History Anime / TenchiMuyoGXP

* GagBoobs: Vega, a RichBitch rival of Amane's from her model days, has a rather impressive pair.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Kiriko during the WhamEpisode, Seina during his CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: [=NaBiko=], to NB.

** It generates Lighthawk wings ''without'' Kiriko's Jurian Tree, Misuki. Both Tarant and Seto are flabbergasted how he can do this since Lighthawk wings are a Jurai only power. [[spoiler: This one is explained by the mecha possessing a First Generation Jurian Tree that the royal family didn't know about.]]

* {{Bishonen}}: Seiryo Tennan and Misao Kuramitsu.

* CallToAdventure -- TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive

* ChickMagnet: A rather strange version. Most girls on Earth don't particularly take notice of Seina, but once he's out in space...Everyone! It's not just his [[HaremGenre Harem]] either. After he gets into an accident while apart from the harem, a lady doctor shows more than a glancing interest in him and tries to jump him. He gets away, but not without a lip-stick stain on the cheek.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Kiriko and Seina.
* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds
* ConspicuousCG: The spaceships.

*** [[CrossingTheLineTwice And his parents.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Seto, the "Oni Princess of Jurai". Amane's a [[RebelliousPrincess Rebellious]] [[{{Ojou}} Heiress]]. Partway through the series, Ryoko finds out that she's also related to a man about to become a king, which makes her a princess as well. Seto persuades Kiriko to be adopted into the Juraian royal family by pointing out the competition.

* [[CuteKitten Everything's Cuter With Cat]][[BunniesForCuteness -Rabbits]]: Fuku and Ryo-Oh-Ki.

* ExactWords: Rookie informs the girls while [[spoiler: kept in custody]] they have access to "everything in the room is at your disposal to use as you see fit", emphasizing the word "everything" while his eyes look over to something covered by a blanket. Cluing them in that he is on their side.

** [[spoiler: The Artifact/ancient mech is Zinv from ''[[Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure Dual!]]'']]

* FacialMarkings
* FallingIntoTheCockpit: Or being thrown in, anyway...
* {{Fanservice}}: Continues a proud tradition.

** [[spoiler: The girls are kept in a castle when Seina is believed to have stolen the Kamidaki II.]]

* GlowingEyesOfDoom[=/=]RedEyesTakeWarning: Shank gets one after he starts becoming a cyborg.
** [[spoiler: Seina... [[TakenALevelInBadass Seina of all people gets when he links with a giant robot.]]]]
* GunshipRescue: Ryoko B. in episode 12.

* HolographicTerminal: All over the place.

* HotSpringsEpisode: All over the place.

* ImpossiblyCoolClothes

* InvisibilityFlicker: Kiriko and the ''Kamidake II''.
* IOweYouMyLife: Ryoko Balouta to Seina.

* LightningGlare

* MagicFromTechnology

** CrashIntoHello, NakedFirstImpression

* {{Meganekko}}: Suiren.

* MotorMouth: Amane has her moments of this.

* TheNoseBleed: Seina.

* PillarOfLight

* PointlessBandAid

* PreExplosionGlow

*** Seto is over 4,600 years old. Then there are certain members of the Tenchi household who absolutely dwarf Neige in terms of age.

* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Amane.

* TheSiege: Episode 13.
* TheSlacker: Kanemitsu, one of Seto's underlings.
* SpaceCadetAcademy: An occasional backdrop.
* SpaceOpera

* SubspaceOrHyperspace
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien

* TheSweatDrop

** Pirates attack, Seina's in danger. Kiriko goes {{Badass}}. [[MoodWhiplash Then everything goes back to normal]].

* GenreSavvy: Seiryo. After besting psycho Tarant for captaincy of the most powerful ship in the fleet by using the [[TookALevelinBadass blunt side of a laser sword]], Seiryo nonchalantly replies "Yep, I'm a badass." Wouldn't have qualified for the trope were it not for the very unexpected competency in casually besting a foe who was presented as very frightening when he'd been the ButtMonkey of the show up until that point.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: [-'''Seiryo:''' "Oh! The good luck meter!"-]

** Alan, Barry, and Cohen have a brief [[NoFourthWall Fourth Wall-breaking]] moment of this when one heads off on his own and the other two protest that he can't, because the three of them together comprise a single character.

