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dc579c91 | comment |
Contrived Coincidence: Needed for the Diabolus ex Machina moment and lampshaded with little more than the affected character shouting WHAT A TWEEEEEST!. This actually supposed to be part of the thematic development in the show. Not only was Nia captured by the same fate as her father, it was actually supposed to tie in with her overall development as someone that wasn't born to be a human. It was also more beneficial to the heroes than to the villains, if Nia hadn't been the Messenger, Earth would be doomed and they would never find the Anti-Spiral homeworld. It's basically the same deal as Simon finding the Lagann. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dc579c91 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dc579c91 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dcb9c541 | type |
Ship Tease | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dcb9c541 | comment |
Nia is shown right after Kamina, Yoko, Leeron, and Simon leave Littner Village. There's also some early-bird Ship Tease for Dayakka/Kiyoh and Rossiu/Kinon. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dcb9c541 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dd050410 | type |
Defeat Means Respect | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dd050410 | comment |
Defeat Means Respect: Viral, who starts off as utterly contemptuous of our heroes, respects his opponents more and more with each consecutive defeat. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dd050410 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dd050410 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dd75c238 | type |
Deadly Deferred Conversation | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dd75c238 | comment |
Deadly Deferred Conversation: Before a major battle with the beast men, Kamina and Yoko kiss, and Kamina says when he comes back "he'll return that 10 times more". He tragically dies from a fatal wound in the subsequent battle. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dd75c238 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dd75c238 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ddc4f035 | type |
Heroic Second Wind | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ddc4f035 | comment |
Heroic Second Wind: Completely justified and part of the theme of the series—their fighting spirit kick in strongest when they're about to lose, and this in turn causes a rise in their Spiral Power output that lets them make a comeback. As Nia says in the final arc under the control of the Anti-Spiral, the survival instinct in Spiral Races is incredibly powerful for this reason. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ddc4f035 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ddc4f035 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ddcc22c3 | type |
Archaic Weapon for an Advanced Age | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ddcc22c3 | comment |
Archaic Weapon for an Advanced Age: Justified. In the second half of the story, Gunmen were being decommissioned in favor of the Grapearls. When the Anti-Spirals attacked however, the Gunmen fared far better, because while the Grapearls were the more advanced machine, the Gunmen had been designed specifically to fight that particular enemy. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ddcc22c3 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ddcc22c3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_df3b7b8 | type |
Delayed Explosion | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_df3b7b8 | comment |
Delayed Explosion: Happens a lot. Often done to give the heroes time to strike a pose after a kill. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_df3b7b8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_df3b7b8 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_df410b77 | type |
Decoy Protagonist | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_df410b77 | comment |
Decoy Protagonist: Kamina definitely takes up most of the spotlight during the first act, but his death kind of disqualifies him of protagonistship. 'The man who has yet to realize his destiny' isn't Kamina. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_df410b77 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_df410b77 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_df41acb | type |
Casual Danger Dialogue | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_df41acb | comment |
Casual Danger Dialogue: When Yoko makes her first appearance fighting the Gunman that falls in to Jiha Village, what's the first thing that Kamina does? He flirts with her. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_df41acb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_df41acb | featureConfidence |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_df41acb | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dfb71617 | type |
Male Gaze | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dfb71617 | comment |
Male Gaze: Ubiquitous throughout. The camera explicitly tracks Kamina's gaze as he tries to chat up Yoko — from the gun, to the boots, along the thighs, to the breasts. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dfb71617 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dfb71617 | featureConfidence |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_dfb71617 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0040f41 | type |
Start of Darkness | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0040f41 | comment |
Start of Darkness: Parallel Works #8 for Lordgenome. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0040f41 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0040f41 | featureConfidence |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0040f41 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0113647 | type |
Decon-Recon Switch | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0113647 | comment |
