History Anime / BrigadoonMarinAndMelan

* FeudEpisode: In episode 11, Marin and Moe's friendship suffers when Marin misunderstands Moe's offer to give her money to stay at the tenement house as an attempt to buy her friendship. They don't see each other for another ten episodes due to Marin's journey to Brigadoon and back. [[spoiler: Their reunion occurs due to a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever BIG problem]] with Moe. This tearful reunion almost concludes with Marin and Melan being forced [[MercyKill to end Moe's life]] until Erin appears with the antidote. [[IncrediblyLamePun Cutting it close aren't we?]]]]

* TinMan: Melan starts out as one of these.

* BadassBaritone: Every male humanoid Monomakia capable of speech qualifies. In the English dub, Pyon's voice is noticeable deeper than Melan's, while in the Japanese they're about the same.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Marin gives one of these to Melan in Episode 20. It doesn't hurt him, but it's definitely a surprise.

* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: In episode 19, Melan, [[FailureKnight feeling it's his fault]] Marin [[BackStab was wounded]], regretfully leaves her in the care of [[TheBusCameBack Jun]] to continue his search for the Creis Marine and to ensure Marin can't and won't get mixed up in anymore trouble. Considering Marin and Melan have [[FireForgedFriends been through thick and thin by this point]], she takes this "noble abandonment" [[ArmorPiercingSlap pretty well]].

* SoundtrackDissonance: The happy ED song is extremeky dissonant to the wringerMarin is put through at the end of most episodes

* BerserkButton: Marin tends to turn the other cheek when she's picked on, but certain things provoke her to violence. Seeing Moe get hurt is one, her home and/or family being insulted is another, and so is her status as an orphan. In Episode 18, the usually unflappable Melan goes mad with rage when [[spoiler: Marin is stabbed in the back by a Monomakia she had just stopped him from killing.]]

* IllGirl: Moe has a weak constitution and gets sick easily, but her actual health condition is not explained.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Anime/GaoGaiGar and possibly {{Anime/Betterman}}. Mike White even appears to be an {{Expy}} of Stallion White.

* ACupAngst: Played for laughs with Marin and Moe.
* AirJousting: Since Melan and lots of his opponents can fly, there are many battles like this.
* ActionGirl: Erin and, [[SamusIsAGirl much to Marin's surprise, ]] Kushatohn.
** Marin sort of becomes one later in the series. [[BattleCouple She helps Melan in his battles]] and even saves his life a few times, though she [[ActualPacifist rarely ever causes real harm to the opposition.]] [[spoiler: This is all thanks to a handy power up from the legendary Monomakia Cosmos]].
* AgainstTheSettingSun: Parodied at the end of the first episode.
--> '''Marin''': "You saw my panties... didn't you?"
** Played a bit more straight in Episode 4 during a short sports-related flashback about how Marin and Moe became friends.

* AloofAlly: [[spoiler: Erin]] eventually becomes this for Marin and Melan.
* TheAlcoholic: Tadashi. Ironically, he's one of the more rational members of Marin's family, even when he's drunk.
* AlienBlood: Purple, and lots of it.

* ApologisesALot: Along with being chivalrous and considerate of Marin's feelings, Melan tends to apologize to her often whenever he makes a mistake. Whether it be causing harm to fellow humans, making Marin sad, or identifying something with complicated words. He also becomes an ApologeticAttacker, starting in Episode 12 when he kills enemy Monomakia Ping-Pong. In later episodes he apologizes to Erin for breaking one of her wings, and to Kuston for stabbing him in a vital spot.
** Moe is prone to frequent apologies as well, usually just because she's very unsure of herself. For instance, she apologizes for coming unnanounced to Marin's house so they can walk to school together. She apologizes again when Marin comments on how far apart their houses are.

* AscendedExtra: In the manga Aloma is much more involved in the plot, while in the anime he's practically a background character.

* {{BFG}}: Agon Ghidorah fits this very nicely.
* BadassBaritone: Every male humanoid Monomakia capable of speech qualifies.
** In the English dub, Pyon's voice is noticeable deeper than Melan's, while in the Japanese they're about the same.

