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* LostAesop: In the end, ''was'' it good or not to be competitive? See the entry.
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* LostAesop: In the end, ''was'' it good or not to be competitive? See the entry.competitive?
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: With Layla Hamilton as the ringleader. Due to their doubts about her preparedness in the circus, Sora is initially viewed as an outsider by everyone else on the Kaleido Stage.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: With Layla Hamilton as the ringleader. Due to their doubts about her preparedness in the circus, preparedness, Sora is initially viewed as treated very much like an outsider by everyone else on the Kaleido Stage.Stage, with Kalos Eidos as the noteworthy exception.
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* AbusiveParents: Leon and Sophie's step-parents
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* BigFancyHouse: Layla's mansion.
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* BrattyHalfPint: Marion, in her first episode.
* BrokenBird: Layla, but she gets better.
* BrokenBird: Layla, but she gets better.
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* CrosscastRole: Anna often plays male roles.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Layla, in the first season. [[spoiler:Leon, in the second one.]]
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* DontYouDarePityMe: May tells this ''twice'' to Sora.
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* FairyCompanion: Fool
* FanDisservice: The Ballet Instructor
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* FluffyFashionFeathers
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* GenkiGirl: Sora, Rosetta, Marion
* GentleGiant: Jerry the Policeman
* GentleGiant: Jerry the Policeman
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* KnifeOutline and KnifeThrowingAct: Episode 14 featured a knife thrower.
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* MegatonPunch: Sora uses this so many times on Fool...
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* NonActionGuy: Kenneth Robbins.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Kevin Hamilton is this to a T.
* PimpedOutDress: At least half the costumes.
* PluckyGirl: Sora, May, Layla.
* ThePollyanna: Sora goes just ''too'' often from a normal GenkiGirl to this...
* ThePowerOfFriendship: That goes without saying.
* PrettyInMink: Some of the costumes have fur trim.
* PromotionToParent: Leon, in regards to Sophie.
* PsychoSupporter: Manami seems to be one of those in the beginning, but soon we're proved wrong.
* PimpedOutDress: At least half the costumes.
* PluckyGirl: Sora, May, Layla.
* ThePollyanna: Sora goes just ''too'' often from a normal GenkiGirl to this...
* ThePowerOfFriendship: That goes without saying.
* PrettyInMink: Some of the costumes have fur trim.
* PromotionToParent: Leon, in regards to Sophie.
* PsychoSupporter: Manami seems to be one of those in the beginning, but soon we're proved wrong.
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* TheRival: Sora and Layla; Sora and May; Leon and Yuri.
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* SadClown: Anna Heart is a rare ''female'' version.
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* SmugSnake: [[spoiler: Yuri Killian, in the first season.]]
* SpoiledBrat: May, at first.
* SpoiledBrat: May, at first.
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* InconsistentSpelling:
** Carlos, who became "Kalos." In the dubbers' defense, "カロス" (KAROSU) isn't the most typical transliteration for Carlos; "カルロス" (KARUROSU) and "カーロス" (KAAROSU) would probably be used more often.
*** Ironically, "Kalos" sounds like ''callous'', which describes him pretty well when he's at his worst.
*** It of course serves the "Kalos Eido"/"Kaleido" pun better this way as well. Yes, Kalos apparently named his circus after himself.
** Carlos, who became "Kalos." In the dubbers' defense, "カロス" (KAROSU) isn't the most typical transliteration for Carlos; "カルロス" (KARUROSU) and "カーロス" (KAAROSU) would probably be used more often.
*** Ironically, "Kalos" sounds like ''callous'', which describes him pretty well when he's at his worst.
*** It of course serves the "Kalos Eido"/"Kaleido" pun better this way as well. Yes, Kalos apparently named his circus after himself.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS:
** Carlos, who became "Kalos." In the dubbers' defense, "カロス" (KAROSU) isn't the most typical transliteration for Carlos; "カルロス" (KARUROSU) and "カーロス" (KAAROSU) would probably be used more often.
** Ironically, "Kalos" sounds like ''callous'', which describes him pretty well when he's at his worst.
** It of course serves the "Kalos Eido"/"Kaleido" pun better this way as well. Yes, Kalos apparently named his circus after himself.