* GenreSavvy: Seiryo. After besting psycho Tarant for captaincy of the most powerful ship in the fleet by using the [[TookALevelinBadass blunt side of a laser sword]], Seiryo nonchalantly replies "Yep, I'm a {{Badass}}." Wouldn't have qualified for the trope were it not for the very unexpected competency in casually besting a foe who was presented as very frightening when he'd been the ButtMonkey of the show up until that point.

*** Seto is over 4,600 years old. Then there are certain members of the Tenchi household who are even older than that.

*** Seto is over 4,600 years old. Then there are certain members of the Tenchi household.

*** Seto is over 4,600 years old.

''Tenchi Muyo GXP: Galaxy Police Transporter'' is a SpinOff of the ''TenchiMuyo'' series (specifically, the original OVA incarnation), directed by Creator/ShinichiWatanabe. It begins during episode 5 of the third ''Tenchi'' OVA and progresses further outwards from there, providing something of a detailed look at the series' [[TheVerse Verse]] and life in "civillized" space, as opposed to the original, which by and large mostly takes place on Earth and in uninhabited space.

Seina finally meets Kiriko, and the visit goes fairly well -- although he has trouble explaining the lipstick on his neck! Afterwards, Seina's family forces him to complete the form (they think it's a lottery application), and he's abducted and shanghaied into the Galaxy Police by the end of the episode. Luckily for him, his terrible luck makes him a natural-born magnet for [[SpacePirate Space Pirates]], and he's soon convinced to try to use his "powers" for good. Before even finishing his training, he is assigned to the GP's decoy unit, which hopes to use his luck as a weapon in order to draw out more pirates and crush them. Of course, since Seina is WillfullyWeak, he also accquires a sizable [[HaremGenre Harem]], who, true to the [[SpiritualSuccessor spirit]] of ''TenchiMuyo'', fight over and embarrass him at every possible opportunity as they hunt down pirates, deal with the intergalactic bureaucracy, and of course, enjoy lots and lots of [[HotSpringsEpisode Hot Springs]].

* ContinuityNod: A lot, mostly towards the third TenchiMuyo OVA. For example, Minami Kuramitsu is seen running the GP spaceship mechanic team after having been sentenced to do so at the end of OVA 3, the planet-sized warship Chobimaru still bears all the grafitti/damage inflicted upon it during its CurbStompBattle against Ryo-Oh-Ki, and Amane makes reference to having sung at the wedding of two characters who became engaged thanks to Tenchi and his harem.

* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Seina seems to be making a lot of money as a Fleet Captain even if he is just a Decoy. It is never stated how munch because most of the money he earns is put into a savings account he does not have access to until his graduation. Yet it seems the interest alone is enough for his family to live in a mansion.

* BlackComedyRape: Of Machines by Machines: [=NaBiko=] to NB. NB suffers a nervous breakdown for the next several episodes -- all played for laughs.

* CallToAdventure
* TheCameo: Seina sees [[Characters/TenchiMuyo Ryoko]] flying at the beginning, which causes him to crash. Washu with a [[CoatHatMask suspenders, scarf, shades]] can be seen running an open-air market booth.

* TomboyandGirlyGirl: Amane and Kiriko.
* Underboob: Amane wears some VERY short tops while teasing Seina.

''Tenchi Muyo GXP'' builds on both the formula and setting of the original ''Tenchi'' series. Creator/FUNimation has released this series in English, and it aired on the [adult swim] Creator/{{Toonami}} block on Saturday nights at 3:00 AM (following in the footsteps of the first two Tenchi Muyo! OVA series, {{Tenchi Universe}}, and {{Tenchi In Tokyo}}, all of which aired on the original Toonami block on Cartoon Network, albeit [[{{Bowdlerization}} heavily censored]]).

* FanNickname: "The Seto Scouts" -- Suiren, Karen, Gyokuren, and Hakuren, Seto's handmaidens.

* HeyItsThatVoice (Yuuko Mizutani, who voices Mihoshi, pulls triple duty in this series as both Mihoshi's mother Mitoto, and [=NaBiko=], NB's FateWorseThanDeath RobotGirl.)
** In the English dub, Seina is voiced by Creator/TonyOliver ("[[{{Robotech}} Rick Hunter]]", "Anime/{{Lupin III}}"). Elma is Rebecca Forstadt, a.k.a. Reba "[[{{Robotech}} Minmei]]" West; Rebecca also voiced Mihoshi.