Decon-Recon Switch: Tropes like Disappeared Dad, Telescoping Robot, and Heroic Willpower, are examined in close detail — Kamina has a Heroic BSoD when faced with his father's mortality, Gurren Lagann's ability to produce weapons and armaments from nothing is repeatedly pushed to its limits, and it turns out that constantly using willpower to break every known law of physics would eventually cause the destruction of the universe. The show then turns around, slaps those consequences aside, and reminds us these tropes are awesome. Besides, this is a show where Rule of Cool is a literal force of nature, and can be used to overcome any problem if you believe hard enough and refuse to give up. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0113647 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0113647 | featureConfidence |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0113647 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0207930 | type |
Humans Are Special | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0207930 | comment |
Humans Are Special: Played straight at first, with humans able to generate Spiral Power while beastmen cannot. Subverted later when the Anti-Spiral informs them they are not the only spiral lifeforms in the galaxy and not even the only ones to oppose him, showing off images of the failed spiral attacks against him. And then double subverted when the humans succeed where everyone else had failed and bring the Anti-Spiral down after all. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0207930 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0207930 | featureConfidence |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0207930 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e034faef | type |
Limited Animation | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e034faef | comment |
Limited Animation: The infamous fourth episode, to the point that it looks completely out of place with the rest of the series, and even drew negative criticism from staff members at Pixar. Yes, that Pixar. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e034faef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e034faef | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e070ebe6 | type |
Manchurian Agent | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e070ebe6 | comment |
Manchurian Agent: Nia after the population hits one million. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e070ebe6 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e070ebe6 | featureConfidence |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e070ebe6 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0d0fb13 | type |
Please Put Some Clothes On | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0d0fb13 | comment |
Please Put Some Clothes On: After the heroes end up naked after being ambushed at the hot springs, Viral shows up looking for a fight. He is outraged at their lack of attire and gives them time to get dressed before he fights them. The Adai villagers also give Yoko a robe to wear over her bikini top and daisy dukes. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0d0fb13 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0d0fb13 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0d20ea6 | type |
Intentionally Awkward Title | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0d20ea6 | comment |
Intentionally Awkward Title: Do not mispronounce Kamina's name around Hokkien-speakers, especially not if you're saying it enthusiastically or loudly. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0d20ea6 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e0d20ea6 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e1aed0a9 | type |
Boss Subtitles | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e1aed0a9 | comment |
Boss Subtitles: When some of the mightier Gunmen are introduced, along with their pilots. Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann has them as well. And in The Movie version of the Anti-Spiral arc, everyone gets one. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e1aed0a9 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e1aed0a9 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e24b100d | type |
Dramatic TV Shut-Off | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e24b100d | comment |
Dramatic TV Shut-Off: Played with. When Yoko is trapped in the Anti-Spirals Lotus-Eater Machine, she breaks herself out by reframing the amazing life she supposedly leads as just a television programme she is watching, then shutting off the TV. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e24b100d | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e24b100d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e27a52e9 | type |
Expressive Shirt | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e27a52e9 | comment |
Expressive Shirt: Yoko's skull hairpin sometimes reflects her emotions. Most notably when she realizes the men desperately need a bath. Her pin was giving an ">_<" look while Yoko held her breath and pretty much made the same expression. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e27a52e9 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e27a52e9 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e2a41c3b | type |
Literal-Minded | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e2a41c3b | comment |
Literal-Minded: Nia. Watch the first post-Time Skip episode in case of doubt. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e2a41c3b | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e2a41c3b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e2d7b14c | type |
Made of Explodium | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e2d7b14c | comment |
Made of Explodium: In accordance with the Rule of Cool, there are lots and lots of explosions, particularly in the second part. Quite literally in the case of the Mugann. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e2d7b14c | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e2d7b14c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e35ab565 | type |
Indy Ploy | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e35ab565 | comment |
Indy Ploy: Every single fight with just one exception: the one fight that is actually planned is the one wherein Kamina dies. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e35ab565 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e35ab565 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e3cee2e7 | type |