** Carlos, who became "Kalos." In the dubbers' defense, "カロス" (KAROSU) isn't the most typical transliteration for Carlos; "カルロス" (KARUROSU) and "カーロス" (KAAROSU) would probably be used more often.
** Ironically, "Kalos" sounds like ''callous'', which describes him pretty well when he's at his worst.
** It of course serves the "Kalos Eido"/"Kaleido" pun better this way as well. Yes, Kalos apparently named his circus after himself.
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* ArtisticLicense: Layla (among other circus artists in the anime) often performs with her long hair unbound. Real circus performers prefer to tie their hair up, as it can easily become a safety issue.
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* ArtisticLicense: ArtisticLicense:
** Layla (among other circus artists in the anime) often performs with her long hair unbound. Real circus performers prefer to tie their hair up, as it can easily become a safety issue.
** Layla (among other circus artists in the anime) often performs with her long hair unbound. Real circus performers prefer to tie their hair up, as it can easily become a safety issue.
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* BreakTheCutie: In the first season, Sora is TheFriendNobodyLikes to the Kaleido Stage actresses, until she proves her worthiness as a performer. And in the second one she's also the target of ridicule and lectures for her [[WideEyedIdealist rose-tinted vision of circus life]] and her own self-esteem problems.
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* BreakTheCutie: BreakTheCutie:
** In the first season, Sora is TheFriendNobodyLikes to the Kaleido Stage actresses, until she proves her worthiness as a performer. And in the second one she's also the target of ridicule and lectures for her [[WideEyedIdealist rose-tinted vision of circus life]] and her own self-esteem problems.
** In the first season, Sora is TheFriendNobodyLikes to the Kaleido Stage actresses, until she proves her worthiness as a performer. And in the second one she's also the target of ridicule and lectures for her [[WideEyedIdealist rose-tinted vision of circus life]] and her own self-esteem problems.
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* BreakTheHaughty: "Yes, May Wong, you ''can'' skip the hard work part and become a star almost from the beginning while acting like a SpoiledBrat... [[spoiler: but be ready to lose ''everything'' as soon as you drop your guard, re-starting from scratch]]."
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* BreakTheHaughty: BreakTheHaughty:
** "Yes, May Wong, you ''can'' skip the hard work part and become a star almost from the beginning while acting like a SpoiledBrat... [[spoiler: but be ready to lose ''everything'' as soon as you drop your guard, re-starting from scratch]]."
** "Yes, May Wong, you ''can'' skip the hard work part and become a star almost from the beginning while acting like a SpoiledBrat... [[spoiler: but be ready to lose ''everything'' as soon as you drop your guard, re-starting from scratch]]."
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* CallingYourAttacks: "DEEEEEEMOOOOONIIIIIC SPIRAAAAAAAL!" Oh, ''May''.
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* CallingYourAttacks: CallingYourAttacks:
** "DEEEEEEMOOOOONIIIIIC SPIRAAAAAAAL!" Oh, ''May''.
** "DEEEEEEMOOOOONIIIIIC SPIRAAAAAAAL!" Oh, ''May''.
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* CoolBigSis: Cathy Taymor, Layla's partner and friend from the second season. Also, Pamela from the itinerant circus Sora and Ken visit once.
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* CoolBigSis: CoolBigSis:
** Cathy Taymor, Layla's partner and friend from the second season. Also, Pamela from the itinerant circus Sora and Ken visit once.
** Cathy Taymor, Layla's partner and friend from the second season. Also, Pamela from the itinerant circus Sora and Ken visit once.
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* {{Fanservice}}: (slightly, anyway) It's a series about circus acrobats. How could you ''not'' expect them to have at least one character in a spandex get-up in each episode? Especially since the show's creater and producer was also the producer of ''Anime/SailorMoon''.
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* {{Fanservice}}: {{Fanservice}}:
** (slightly, anyway) It's a series about circus acrobats. How could you ''not'' expect them to have at least one character in a spandex get-up in each episode? Especially since the show's creater and producer was also the producer of ''Anime/SailorMoon''.