* TheOtherDarrin: Most of the original ''Tenchi Muyo!'' English dub cast (Matt Miller, Petrea Burchard, Jennifer Darling, etc.) did not return to reprise their roles for the one episode where Seina visited Tenchi.

* WhoIsThisGuyAgain: Hakuren, Gyokuren, Suiren, and Karen are all very rarely referred to by name in-show.

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Has a [[Characters/TenchiMuyoGXP characters page.]]

** [[spoiler: The Artifact/ancient mech is Zinv from ''[[ParallelTroubleAdventureDual Dual!]]'']]
** The combat uniform Amane wears in episode 19 is nearly identical to the Kazuki wears in ''[[ParallelTroubleAdventureDual Dual!]]''

''Tenchi Muyo GXP'' builds on both the formula and setting of the original ''Tenchi'' series. {{Funimation}} has released this series in English, and it aired on the [adult swim] Creator/{{Toonami}} block on Saturday nights at 3:00 AM (following in the footsteps of the first two Tenchi Muyo! OVA series, {{Tenchi Universe}}, and {{Tenchi In Tokyo}}, all of which aired on the original Toonami block on Cartoon Network, albeit [[{{Bowdlerization}} heavily censored]]).

* DeusExMachina: A HumongousMecha [[Anime/ParallelTroubleAdventureDual shows up]] on an alien planet when it's needed most. BonusPoints for being a DeusExMachina that's also [[MachineWorship called a god]] by the locals.

** In the English dub, Seina is voiced by TonyOliver ("[[{{Robotech}} Rick Hunter]]", "Anime/{{Lupin III}}"). Elma is Rebecca Forstadt, a.k.a. Reba "[[{{Robotech}} Minmei]]" West; Rebecca also voiced Mihoshi.

A SpinOff of the ''TenchiMuyo'' series (specifically, the original OVA incarnation), ''Tenchi Muyo GXP: Galaxy Police Transporter'' begins during episode 5 of the third ''Tenchi'' OVA and progresses further outwards from there, providing something of a detailed look at the series' [[TheVerse Verse]] and life in "civillized" space, as opposed to the original, which by and large mostly takes place on Earth and in uninhabited space.

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Shinichi Watanabe (Director/NB's voice), Aya Hisakawa (Ryoko's voice), NanaMizuki (Neige's voice), HikaruMidorikawa (Misao's voice), JunFukuyama (Alan's voice).

* HotShounenMom: Mitoto is Mihoshi's HotShounenMom, while Airi and Seto are Tenchi's Hot Shounen Grandma ('''[=* =][[BerserkButton a-HEM]][=* =]''') and ''Great-Great-Grandma'', respectively.

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The characters who comprise the core cast are:

* '''Seina Yamada''' - CosmicPlaything extraordinaire. An extremely nice kid who just happens to possess the worst luck in the universe, though things eventually start going his way. Sports an ever-present band-aid on the upper-left side of his forehead.
* '''Kiriko Masaki''' - A distant cousin of Tenchi's, Kiriko is Seina's childhood friend who has looked after him since they were little. Unbeknownst to him, she has also been working for the GP all this time.
* '''Amane Kaunaq''' - The GP detective who accidentally scouted Seina , Amane is a former fashion model and [[TheOjou daughter of one of the richer families in the galaxy]], who gave up her old life to become an ActionGirl and [[TheLadette Ladette]]. Yet another of Mihoshi's old partners.
* '''Seto Kamiki Jurai''' - Feared by most of the galaxy as the "Oni (Devil) Princess of Jurai", she's a high-ranking member of Jurai's royal family, [[TheManBehindTheMan The Woman Behind The Emperor]], and Tenchi's [[strike:great-grandmother]] [[strike:great-great-great]] [[strike: grandfather's grandmother]] grandfather's stepmother's mother. She's infamous for her use and arguable mastery of ThePlan and also loves [[JerkAss messing with people and their love lives for the lulz]]. She makes Seina her ''special'' friend early on...
* '''Ryoko Balouta''' - [[ShoutOut Named for the]] ''[[ShoutOut original]]'' [[ShoutOut Ryoko]]. She's an [[NobleDemon honorable]] space pirate who has somehow gained an immense fanclub among GP officers, who revere her as an idol. [[spoiler: For undisclosed reasons able to shapeshift into female humanoid and hybrid forms, such as Amane, Elma, or a mermaid. Lost princess of Baluta.]]
* '''Elma''' - A [[FunnyAnimal Wau]] HotScientist who often functions as Seina's nurse, and happens to have an interest in Seina, despite the species gap. [[spoiler: Elma is actually Ryoko (the one above) in disguise.]]
* '''Seiryo Tennan''' - A flashy, flamboyant man who serves as Seina's SadistTeacher during his academy days. He's incredibly bitter about having "lost" a duel against Tenchi in the main OVA storyline, and as a result, has developed a particularly nasty [[FantasticRacism hatred for earthlings]]. Despite ostensibly being one of the "good guys" early on, he pulls a FaceHeelTurn for the sake of his family's business after being kidnapped by pirates, and attempts to make himself into Seina's [[TheRival Rival]] from then on.
* '''Airi Masaki''' - Chairwoman of the Galaxy Academy, and therefore the GP Academy. Yosho's wife, and therefore Tenchi's [[strike:[[BerserkButton grandmother]]]] [[ObaSan mother's mother]]. Runs a small restaurant in her spare time.
* '''Neige Ma Melmas''' - A high priestess with PsychicPowers whom Seina first meets on Jurai. She falls for Seina and decides to join up with his crew after being released from her duties. Despite being ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, she serves as the show's TokenMiniMoe.
* '''Fuku''' - {{Expy}} and technical younger sister of the OVA's Ryo-Oh-Ki, Fuku is given to Seina after a particularly dangerous mission. Fuku acts as the mind and power source for Seina's second CoolShip, the ''Kamidake II.''
* '''NB''' - Seina's RobotBuddy (and AuthorAvatar for the series' director, [[NamesToKnowInAnime Shinichi Watanabe]]), who Amane did a soddy job of reprogramming late in the show and resulted in the otherwise defaulted robot becoming a pervert. NB frequently ditches Seina in order to roam around [[DirtyOldMan videotaping the girls' locker rooms and peeping on his harem]].
* '''Tarant Shank''' - WhiteHairBlackHeart, SpacePirate, and the closest this show has to a dark villain. Makes a classic entrance as a KnightOfCerebus, but Seina's luck tends to undercut him anticlimactically. Implied to have [[InLoveWithYourCarnage a crush on Kiriko.]]

!!This show provides examples of the following tropes:

* AffablyEvil: Da Ruma.

* AmazonianBeauty: Kyo Komachi

* AuthorAvatar: NB for Creator/ShinichiWatanabe, which is unusual considering that he's better known for using [[Anime/ExcelSaga Nabeshin]] as this.

* BerserkButton:
** Do '''NOT''' call Airi ObaSan.
** Make Fuku cry? Deal with a Planet Destroyer!

** It reaches into hyperspace and pulls Tarant's ship back into regular space. One of Tarant's allies would rather believe this was a trick than truly happening. One of his sub-ordinates confirms the trope
-->''The laws of physics have just been shattered.''

* BigBad: Da Ruma, leader of the Daruma Pirate Guild.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: "Oh! The good luck meter!"
** LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Except for one scene, Amane's mother always looks ''straight at'' the Fourth Wall, no matter the camera angle.
* ButtMonkey: Seina for the first few episodes. Seiryo for practically the entire series.

* CluelessChickMagnet: Seina is completely obvious to any girl who shows attraction to him.
* TheCommiesMadeMeDoIt: Ryoko B.

** There is also one to Parallel Adventure Dual. At the Last episode of that series Zinv (the primary mecha said to have access to the LightHawk Wings was sent to "another world" and in Ep 24 Seina gets his CrowningMomentOfAwesome by being "sacrificed" to a mech that bears a very striking resemblance to Dual's Zinv (I don't think this was merely a coincidence).

* CosmicPlaything: Seina.
* CheshireCatGrin: Seto, whenever she's feeling mischievous. Almost borderlines SlasherSmile on a few occasions.
* {{Crossover}}: A [[HumongousMecha Zinv]]-lookalike from ''Anime/ParallelTroubleAdventureDual'' shows up on an alien planet when it's needed most. BonusPoints for being a DeusExMachina that's also [[MachineWorship called a god]] by the locals.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Seiryo. Despite his over confidence and idiotic behaviour, people know to not get into a fight with him.
* CursedWithAwesome: How Seina learns to view his luck.