Empathic Environment | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e3cee2e7 | comment |
Empathic Environment: The weather is rainy and gloomy during the first two-thirds of the Episode 9. After Simon finds Nia, beams of light appear, the rain stops and colour returns to the sky. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e3cee2e7 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e3cee2e7 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e3d06d0c | type |
Bash Brothers | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e3d06d0c | comment |
Bash Brothers: Simon and Kamina. Later on, it's Simon and Viral. Kidd and Iraak from Team Dai-Gurren count, even though we don't see them in action until near the end. Jorgun and Balinbow, even though they basically share a personality. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e3d06d0c | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e3d06d0c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e3da6e6c | type |
Deus Angst Machina | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e3da6e6c | comment |
Deus Angst Machina: Played for laughs in the High School AU with Simon's past | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e3da6e6c | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e3da6e6c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e4cf1ef0 | type |
Load-Bearing Boss | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e4cf1ef0 | comment |
Load-Bearing Boss: With Lordgenome's defeat, not only does the capital city (itself a giant robot) start to break apart and explode, but his army's mecha all simultaneously lose power, thus assuring victory for our heroes.note Possible justification: As beastmen are later reveled to be non-spiral lifeforms, it's quite likely that Lordgenome's immense reserves are powering the entire army. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e4cf1ef0 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e4cf1ef0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e50818aa | type |
Normally, I Would Be Dead Now | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e50818aa | comment |
Normally, I Would Be Dead Now: Kamina, after being epically blasted and impaled, seeming dead to everyone and making Simon have a Heroic BSoD, comes back and punches him out of it, then leads the Dai-Gurren Brigade to victory. And then dies. Apparently, Word of God said Kamina did in fact die, but came back to life to whoop Thymilph's ass. So the guy, got killed, got up, and avenged himself. Truly a man of legends. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e50818aa | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e50818aa | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e50987a9 | type |
Reconstruction | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e50987a9 | comment |
Reconstruction: Many of the tropes that were dissected in Neon Genesis Evangelion were then put back together here, like being Hot-Blooded. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e50987a9 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e50987a9 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e5421161 | type |
Expy | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e5421161 | comment |
Expy: Kamina acts very much like a successor to Sanson from Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. And there's a great similarity between how his actions and those of Gai Daigoji. It wouldn't be a Gainax series without a Shout-Out to Cordwainer Smith. The Beastmen are all too similar to Smith's animal derived Underpeople, and Teppelin shares a structurual design similar to Smith's Earthport. Thymilph is a fat, old one of 777 from Dead Leaves. Look at the Gurren-Lagann, without the sunglasses. Now look at the Gundam Virsago from After War Gundam X. Notice how similar they are? Similarly, the Chouginga Gurren-Lagann's transformation sequence looks quite similar to that of the Gundam Ashtaron/Hermit Crab from the same show as above. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann itself is very similar with Persoenlichkeit from Super Robot Wars: Original Generation. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e5421161 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e5421161 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e567510d | type |
Determinator | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e567510d | comment |
After Kamina's death, most of the members of Team Dai-Gurren quickly lose patience with Simon, who is very clearly experiencing severe depression and grief. Their annoyance is somewhat understandable, as Lagann depends on Simon's fighting spirit and without it Simon has half-crippled the team, but their treatment of him only makes matters worse. It's no surprise that it's Nia's support and kindness, coupled with his own Determinator nature, that manages to help get Simon out of his hole. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e567510d | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e567510d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e5fd8bc2 | type |
Hate Sink | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e5fd8bc2 | comment |
Hate Sink: Guinble, one of Rossiu's foremost advisors after the Time Skip. He's only around for the first half of the Anti-Spiral arc and in that time is a Yes-Man and toady to Rossiu, reassuring him that every decision he's making is the correct one and he's the only one who can really save humanity. And when he talks to someone else, usually one of Rossiu's former teammates who objects to his behavior, Guinble acts cold and condescending as he tells them that Rossiu is doing the right thing and they just can't understand that. His only purpose seems to be to act like an even more arrogant and stoic version of Rossiu for the purposes of making Rossiu look better. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e5fd8bc2 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e6df8814 | type |
Screaming Warrior | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e6df8814 | comment |