** (slightly, anyway) It's a series about circus acrobats. How could you ''not'' expect them to have at least one character in a spandex get-up in each episode? Especially since the show's creater and producer was also the producer of ''Anime/SailorMoon''.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Mia and Anna start out as Sora's worst tormentors. Once she proves her determination, they quickly change their opinion of her and develop into her best friends.
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* HeelFaceTurn: HeelFaceTurn:
** Mia and Anna start out as Sora's worst tormentors. Once she proves her determination, they quickly change their opinion of her and develop into her best friends.
** Mia and Anna start out as Sora's worst tormentors. Once she proves her determination, they quickly change their opinion of her and develop into her best friends.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: When May walks into Kaleido Stage in the second season, she's amazed and pissed off that no one but her sees how wonderful and perfect she is and haven't handed her every lead role over the current star who worked for everything she has. [[BreakTheHaughty She gets better]], but she'll really make you want to jam your thumbs in your eyes for about a dozen episodes.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: ItsAllAboutMe:
** When May walks into Kaleido Stage in the second season, she's amazed and pissed off that no one but her sees how wonderful and perfect she is and haven't handed her every lead role over the current star who worked for everything she has. [[BreakTheHaughty She gets better]], but she'll really make you want to jam your thumbs in your eyes for about a dozen episodes.
** When May walks into Kaleido Stage in the second season, she's amazed and pissed off that no one but her sees how wonderful and perfect she is and haven't handed her every lead role over the current star who worked for everything she has. [[BreakTheHaughty She gets better]], but she'll really make you want to jam your thumbs in your eyes for about a dozen episodes.
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* LegFocus: Sora often gets the camera to focus on hers, from [[MaleGaze butt]] to toes. In one of the first scenes Kalos grabs Sora's legs when she is standing on the street (even though she doesn't know who he is) and declares her fit to be a performer. It makes sense when you consider that the show's creator and producer was also the producer of ''Anime/SailorMoon''.
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* LegFocus: LegFocus:
** Sora often gets the camera to focus on hers, from [[MaleGaze butt]] to toes. In one of the first scenes Kalos grabs Sora's legs when she is standing on the street (even though she doesn't know who he is) and declares her fit to be a performer. It makes sense when you consider that the show's creator and producer was also the producer of ''Anime/SailorMoon''.
** Sora often gets the camera to focus on hers, from [[MaleGaze butt]] to toes. In one of the first scenes Kalos grabs Sora's legs when she is standing on the street (even though she doesn't know who he is) and declares her fit to be a performer. It makes sense when you consider that the show's creator and producer was also the producer of ''Anime/SailorMoon''.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Sora and her friends ship Kalos/Sarah.
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* ShipperOnDeck: ShipperOnDeck:
** Sora and her friends ship Kalos/Sarah.
** Sora and her friends ship Kalos/Sarah.
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* ShoutOut: The whole concept of the Kaleido Stage is a ''huge'' shout-out to Creator/CirqueDuSoleil.
** The multi-talented circus performer Atsushi "Dio" Kobayashi signed on as a technical advisor to the series, and a character from one of the filler episodes was named Dio in his honor. Ironically, the character Dio
uses a whip, even though his namesake abandoned that act [[MyGreatestFailure after accidentally cutting an audience volunteer]].
** The multi-talented circus performer Atsushi "Dio" Kobayashi signed on as a technical advisor to the series, and a character from one of the filler episodes was named Dio in his honor. Ironically, the character Dio
uses a whip, even though his namesake abandoned that act [[MyGreatestFailure after accidentally cutting an audience volunteer]].
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** The whole concept of the Kaleido Stage is a ''huge'' shout-out to Creator/CirqueDuSoleil.
** The multi-talented circus performer Atsushi "Dio" Kobayashi signed on as a technical advisor to the series, and a character from one of the filler episodes was named Dio in his honor. Ironically, the characterDio
Dio uses a whip, even though his namesake abandoned that act [[MyGreatestFailure after accidentally cutting an audience volunteer]].