* DirtyCoward: Tarant.
* DirtyOldMan: NB. Quite unusual behavior a RobotBuddy...

* {{Dojikko}}: Seina is frequently a {{Gender Flip}}ped example of this trope.

* EnergyWeapons: Both FrickinLaserBeams and [[LaserBlade Laser Blades]] are used.

** Neige has just ended 2 millenia as head of state of a theocracy. Which doesn't make her a princess, exactly, but close enough for government work.

* {{Expy}}: Fuku, as mentioned above. Alan, Cohen, and Barry are expies of a [[YuppieCouple Yuppie Trio]] from SuperDimensionFortressMacross. Most of the main cast are arguably Expies of Tenchi and his harem.

* FaceHeelTurn: Seiryo

* GeneralFailure: Seiryo. [[spoiler:At least, at first.]] The man could be [[{{Futurama}} Zapp Brannigan's]] more-effeminate cousin.

* HighHeelFaceTurn: Ryoko B.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Amane.

* HollywoodCyborg: Tarant Shank after a few too-narrow escapes.

* HumongousMecha: Seina gets to pilot one in episode 24. It [[ShoutOut looks a lot]] like an [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion EVA Unit]], and even growls like one in combat.

* InvisibilityFlicker: Kiriko.
* IOweYouMyLife: Ryoko Balouta.

* TheJinx: Seina's bad luck often bleeds off onto those around him.

* KansaiRegionalAccent: NB.

* TheLadette: Amane

* MeaningfulName: Fuku's name is a shortening of ''Kou'''fuku''''' (Good ''luck'').
** FridgeBrilliance in-universe example: it's brought up why he didn't name her "kou" instead (because both "Kou" and "fuku" can be used to mean luck). He explains it's because "kou" can also be used in "fukou" for ''bad'' luck.
** Da Ruma is named after (and resembles) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daruma_doll round dolls depicting Bodhidharma]] (called ''Daruma'' in Japanese), which are a type of good luck charm.

* TheMole: Elma.

* MsFanservice: Amane.

* NoSenseOfDirection: Mitoto.

* PirateGirl: Ryoko

** Averted in one instance; the pirates ince we do see pillaging aplenty.

* PowerGivesYouWings

* RedBaron: "Lorelei" Seina.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Fuku, and Cabbit's in general.

* TakeOurWordForIt: The horribleness of the pixelated spot dished out by Academy night security.

* TheOtherDarrin: Most of the original ''Tenchi Muyo!'' dub cast (Matt Miller, Petrea Burchard, Jennifer Darling, etc.) did not return to reprise their roles for the one episode where Seina visited Tenchi.

* TookALevelInBadass: Seiryo was introduced in an OVA episode as a hyper-effiminate throwaway adversary who could be defeated by a splash of water. He was reintroduced in this show as a comic relief stalker villain whose role consisted largely of getting his butt kicked by ActionGirl [[MsFanservice Amane]]. Later, he ''beats the BigBad in a fight!'' He says, "Yep, I'm a badass" afterward.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In the OVA, Seiryo was a slightly snobbish but reasonably respectful man who wanted to marry Princess Ayeka [[ArrangedMarriage with her father's approval even if she was very reluctant]]. In this show, he's a stalker and a racist with a sadistic attitude toward one of his students. He eventually [[spoiler: becomes one of the leaders of a crime syndicate that literally fights battles with the police force he used to be part of]].

* UnluckyEverydude: Redefined by Seina.

* UnwantedHarem: It's a Tenchi spin-off, what did you expect?
* UpperClassTwit: Seiryo.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: [[spoiler: Ryoko Baluta]]

** Pirates attack, Seina's in danger. Kiriko goes BadAss. [[MoodWhiplash Then everything goes back to normal]].
** The episode in which [[spoiler: it turns out that Erma is Ryoko Balta and was coerced into being sent to kill Seina]] also qualifies because the character is never seen again.

* WillfullyWeak: Seina.
* WrongGenreSavvy:
** Tarant. He keeps trying to be a very, very dangerous foe. He keeps trying to cross the MoralEventHorizon. But this isn't that kind of show, so he's never allowed to be as evil as he wants to be.
** ''Especially'' the wedding fiasco. When called out on it, she only responds by laughing. She had a PsychoticSmirk right before laughing as well.