Screaming Warrior: Every time someone is Hot-Blooded; read: all the time! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e6df8814 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e6df8814 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e6f18344 | type |
Humongous Mecha | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e6f18344 | comment |
Humongous Mecha: The Gunmen and Grapearls, which range from Mini-Mecha to extremely huge. At the end of the show, the title mecha, the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann can be measured in light-years. See here and here◊ for just how big the damn thing is. The second movie features the 52.8 billion light-years tall Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (according to the official guide book from GAINAX (仕事é‚) and after transforming into a drill its length is multiplied 10 times), which can be seen here. That red thing inside its head? That's Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. The small smidges are galaxies. And yes, the mecha DOES look like a huge Kamina. Made of fire. THIS◊ picture gives a size comparison with the Granzeboma, which is smaller than the STTGL's foot! At this point, the only larger known mecha are Demonbane, and possibly the Getter Emperor, both of which are ridiculous. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e6f18344 | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e6f18344 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e7065d4 | type |
Weapon Tombstone | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e7065d4 | comment |
Weapon Tombstone: Kamina's katana. His Badass Cape is tied around the hilt for added coolness. And it somehow stays completely undisturbed through the whole show! | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e7065d4 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e881462 | type |
Mystical 108 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e881462 | comment |
Mystical 108: In episode 24, Gimmy says something to the effect of "108th unit destroyed!" after blowing up a few anti-spiral mooks. Then, that's when everything goes bad. Given the obviously Buddhism inspired ships, this was wholly intentional. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e881462 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e881462 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e881462 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e8a6e896 | type |
The Battlestar | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e8a6e896 | comment |
The Battlestar: The Dai-Gunzan becomes Team Gurren's mobile fortress "Dai-Gurren" after it's seized from the Beastmen army. It gets an upgrade after the Time Skip when the moon is revealed to be an old Spiral Base, and is converted into the new "Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren" | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e8a6e896 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e8a6e896 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e8a6e896 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e975738d | type |
Forgettable Character | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e975738d | comment |
Forgettable Character: Happens to Viral at the end of episode 6. Kamina actually asks "Wait... Who is he again?", though Kamina does this for various people and facts. He actually does this a lot more than one would think for a character who's only alive in 8 episodes. Subverted in the most awesome way in Lagann-hen. Kamina appears to Simon in the Lotus Eater Machine of the Anti-Spirals, helping him to get out of it. Then, Kittan shows up and Kamina says "Who was this guy again?". Kittan gets angry, but the subversion comes when Kamina grabs Kittan around the shoulders and says "You dolt! How could I forget?!" | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e975738d | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e975738d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e975738d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e9db9908 | type |
Younger Than They Look | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e9db9908 | comment |
Younger Than They Look: This is Zig-Zagged. Yoko starts the series at 14 in-universe years old. Rumors say Word of God states that in actual years, she's about 18. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e9db9908 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e9db9908 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e9db9908 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e9fb50be | type |
Redheads Are Ravishing | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e9fb50be | comment |
Redheads Are Ravishing: Kamina, Simon and Kittan all end up falling for the redheaded Yoko. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e9fb50be | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e9fb50be | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_e9fb50be | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ea38ddd5 | type |
Sissy Villain | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ea38ddd5 | comment |
Sissy Villain: Cytomander | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ea38ddd5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ea38ddd5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ea38ddd5 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ea85d6ea | type |
All Just a Dream | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ea85d6ea | comment |
The most touching of these is Viral: he gets a beastman wife and young daughter on an elysian meadow, enjoying peace, tranquility and belonging for the first time in his whole life. What's even worse is, he knows when it's about to end that it was All Just a Dream. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ea85d6ea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ea85d6ea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ea85d6ea | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eaf5a1ac | type |
Groin Attack | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eaf5a1ac | comment |