** The whole concept of the Kaleido Stage is a ''huge'' shout-out to Creator/CirqueDuSoleil.
** The multi-talented circus performer Atsushi "Dio" Kobayashi signed on as a technical advisor to the series, and a character from one of the filler episodes was named Dio in his honor. Ironically, the character
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Carlos, who became "Kalos." In the dubbers' defense, "カロス" (KAROSU) isn't the most typical transliteration for Carlos; "カルロス" (KARUROSU) and "カーロス" (KAAROSU) would probably be used more often.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: SpellMyNameWithAnS:
** Carlos, who became "Kalos." In the dubbers' defense, "カロス" (KAROSU) isn't the most typical transliteration for Carlos; "カルロス" (KARUROSU) and "カーロス" (KAAROSU) would probably be used more often.
** Carlos, who became "Kalos." In the dubbers' defense, "カロス" (KAROSU) isn't the most typical transliteration for Carlos; "カルロス" (KARUROSU) and "カーロス" (KAAROSU) would probably be used more often.
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* {{Stripperiffic}}: Layla's, Sora's and May's outfits in ''Salome in Vegas''. In the GrandFinale, also, watch Sora perform as Princess Odette in ''Theatre/SwanLake'', explosively shredding her outfit to reveal a costume that looks like a cross between a bellydancer outfit and a white bikini.
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* {{Stripperiffic}}: {{Stripperiffic}}:
** Layla's, Sora's and May's outfits in ''Salome in Vegas''. In the GrandFinale, also, watch Sora perform as Princess Odette in ''Theatre/SwanLake'', explosively shredding her outfit to reveal a costume that looks like a cross between a bellydancer outfit and a white bikini.
** Layla's, Sora's and May's outfits in ''Salome in Vegas''. In the GrandFinale, also, watch Sora perform as Princess Odette in ''Theatre/SwanLake'', explosively shredding her outfit to reveal a costume that looks like a cross between a bellydancer outfit and a white bikini.
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* TeamMom: Sarah is a rather peculiar version of this trope: despite being an efficient dorm supervisor, an IdolSinger for the Stage and Sora and Co.'s CoolBigSis, sometimes she can be even]] ''more'' [[OneOfTheKids child-like]] than her proteges. She gets bonus points for [[spoiler:being in love with TeamDad Kalos]] though.
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* TeamMom: TeamMom:
** Sarah is a rather peculiar version of this trope: despite being an efficient dorm supervisor, an IdolSinger for the Stage and Sora and Co.'s CoolBigSis, sometimes she can be even]] ''more'' [[OneOfTheKids child-like]] than her proteges. She gets bonus points for [[spoiler:being in love with TeamDad Kalos]] though.
** Sarah is a rather peculiar version of this trope: despite being an efficient dorm supervisor, an IdolSinger for the Stage and Sora and Co.'s CoolBigSis, sometimes she can be even]] ''more'' [[OneOfTheKids child-like]] than her proteges. She gets bonus points for [[spoiler:being in love with TeamDad Kalos]] though.
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* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Sora puts her heart in her performances, which makes her clash with the more technically-geared Rosetta, Leon and May.
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* TechnicianVersusPerformer: TechnicianVersusPerformer:
** Sora puts her heart in her performances, which makes her clash with the more technically-geared Rosetta, Leon and May.
** Sora puts her heart in her performances, which makes her clash with the more technically-geared Rosetta, Leon and May.
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* TelevisionGeography: "Cape Mery" can't seem to make up its mind whether it's Los Angeles or San Francisco -- it's got LA's shoreline and palm trees but also San Francisco's hills, vintage streetcars, and a dead-on markup toward the Ferry Building and nearby Amtrak terminal in the second season's opening. (Plus, oddly, just a bit of the concrete canyons of New York City...) And just to confuse the issue even further, the [[spoiler:rising sun over the ocean horizon when Sora performs the Angel Maneuver]] in the final episode makes it clear that the open sea is to the ''east'' of the city -- pretty hard to do anywhere in California. Some viewers suspect that it's actually in Hawaii, not California, which would solve most of these problems (and explain some otherwise extremely fast travel times from Japan).
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* TelevisionGeography: "Cape TelevisionGeography:
**"Cape Mery" can't seem to make up its mind whether it's Los Angeles or San Francisco -- it's got LA's shoreline and palm trees but also San Francisco's hills, vintage streetcars, and a dead-on markup toward the Ferry Building and nearby Amtrak terminal in the second season's opening. (Plus, oddly, just a bit of the concrete canyons of New York City...) And just to confuse the issue even further, the [[spoiler:rising sun over the ocean horizon when Sora performs the Angel Maneuver]] in the final episode makes it clear that the open sea is to the ''east'' of the city -- pretty hard to do anywhere in California. Some viewers suspect that it's actually in Hawaii, not California, which would solve most of these problems (and explain some otherwise extremely fast travel times from Japan).