* BandOfBrothers: The Gun-Swordsmen are supposed to be this. If only they'd stop bickering so much.
* BandageMummy: Lolo ends up like this after [[spoiler: a bomb explodes in his apartment.]]
* BarrierMaiden: This is Creis's main purpose and the reason the BigBad wants her dead.
* BerserkButton: Marin tends to turn the other cheek when she's picked on, but certain things provoke her to violence. Seeing Moe get hurt is one, her home and/or family being insulted is another, and so is her status as an orphan.
** In Episode 18, the usually unflappable Melan goes mad with rage when [[spoiler: Marin is stabbed in the back by a Monomakia she had just stopped him from killing.]]

* BigBad: The Hensu-Chi/Renegade/Variable.
* TheBigDamnKiss: Happens at the end of the final episode just before the credits roll.

* BreakTheBadass: Starts happening to Melan around Episode 13.
* BreakTheCutie: Just when you think things can't possibly get any worse for poor Marin, they do.
* BreatherEpisode: Episode 15 has Marin and Melan relaxing in Submaton Color, a bizarre SugarBowl type world, shortly after almost getting killed on Brigadoon in Episode 13. Turns into a WhamEpisode at the last minute.
** Episode 23 acts as a similar calm before the storm.

* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Old Lady Out]]: In Episode 11, Moe has a rare moment of assertiveness and stands up to her mother for saying bad things about Marin and her family. [[spoiler: Sadly, the results didn't quite work out in her favor.]]

* CaughtInTheRain: Aloma and Marin first met in Episode 4 on a rainy day.
** A similar occurence happens in the manga. [[spoiler: Marin and Aloma end up alone together in her room, and just when things start to heat up, the house gets attacked by Monomakia.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: Lolo, and later [[spoiler: Chroma.]]

* TheChosenOne: Seems to be played straight [[spoiler: until we learn that Marin isn't Creis, but just an ordinary human. [[TheUnchosenOne She ends up saving the day anyway.]] ]]

* ColourfulThemeNaming: The Gun-Swordsmen's names all end in the name of the color that they are. They also happen to be ColorCodedCharacters.

* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: Sums up Marin and Melan's first meeting quite nicely.

* ContrivedCoincidence: This series is full of utterly convenient coincidences, but the most notable one is when [[spoiler: Marin goes blind due to a head injury, and almost immediately afterwards she awakens Cosmos, a Monomakia that allows her to see again.]]
** [[spoiler: Marin's similarity to the real Creis]] seems like this, even to the characters, until it's revealed last-minute that [[spoiler: she's actually the Creis's ancestor.]]

* CoolHelmet: All the Gun-Swordsmen have these.
* CoolOldGuy: Gen Asagi, Marin's deceased adoptive father, is said to have been like this and acts like it in flashbacks.

* CurbStompBattle: Any time the police or the army try to fight Monomakia, they tend to end up dead. This is especially true for Gun-Swordsmen.
** A more specific example is Melan's battles with Pyon in Episodes 6 and 7. He's almost killed both times, and it's pure chance that he makes it out alive.
* [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism Cynicism vs Idealism]]: A bit of an anomaly. Almost every instance where a character (including Marin) is being idealistic they get a {{BFG}} sized beam of reality shot right into their face. However, [[spoiler: despite things not going the way she wants over and over again, Marin (the very idealistic character she is) doesn't give up. Her drive to never give up and make everything right wins in the end, and the world is saved because of it.]] Thus, it fits best in the category of EarnYourHappyEnding. Still, the sheer volume of instances where cynicism triumphs over idealism definitely tips the scale on the former's side.

* DidNotGetTheGirl: In the manga, Shuta has romantic feelings for Moto, who knows this but remains faithful to her late husband.
** Also in the manga, this actually happens with [[spoiler: Marin and Melan]].
* DiscoTech / MagicMusic: In the manga, singing is apparently an important part of the Pasca ritual.