Groin Attack: During their battle with Adiane, the Dai-Gurren ends up getting its main underside cannon destroyed, resulting in EVERY MALE except Leeron to grab their crotch in pain. Somewhat realistic, as the hole started to flood the ship, suddenly increasing cabin pressure. This sudden pressure leads to some *ahem* mild discomfort on the men's part. Later in the same battle, Simon pushes the Dai-Gurren out of the water by ramming his drill into the hole left by the destroyed cannon. Instead of a repeat performance by the men, we see Leeron gasp and suddenly hop upwards. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eaf5a1ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eaf5a1ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eaf5a1ac | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb0df85e | type |
Ham-to-Ham Combat | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb0df85e | comment |
Ham-to-Ham Combat: There may have been one or two brief scenes of thi— OK, can't do that with a straight face. Happens every two minutes, like clockwork. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb0df85e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb0df85e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb0df85e | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb2195d9 | type |
Rousseau Was Right | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb2195d9 | comment |
Rousseau Was Right: EVERY major antagonist turns out to be trying to do what they thought was best for the world. Including Rossiu. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb2195d9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb2195d9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb2195d9 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb81c601 | type |
Big Damn Heroes | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb81c601 | comment |
Big Damn Heroes: Happens all the bloody time. Kamina pulls one from beyond the grave when the others are trapped in a Lotus-Eater Machine. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb81c601 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb81c601 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb81c601 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb8f64a6 | type |
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb8f64a6 | comment |
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Post time-skip Rossiu makes a series of decisions that could be politely called "morally questionable", including using his friend and the saviour of the world as a sacrificial lamb to placate the will of the public, secretly conducting research that has "bad, bad, dangerous idea" written all over it, using a woman who is clearly romantically interested in him as a hostage to ensure Simon's cooperation, and forcibly relocating people from their homes without telling anybody. Bizarrely, the choice that seems to cause him the most regret and which eventually drives him to nearly kill himself is his decision to abandon Kamina City with a half-full ship which, while not exactly heroic, was nonetheless a practical choice and pretty much the only defensible decision he'd made to that point. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb8f64a6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb8f64a6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb8f64a6 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb9e6184 | type |
Stupid Sexy Flanders | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb9e6184 | comment |
Stupid Sexy Flanders: If the short "Viral's Sweet Dream" is anything to go by, even his sworn enemies can't help but have thoughts about Kamina. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb9e6184 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb9e6184 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_eb9e6184 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ec255e86 | type |
Slouch of Villainy | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ec255e86 | comment |
Slouch of Villainy: Lordgenome's preferred method of sitting. Naturally. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ec255e86 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ec255e86 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ec255e86 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ed874c14 | type |
Self-Made Man | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ed874c14 | comment |
Self-Made Man: Played with for Kamina, who built himself up to team leader from nothing and yet relies on Simon for everything. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ed874c14 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ed874c14 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ed874c14 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_edc22fe8 | type |
Cartwright Curse | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_edc22fe8 | comment |
Cartwright Curse: Any man Yoko starts to express anything resembling nonplatonic affection for dies very soon. She kisses Kamina and he gets his Heroic Sacrifice clearing up Simon's Heroic BSoD. Seven years later she admits she admires Kittan's contributions, even compared to Kamina's... which concludes in a kiss right before his own Rule of Cool Heroic Sacrifice. Given that death follows her lips, fans of Simon should be glad she never gave him the eye. Of course, Kittan's death is due to him undertaking a Suicide Mission to give the others a chance to survive. And he volunteered. However, he interrupts Yoko just as she is about to announce that she is going on said suicide mission. So his sacrifice was to protect the woman he came to love... whom he thought had multiple children over the past few years (total misunderstanding). Nia fades away right when she and Simon kiss and get married. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_edc22fe8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_edc22fe8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_edc22fe8 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ee4bf6e5 | type |
Building Swing | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ee4bf6e5 | comment |