**"Cape Mery" can't seem to make up its mind whether it's Los Angeles or San Francisco -- it's got LA's shoreline and palm trees but also San Francisco's hills, vintage streetcars, and a dead-on markup toward the Ferry Building and nearby Amtrak terminal in the second season's opening. (Plus, oddly, just a bit of the concrete canyons of New York City...) And just to confuse the issue even further, the [[spoiler:rising sun over the ocean horizon when Sora performs the Angel Maneuver]] in the final episode makes it clear that the open sea is to the ''east'' of the city -- pretty hard to do anywhere in California. Some viewers suspect that it's actually in Hawaii, not California, which would solve most of these problems (and explain some otherwise extremely fast travel times from Japan).
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Mia and Anna, respectively. Sora is the tomboy when with Layla; with May... it ''[[{{Tsundere}} heavily]]'' depends on May's current mood (and curiously, May ''really'' looks the part of the girly girl, thanks to her long hair and cute wardrobe).
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: TomboyAndGirlyGirl:
** Mia and Anna, respectively. Sora is the tomboy when with Layla; with May... it ''[[{{Tsundere}} heavily]]'' depends on May's current mood (and curiously, May ''really'' looks the part of the girly girl, thanks to her long hair and cute wardrobe).
** Mia and Anna, respectively. Sora is the tomboy when with Layla; with May... it ''[[{{Tsundere}} heavily]]'' depends on May's current mood (and curiously, May ''really'' looks the part of the girly girl, thanks to her long hair and cute wardrobe).
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* TranslationConvention: It's made pretty clear that everybody is speaking English to each other, though of course in the raw and subtitled versions it's Japanese. Sora even went to an English conversation school in preparation for the trip to Cape Mery.
** Note there are some problems. If you see handwritten or typed English, there are errors. Sarah's name is typed as Salah. Layla's dad's note makes no sense. The twins are playing a wordplay game that only makes sense in Japanese. Aaron Killian's first name is said as "Arlon" during the [[spoiler:Legendary Great Maneuver at the end of season one]], but is subtitled as "Aaron" in season two's opening recap!
** Note there are some problems. If you see handwritten or typed English, there are errors. Sarah's name is typed as Salah. Layla's dad's note makes no sense. The twins are playing a wordplay game that only makes sense in Japanese. Aaron Killian's first name is said as "Arlon" during the [[spoiler:Legendary Great Maneuver at the end of season one]], but is subtitled as "Aaron" in season two's opening recap!
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* TranslationConvention: It's made pretty clear that everybody is speaking English to each other, though of course in the raw and subtitled versions it's Japanese. Sora even went to an English conversation school in preparation for the trip to Cape Mery.
**Mery. Note there are some problems. If you see handwritten or typed English, there are errors. Sarah's name is typed as Salah. Layla's dad's note makes no sense. The twins are playing a wordplay game that only makes sense in Japanese. Aaron Killian's first name is said as "Arlon" during the [[spoiler:Legendary Great Maneuver at the end of season one]], but is subtitled as "Aaron" in season two's opening recap!
**
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Layla is a female version of this.
* WhipItGood: Dio
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* WhipItGood: Dio
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** The multi-talented circus performer Atsushi "Dio" Kobayashi signed on as a technical advisor to the series, and a character from one of the filler episodes was named Dio in his honor. Ironically, the character Dio [[WhipItGood uses a whip]], even though his namesake abandoned that act [[MyGreatestFailure after accidentally cutting an audience volunteer]].
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** The multi-talented circus performer Atsushi "Dio" Kobayashi signed on as a technical advisor to the series, and a character from one of the filler episodes was named Dio in his honor. Ironically, the character Dio [[WhipItGood Dio
uses awhip]], whip, even though his namesake abandoned that act [[MyGreatestFailure after accidentally cutting an audience volunteer]].
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