* DubNameChange: Erin's name is "Eryun" in the original Japanese anime. Strangely enough, it's spelled that way in the English version of the manga, and both translations were done by Tokyopop.
** The English version of the manga altered the names of several other characters. Hanazono=Hannah, Jun=June, Tadashi=Sei, Creis Marine=Crace Maureen.
* DuelToTheDeath: Being the chivalrous guy he is, Pyon challenges Melan to this at least twice. [[spoiler: Melan beats him in their first duel, but Pyon gets dragged back to Brigadoon before he can be killed. Later on Pyon intercepts Melan as he brings Marin to Brigadoon and they start fighting again, but things get complicated when Erin shows up.]]
** Erin does the same thing later, though she's not so chivalrous about it.

* FinaleCredits
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Melan qualifies as this, sleeping for 100 years within the confines of his ampuole in the year 1869 and arriving in the year 1969.
** Subverted as he didn't belong [[spoiler: in either time periods]], and going home was in easy reach by entering [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture the portal back to Brigadoon]].

* FriendVersusLover: Averted with Moe, though the lover in question is not dubbed as such until much later in the series. [[spoiler: She mentions being envious of Melan's ability to protect and be with Marin all the time, yet she has no ill-feelings towards him and vice-versa.]]
** Subverted in the manga as Moe asks Melan "assertively" to leave Marin alone as she blames Melan for causing Marin trouble rather than help as a protector.

* GratuitousGreek: In the official logo, Melan's name is spelled in Greek letters. In fact, the word 'melan' is Greek for 'dark/black'.
** Many other Monomakia have names derived from Greek, too. such as the three Bronte type Monomakias in Episode 2. 'Bronte' means 'thunder', their names Proton, Deuteron, and Triton, are all derived from Greek words (first, second, and third), and they each have a letter from the Greek alphabet on their armor.

* HappilyAdopted: Marin.
* HealingFactor: Melan has rapid body regeneration, allowing him to get beat the hell up every episode but most of the time he'll be fine in the next. The other Gun-Swordsmen also have this ability.

* HeroicBSOD: When Marin returns from Submaton Color [[spoiler: her house is burned down, the loving family she had is nowhere to be seen, there is no food available to her, and her classmates still hate her... she loses it and attempts to steal some bread to fend off starvation.]]
** Later on, Melan has a rather violent BSOD of his own when [[spoiler: Marin is stabbed in the back by a Monomakia she had just saved him from (named Death, no less). Totally enraged, Melan screams and bashes the thing with his sword so hard that it smashes a concrete pillar into rubble. He freaks out even more when it looks like Marin might die from her wound.]]

* ImagineSpot: Marin does this A LOT, usually involving herself or someone close to her getting killed, and ending with her dismissing the fantasy as impossible.
** The ones about her getting arrested by the police turn into a CassandraTruth, and as things get more serious they start bordering on the level of a NightmareSequence.

* ImmuneToBullets: Melan takes a bullet for Moto in one episode. It leaves a hole in his back and he bleeds, but he acts like it doesn't even hurt.
** Pyon is also shot in the same episode. Although we don't see him bleed, his reaction is the same as Melan's.
* ImplacableMan: Kuston.

* InterspeciesRomance: Happens with [[spoiler: Marin and Melan]] over the course of the series.
** In the manga there's also [[spoiler: Maureen]] and her human husband.
* IntimateHealing: Played hilariously straight in Episode 15.

* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: Melan and Kushatohn recharge by consuming rice and water, respectively.
** And somehow a nude, 13-year-old girl lying in a hole has the ability to save the world. That's nonsensoleum personified.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Moe regarding Marin.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Moto was quite beautiful in her younger days.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Granny Moto]] dies suddenly at the end of Episode 10.
** In the manga the same thing happens, but it's more of a HeroicSacrifice.

* LimitedWardrobe: Justified for Marin because she can't afford new clothes and most of the clothes she already has are Jun's hand-me-downs. The same logic applies to everyone else who lives in the tenement house.
** Moe, on the other hand, is the financial opposite, yet she wears the same outfits all the time.

* LoveConfession: Near the end of the series, Marin witnesses one of these when [[spoiler: Mike]] confesses his feelings to [[spoiler: Jun]] rather awkwardly.