Building Swing: Simon and Yoko do it by sticking the Gurren Lagann's drills on enemy aircraft!. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ee4bf6e5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ee4bf6e5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ee4bf6e5 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ee970cc8 | type |
Sideways Smile | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ee970cc8 | comment |
Sideways Smile: Kamine and Simon smile like this when they enter their own mechas for the first time. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ee970cc8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ee970cc8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ee970cc8 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_efa2d938 | type |
Homage Shot | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_efa2d938 | comment |
Homage Shot: The scene where Chouginga Gurren Lagann rises out of the space ocean is an almost exact replica of Gunbuster's first appearance. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_efa2d938 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_efa2d938 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_efa2d938 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f07250e2 | type |
That Cloud Looks Like... | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f07250e2 | comment |
That Cloud Looks Like...: Done in episode 4 by Simon, Kamina and Kittan with the usual food variety. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f07250e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f07250e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f07250e2 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f13643c4 | type |
Tunnel King | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f13643c4 | comment |
Tunnel King: Simon the Digger. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f13643c4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f13643c4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f13643c4 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f19e8a55 | type |
Bad "Bad Acting" | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f19e8a55 | comment |
Bad "Bad Acting": The group of women who lure Team Gurren into a trap in episode 11. Despite this, Team Gurren easily falls for it. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f19e8a55 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f19e8a55 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f19e8a55 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f288cf3 | type |
Innocent Innuendo | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f288cf3 | comment |
Innocent Innuendo. Sorta. When Guame kidnaps Nia, he's explaining why her father's ordered her death, but then comments that she may be "far too lovely" to kill — and in the rest of the scene looks like he's coming on to her! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f288cf3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f288cf3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f288cf3 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f2e68fd8 | type |
Unrated Edition | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f2e68fd8 | comment |
Unrated Edition: Some DVD releases included an uncut "director's cut" of #6, the Hot Springs Episode, entitled "There Are Some Things I Just Have to See!". | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f2e68fd8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f2e68fd8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f2e68fd8 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f36c4f98 | type |
Easily Forgiven | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f36c4f98 | comment |
Easily Forgiven: Simon doesn't have any problem forgiving Rossiu, after he overthrew Simon and tried to sentence him to death. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f36c4f98 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f36c4f98 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f36c4f98 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f511ea9b | type |
Product Placement | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f511ea9b | comment |
Product Placement: In a few closeups you can see the Gurren Lagann's joints look suspiciously like those of the Revoltech toys. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f511ea9b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f511ea9b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f511ea9b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f567146c | type |
Aside Comment | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f567146c | comment |
Yoko addresses the viewer in the second episode, wondering aloud where Kamina 'gets his confidence' just after the Title Drop in which he announces his intentions to commandeer one of the Gunmen advancing on the pair. The Fourth Wall is never broken again in the series in this fashion. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f567146c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f567146c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f567146c | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f5eda11 | type |
Mix-and-Match Critters | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f5eda11 | comment |
Mix-and-Match Critters: Grapopotamus is a key example; though this trope fits for every animal and most of the Beastmen in the series. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f5eda11 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f5eda11 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f5eda11 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f6254414 | type |
Cute Bruiser | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f6254414 | comment |
Cute Bruiser: While she never actually gets to fight hand-to-hand, Nia is freakishly strong, especially given her small size pre-timeskip. Lamarck Was Right: She's the daughter of a man who took on a Mini-Mecha with his bare hands and won. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f6254414 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f6254414 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f6254414 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f64a9cf7 | type |