* MediumBlending: The sequences for both of the opening themes features the 2D animated characters flying through clouds in a live-action sky.
** The title cards are hand-written on graph paper and usually include a relevant prop like feathers or sea shells.
** Claymation is used in the episode preview sequences.

* TheMole: [[spoiler: Lulu,]] who was [[BigBad the Hensu-Chi]] all along. Managed to keep this facade up until the last episode.

* NoNameGiven: The girl who bullies Marin the most, [[UnnamedParent Moe's mom,]] the two detectives, and Kaori's mother are all characters who play major roles but remain nameless throughout the series.
** The credits list the bully girl as A-ko (Girl A), and the two detectives as Wakai and Chunen (Young and Middle-Aged). That's the closest they get to having actual names.

* NotSoWeak: Moe never stands up for herself when she's being bullied by her classmates or scolded by her mom, but that all changes as soon as Marin becomes the target.
** Jun is a lot like this, too.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Lolo does this ''constantly.''

* ThePaladin: Pyon and Erin.
* ParentalAbandonment: Marin is not the only character with missing parents.
** Jun's [[MissingMom mother]] left her father because he drank too much, Moe has a mother but her [[DisappearedDad father]] is mysteriously absent throughout the series, and Midori states that she has just her mom but we never see her.

* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Erin and Melan.
* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Pink Skinned Space Babe]]: Ryunma, the spider Monomakia from the bath house episode, disguised itself as a beautiful naked woman and used some [[BondageIsBad rather kinky powers]].
* PluckyGirl: Describes Marin [[spoiler: most of the time...]]
* PocketDimension: Submaton Color seems to count as this.
* PokemonSpeak: The Monomakia called Nepon talks like this.
* PoliceAreUseless: Human law enforcement and military just can't handle Monomakia.
* PoliceBrutality: The older of the two detectives is especially guilty of this.
* PortalPool: Earth, Brigadoon and Submaton Color all have at least one of these.

* ThePromise: Part of Marin and Melan's bond is due to their trust in each other's promises, whether it be for him to come back alive when facing Pyon in a duel, or when he promises to find her again after [[spoiler: finding the Creis Marine and saving their worlds.]]
** In the manga, Marin promises Melan she won't cry anymore after [[spoiler: Moto dies]]. He reminds her about the promise when she starts crying over him going to duel Pyon. [[spoiler: When the time comes for them to say goodbye, she ends up breaking this promise after HE starts to cry.]]

* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Lele]] does this in the anime. He was mistaken for the BigBad but was really being manipulated like everyone else. In the manga this is the same, but he was more willing to play a part in [[spoiler: Lulu's]] scheme.
** In Episode 25, Kuston chases Melan and the Creis Marine to kill them. he catches them only to find that instead of having [[spoiler: the Creis Marine]] in his grasp it's actually [[spoiler: Marin]]! Lame....

* ScareTheDog: The Kisaragi family dog tries to scare Marin away from Moe's house, but as soon as Melan shows up it can't run away fast enough.
** Due to that scare, the dog even gets frightened when he sees Marin.

* SecretLegacy: In the manga, Marin learns that she is really [[spoiler: a Monomakia, and the clone offspring of Crace Maureen.]]
** This trope is also invoked in the anime when Marin imagines her true parents to be wealthy aristocrats and in some narrations she calls herself a princess from Brigadoon.

* PantyShot: Played for laughs by Marin, but never FanService.

* GodivaHair: The only thing covering Ryunma's naughty bits while disguised as a human woman. Doubles as RapunzelHair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Moe, Midori, and Aloma all qualify; purple, pink, and green respectively.

* {{Meganekko}}: Marin [[spoiler: until the last episode where her eyesight is permanently cured.]]

Taking place in [[TheSixties 1969]] UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, Brigadoon tells the story of Marin Asagi: an ambitious, innocent, [[HeartwarmingOrphan orphaned]] 13-year-old girl. Not the most ordinary school girl, but she has an [[HappilyAdopted adoptive]] family of colorful characters who care deeply about her and a [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship school friend]] named [[MeaningfulName Moe]] Kisaragi. Everything changes one day when an unknown alien world appears in the sky sending out killer robots (called Monomakia) that target her. Luckily, she finds an alien creature named Melan who seems to be [[MysteriousProtector protecting]] her from the assassins. The series focuses on uncovering the mysteries of the alien world, as well as detailing the [[FireForgedFriends growing relationship]] between Marin and her protector.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Played so [[IncrediblyLamePun straight]] it has to be a parody.

* ShipTease: Marin and Moe get some moments like this (see RomanticTwoGirlFriendship), but the more crucial ones happen with [[RomanticFalseLead Marin and Aloma, as well as Melan and Erin.]] In both cases, the resulting feelings of jealousy only serve to reinforce the characters' growing attraction for each other.

* TheMole: Lolo and the audience is initially lead to believe that [[spoiler: Lele]] is the BigBad, but he was actually just one of his pawns.

* TheMole: Lolo and the audience is initially lead to believe that [[spoiler: Lele]] is the BigBad, but he was actually just one of his pawns.

** [[spoiler:Marin tries to explain this to Melan when he repeatedly insists in front of a stranger that her kisses are amazing.]]

* ThemeTuneCameo: Both the opening and closing songs are played at various times for dramatic effect in certain episodes, and in Episode 8 Marin and Moe actually sing part of the closing song.

* {{Tearjerker}}: Several moments qualify for this, but the most powerful is when [[spoiler: Marin, after getting shot by a possessed Melan, unapologetically grabs the arm sword he is pointing at her, blood dripping from both of her hands. Melan then plunges the sword through her shoulder and lifts her up, Marin is ''still'' holding onto the sword as she is skewered. An ominous chorus plays throughout this scene, and we see a flashback of all the time Marin and Melan have spent together right before Melan delivers what he intends to be the final blow with his laser gun. Keep in mind that Marin is completely blind throughout all of this...]] it's hard enough to describe this scene without crying, let alone watch it.
** Not to mention the fact that the way the episode ends [[spoiler: leads you to believe he didn't miss.]]

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Marin and Moe, respectively.

* ManlyTears: In the final episode, Melan cries for the first time EVER. As if the ending itself wasn't enough of a TearJerker...

** Sort of [[JustifiedTrope justified]] [[spoiler: he escapes by going back in time and becoming Aloma...someone who had a big role in the hero's victory]]

* {{Leitmotif}}: Marin has a very upbeat theme tune that plays most often in the early episodes. Melan's theme plays almost every time he comes out of his ampoule and in his battles. The same applies to Poikun, Kushatohn, and Lolo whenever he shows up.

* ModernMayincatecEmpire: The cities on Brigadoon look a lot like this.
* MoeCouplet: Marin and Moe.

* MoodWhiplash: And how!

* MrFanservice: Melan tends to be this for most of the girls in the audience.
* MsFanservice: Erin, and to a lesser extent Jun, especially during the bath house episode.

* MysteriousWatcher: Aloma.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Marin's [[LimitedWardrobe standard outfit]] in the second half of the series includes a miniskirt and stockings that go past her knees. It's not long before we see Moe wearing a similar ensemble. Erin has a thigh-high boot variation.

* ReverseMole: Lolo and the audience is initially lead to believe that [[spoiler: Lele]] is the BigBad, but he was actually just one of his pawns.

* ArmCannon: The Gun-Swordsmen each have one of these in place of a left hand, and they fire FrickinLaserBeams!

* TheMistress: [[spoiler: Jun]] has an affair with a married man and runs off with him, but she leaves him and returns later in the series. Slightly overlaps with YourCheatingHeart.

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Jun]] has an affair with a married man and even [[PutOnABus runs off with him]], but later she leaves him and [[TheBusCameBack comes back home]]. This is before [[spoiler: Mike]] confesses his feelings for her, so he is heartbroken until they meet again and he gets the chance to tell her.

* ConspicuousCG: In general there's not much CG in the show, but it's pretty obvious when it appears, usually in the form of ripple effects.