Earn Your Happy Ending | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f64a9cf7 | comment |
Earn Your Happy Ending: For everyone not named Simon, who does the most out of the entire cast yet still ends up getting handed a sack of crap. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f64a9cf7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f64a9cf7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f64a9cf7 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f6b1ac42 | type |
Tim Taylor Technology | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f6b1ac42 | comment |
Tim Taylor Technology: How else do you explain the Gurren's spontaneous fix up after combining with Lagann? | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f6b1ac42 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f6b1ac42 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f6b1ac42 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f7602ddc | type |
Handy Cuffs | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f7602ddc | comment |
Handy Cuffs: The entire Gurren Brigade got once handcuffed with good ol' wooden boards, but that didn't deter Simon from digging with his Core Drill until recovering his Lagann. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f7602ddc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f7602ddc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f7602ddc | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f8600b | type |
Cool Big Sis | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f8600b | comment |
Cool Big Sis: Yoko to everyone. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f8600b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f8600b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f8600b | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f863bb6d | type |
Battle Trophy | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f863bb6d | comment |
Battle Trophy: Gurren Lagann gets its helmet by taking it from Viral's mech the first time they meet. There's no telling where it goes when they're not combined. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f863bb6d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f863bb6d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f863bb6d | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f910567 | type |
This Is a Drill | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f910567 | comment |
This Is a Drill: The Animated Series. They come in many shapes and sizes and are the weapons of choice for many characters. They also represent the series' theme of continuously moving forward. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f910567 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f910567 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f910567 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f91d1d4f | type |
Darkest Hour | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f91d1d4f | comment |
Invoked repeatedly, by the Anti-Spirals, in order to turn them on their heads with the intention that this will sap the will of the humans to fight. At best, it works only momentarily. The most touching of these is Viral: he gets a beastman wife and young daughter on an elysian meadow, enjoying peace, tranquility and belonging for the first time in his whole life. What's even worse is, he knows when it's about to end that it was All Just a Dream. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f91d1d4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f91d1d4f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f91d1d4f | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f97b5d33 | type |
Shoo Out the Clowns | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f97b5d33 | comment |
Shoo Out the Clowns: Kamina's death signified the shifting Affectionate Parody to Reconstruction, and the show became more serious in tone. | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f97b5d33 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f97b5d33 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f97b5d33 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f9a85905 | type |
Planet Spaceship | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f9a85905 | comment |
Planet Spaceship: The final battle has the two sides fighting with ships that are on the same scale as galaxies! | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f9a85905 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f9a85905 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_f9a85905 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_fa686f29 | type |
Weird Moon | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_fa686f29 | comment |
Weird Moon: A creepy-faced moon on a collision course with the earth? Now, where have we seen this before...? | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_fa686f29 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_fa686f29 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_fa686f29 | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_fa73ee9d | type |
Explosive Leash | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_fa73ee9d | comment |
Explosive Leash: During Rossiu's coup against Simon, he has to rely on him to fight a Mugann that is attacking the Earth. He allows Simon to use the Gurren-Lagann, only with some conditions: 1. Kinon has to be his co-pilot, and 2. she has the Gurren-Lagann armed with explosives to make sure Simon won't try to escape. | |
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You Killed My Father | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_fb6b207f | comment |
You Killed My Father: In the second episode, Simon realising that tremors caused by the Beastmen-piloted Gunmen led to his parents' deaths motivates him to fight. | |
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Team Mom | |
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Team Mom: Yoko. | |
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Team Pet | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_fb9e2ffd | comment |
Team Pet: Boota. The eighth Parallel Works video suggests that Guame used to be this to Lordgenome. This is hinted at in the canon, as Guame justifies taking more liberties against Lordgenome than the others by stating that they were old friends. | |
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Ridiculously Cute Critter | |
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Ridiculously Cute Critter: Boota! | |
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Well-Intentioned Extremist | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_fd4f8299 | comment |
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Lordgenome, post-Time Skip Rossiu and the Anti-Spirals Knight Templar: The Anti-Spiral is too far down the Slippery Slope to be a regular Well-Intentioned Extremist. | |
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Theme Naming | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_fd94c4ac | comment |
Theme Naming: The Beastmen, their leaders, and a good chunk of the core group of Team Gurren. The four generals are named after a sort-of-portmanteau of the DNA base pairs and pagan elemental spirits. Guame = guanine + Gnome, spirit of earth; Adiane = adenine + Undine, spirit of water; Cytomander = cytosine + Salamander, spirit of fire; and Thymilph = thymine + Sylph, spirit of air. Their Gunmen are also named after The Four Gods, Suzaku, Seiryuu, Byakkou, and Genbu. The four Beastman flagships are all named "Gun(something about the ship)". There's the ground-based Gundo: "do" means "earth", air-based Gunten: "ten" is "heaven", sea-based Gunkai: "kai" is "ocean", and for the Gunzan: "zan" is a phonetic variant of "san", meaning "mountain." "Simon" contains "shimo", "below"; "Kamina" has "kami", "above"; "Yoko" is "yoko", "beside", and her alter-ego Yomako is from "mayoko", "directly beside"; Nia has "near" (of course); Kittan is from "tanki", "quick-tempered"; Leeron is from "riron", "theory"; Gimmy and Darry are from "migi" and "hidari", "right" and "left"; Kiyoh is from "youki", "cheerful", and her infant daughter Anne is from "annei", "public peace"; Kinon is from "nonki", "easygoing"; Kiyal is from "yaruki", "eager"; Dayakka is from "odayaka", "gentle"; Kidd and Ailak are from "kidoairaku", "human emotions"; Zorthy is from "souzoushii", "noisy, boisterous"; Jorgun and Balinbow are from "ganjou", "solid" and "abarenbou", "rowdy"; Makken is from "kenma", "grinding, polishing, studying"; Leite is from "teire", "maintenance"; Attenborough is from "awatenbou", "hasty". Jeeha Village is from "haji", "end"; Littner is from "tonari", "next door"; Korehana (the school Yomako taught at) is from "hanare kojima", "small island of isolation"; Bachika is from "chikaba", "nearby place"; Adai is from "aida", "distance; Koiiga (no official romanisation, the village Kidd and Iraak are from) is from "gaikoku", "foreign country"; Nakai (from whence Zorthy hails) is from "inaka", "countryside"; Bakusa (Jorgun and Balinbow's home village) is from "sabaku", "desert"; Jouken (Leite and Makken's home village) is from "kenjou", "neighbourhood"; Koachichi (Attenborough's home village) is from "acchikocchi", "somewhere". Memusu (Viral's daughter) is from "musume"'', "daughter". Phew. | |
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Gondor Calls for Aid | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_fe5e40e2 | comment |
Gondor Calls for Aid: At least partially subverted when a motley crew of bit players from previous episodes show up to join the heroes' cause without being asked by anyone, least of all the heroes themselves. Kamina occasionally shouts in English for emphasis. And zig-zags in the music: while most lines make grammatical sense, one wonders what a "microphone phenotype" is... | |
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Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ff481077 | comment |
Scifi Writers Have No Sense Of Scale: The last episode shows Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann, which is the size of the moon, being only slightly smaller than Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, which is larger than galaxies. Also, the Gurren Laganns ejecting each other in turn to get to the Anti-Spiral at the end of the final battle. If we are to trust the Word of God about the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann being 10 million light-years tall, the two mechas' heads should be thousands of light-years away from each other, yet Simon manages to reach the Granzeboma in just a few seconds. Also, if we are to presume that the planet on the helmet of the Anti-Spiral mech is taken from "real space", and noting that when the fabricated universe rips and the Earth appears, it is just the right size for the Anti-Spiral mech to grab it with one hand, the final mechs are probably "only" around the size of the Earth-Moon system when translated into real space - a reasonable level of growth stepping up from the Moon-sized Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann, and just small enough to avoid breaking the light-speed barrier provided they don't move too fast (although still large enough to break most other laws of physics). | |
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Talking Is a Free Action | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ff5a74c8 | comment |
Talking Is a Free Action: Played straight most of the time, except in episode 25. Several heroic or boastful speeches during combat are met with derision and bewilderment by other characters, including Simon's He's Back! moment in episode 11. | |
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Pet the Dog | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ff7f34c5 | comment |
Viral also has a second Pet the Dog moment after the Time Skip. Prior to his Heel–Face Turn, Viral is shown protecting a migrating group of humans. | |
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Obi-Wan Moment | |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_ffb34813 | comment |
Obi-Wan Moment: Kamina avenges his own death before dying. | |
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Everything Trying to Kill You | |
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Everything Trying To Kill Humanity | |
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