History Literature / MuvLuvAlternativeTotalEclipse

* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: Yui finding out Yuuya is her half-brother doesn't stop her feelings towards him]]

* [[ReassignedtoAntarctica Reassigned to Alaska]]: Played straight for Yuuya, who views his reassignment to Project PROMINENCE as a demotion. The other pilots don't seem to share his opinion, given that Yukon Base is at the forefront of TSF development.

* TheRemnant: Alaska houses the Soviet Union, which is leasing half of the state from the US.

* [[MexicoCalledTheyWantTexasBack Russia Called, They Want Alaska Back]]: Russia, which sold Alaska to the US, is now leasing most of the state.

* ShipperOnDeck: Yuuya's friend Vincent suggests this to him regarding Yui in episode 5 since they think a lot alike. Yuuya doesn't take that suggestion very well.
** The Argos Flight personnel are totally this for Yui and Yuuya, even though the BridgeBunnies think she's wasted on [[ObliviousToLove Yuuya]].

** In episode 11, the Soviet Union suggests a retreat from the base as the [=BETA=] approach it. They also prioritize evacuating the UN forces and their crew members first while their own forces hold off the advancing enemies. [[spoiler: Then the UN pilots and Yui figure out that they were deliberately doing this in an attempt to acquire the rail gun the Japanese government built, but without making it look like they were.]]

** Questionable since it's a {{callsign}}, but everyone refers to Yuuya as Film/TopGun as befitting his status as an AcePilot. The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_Strike_Fighter_Tactics_Instructor_program Top Gun]] program, however, is US ''Navy'' outfit where [[InsistentTerminology Aviators]] practice dog fighting tactics against master pilots in Nevada and Southern California. Sounds fitting doesn't it? Unfortunatly Yuuya is apart of the Army.
** The subtitles for the anime give the TSF pilots naval ranks, with Yuuya and his squadron members being said to be ensigns. Leaving aside that this seemingly underranks everyone except Yuuya (who is a rookie, though a talented one, at the start of the series), he's (again) said to be in the Army and thus should be a second lieutenant. Ditto the Red Army Zhar Battalion CO Fikatsia Latrova, whose rank should be lieutenant colonel (''podkolpovnik'' in Russian) rather than commander (which isn't even a rank used in the Soviet ''Navy'': the equivalent is captain 2nd rank).

** Questionable since it's a {{callsign}}, but everyone refers to Yuuya as Film/TopGun as befitting his status as an AcePilot. The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_Strike_Fighter_Tactics_Instructor_program Top Gun]] program, however, is US ''Navy'' outfit where [[InsistentTerminology Aviators]] practice dog fighting tactics against master pilots in Nevada and Southern California. Sounds fitting doesn't it? The Air Force, of which Yuuya is a member, also has an exercise like this, its called '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Flag_exercise Red Flag]]''' and its two theaters of operation are Nevada and ''Alaska''.
** The subtitles for the anime give the TSF pilots naval ranks, with Yuuya and his squadron members being said to be ensigns. Leaving aside that this seemingly underranks everyone except Yuuya (who is a rookie, though a talented one, at the start of the series), he's (again) said to be in the Air Force and thus should be a second lieutenant. Ditto the Red Army Zhar Battalion CO Fikatsia Latrova, whose rank should be lieutenant colonel (''podkolpovnik'' in Russian) rather than commander (which isn't even a rank used in the Soviet ''Navy'': the equivalent is captain 2nd rank).
** The anime also shows Yuuya in a green dress uniform at times, but Air Force dress uniforms are blue. Green would be Marines, and olive green at that rather than hunter green.

* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Everyone refers to Yuuya as ''Film/TopGun'' as befitting his status as an AcePilot. However the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_Strike_Fighter_Tactics_Instructor_program Top Gun]] program is a Naval exercise where [[InsistentTerminology Aviators]] practice dog fighting tactics against master pilots in Nevada and Southern California. Sounds fitting doesn't it? The Air Force, of which Yuuya is a member, also has an exercise like this, its called '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Flag_exercise Red Flag]]''' and its two theaters of operation are Nevada and ''Alaska''.

* [[spoiler:BolivianArmyEnding: In the tradition of ''Tactical Surface Fighter in Action'', TE ends with Yuuya charging towards the BETA hybrid firing at the Susano'o Type 4, followed by a short epilogue giving a macrohistorical view of the outcome of Operation Cherry Blossom, without reference to any particular character.]]
* BoomHeadshot: Several [=BETA=] are on the receiving end of this throughout the series.

Enter [[AcePilot 2nd Lieutenant Yuuya Bridges]] of the US Air Force, for whom assignment to the Project [[ReassignedToAntarctica felt too much like a demotion]], [[LadyOfWar 1st Lieutenant Yui Takamura]] of the Imperial Royal Guards, head of the Japanese side of the XFJ program and SoleSurvivor of her unit from the Battle of Kyoto, and the "[[RedBaron Scarlet Sisters]]", 2nd Lieutenants Cryska Barchenowa and Inia Sestina of the Soviet Army. Coming together from different backgrounds, their respective pasts and meeting at Yukon, along with the other participants in Project PROMINENCE, will have important consequences for the Project, and indeed Yukon itself.

Enter [[AcePilot 2nd Lieutenant Yuuya Bridges]] of the US Air Force, for whom assignment to the Project [[ReassignedToAntarctica felt too much like a demotion]], [[LadyOfWar 1st Lieutenant Yui Takamura]] of the Imperial Royal Guards, head of the Japanese side of the XFJ program, and the "[[RedBaron Scarlet Sisters]]", 2nd Lieutenants Cryska Barchenowa and Inia Sestina of the Soviet Army. Coming together from different backgrounds, their respective pasts and meeting at Yukon, along with the other participants in Project PROMINENCE, will have important consequences for the Project, and indeed Yukon itself.

* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Everyone refers to Yuuya as ''TopGun'' as befitting his status as an AcePilot. However the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_Strike_Fighter_Tactics_Instructor_program Top Gun]] program is a Naval exercise where [[InsistentTerminology Aviators]] practice dog fighting tactics against master pilots in Nevada and Southern California. Sounds fitting doesn't it? The Air Force, of which Yuuya is a member, also has an exercise like this, its called '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Flag_exercise Red Flag]]''' and its two theaters of operation are Nevada and ''Alaska''.

* TacticalRockPaperScissors: Engagements with BETA tend to follow this. The Destroyer and Grappler-class BETA are powerful close combat bioforms, but can be easily dispatched from the air, which is why Laser-class BETA escort them to deny air superiority. Also, the sheer volume of fire required to get artillery shells past the laser spam is impractical for major engagements, as artillery batteries will run out of ammo long before making a significant impact. Sidestories show that there are dedicated [=TSF=] squadrons [[WildWeasel deployed to hunt Laser-class]], in order to allow airstrikes and artillery bombardment.

** In Episode 14, Latrova sends Tasha and Zhar on a [[WildWeasel Laserjagd]] mission; the use of this term is a shoutout to the serial novel ''Shwarzesmarken'', which followed an East German TSF squadron tasked with Laser-class hunting missions.

* SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn: Deconstructed. Putting the Russians at the front of the Soviet Union's elite and prioritizing the lives of ethnic Russians by giving them safe refuge in Alaska while the other ethnic groups fight in the front lines on far eastern Russia has created quite a divide within its own ranks. This is best exemplified by Zhar battalion being made up of non Russians and having a clear hatred for ethnic Russians sans their commander Latrova. One of its members even goes out to say the concept of a Soviet Motherland is a lie.

* {{Lolicon}}: Leon assumes Yuuya is one in episode 19, after Inia jumps into the hot spring both men were in.

* XMeetsY: The easiest way to explain this series is Muv-Luv meets Anime/MacrossPlus, with a shot of ''Film/TopGun''. [[spoiler:Now with shots of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', too]].

Set in the universe of ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvAlternative'', ''Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse'' is a sidestory first serialized in Tech Gian, and later published as a series of light novels followed by two manga adaptations. An animated adaptation (the first story in the franchise to have one), titled ''Total Eclipse'', began airing on July 2nd, 2012. A long-announced visual novel adaptation and continuation for the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360 was released in May 2013, with demos for each version available on both the PlaystationNetwork and XboxLive. [[http://www.siliconera.com/2013/06/09/muv-luv-alternative-total-eclipse-demo-now-on-psn-and-xbox-live/ More information can be found here.]]

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Lt. Sandek speculates about this in episode 22. [[spoiler: He thinks the RLF terrorists may either be Americans, or at the very least, a terrorist group that the US has knowingly allowed to infiltrate and take over the base. He then mentions that the US has done this many times in the past, so as to look like the victim, and therefore be justified in any military actions they take. While no specifics are given, he's probably alluding to events such as the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during WorldWar2 and the Gulf of Tonkin Incident which sparked the Vietnam War.]]

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Inverted example. A scene from the anime version of the story shows a map depicting lost territory to BETA with our modern 21st century borders. In universe, the ColdWar did not end and the boundaries of the USSR, East Germany, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia are non existent. This is despite Cryska and Inia, two of the most importnat characters explicitly being from the Soviet Union.

Set in the universe of ''MuvLuvAlternative'', ''Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse'' is a sidestory first serialized in Tech Gian, and later published as a series of light novels followed by two manga adaptations. An animated adaptation (the first story in the franchise to have one), titled ''Total Eclipse'', began airing on July 2nd, 2012. A long-announced visual novel adaptation and continuation for the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360 was released in May 2013, with demos for each version available on both the PlaystationNetwork and XboxLive. [[http://www.siliconera.com/2013/06/09/muv-luv-alternative-total-eclipse-demo-now-on-psn-and-xbox-live/ More information can be found here.]]

* AnyoneCanDie: As befitting a MuvLuv story:

* ChildSoldiers: As per MuvLuv in general. Inia is ''very'' young (and Cryska is implied to be as well in a FlashBack), Yui fought in the Battle of Kyoto at the age of ''fourteen'' and is 17 when Total Eclipse takes place, and Latrova aside, Zhar Battallion's pilots are all teenagers.

* ContinuityNod: Several towards MuvLuvAlternative:

** Yui's backstory essentially makes her an expy of [[MuvLuvAlternative Marimo]], from the same franchise.

*** This is actually somewhat justified in MuvLuv Alternative. When the initial BETA invasion of Earth begins, China and Russia REFUSED U.N. military assistance in an attempt to monopolize any alien technology captured as a result of the BETA's arrival on Earth. The attempt ends in an apocalyptic disaster when Laser Class BETA are introduced and aerial power is immediately denied. By the time nuclear weapons are employed, its too late to deny the BETA their beachhead and the eventual BETA conquest of Earth is guaranteed [[spoiler: until the events of MuvLuv Alternative.]]

* EatenAlive: Implied to have happened to Yui's last friend near the end of episode 2. Despite a plea for a MercyKill, Yui's shots miss, and her friend is then picked up by the BETAs and torn apart. And generally speaking, anyone unlucky enough to get caught by a [=BETA=] will suffer this as well.

* EatenAlive: Implied to have happened to Yui's last friend near the end of episode 2. Despite a plea for a MercyKill, Yui's shots miss, and her friend is then picked up by the BETAs and torn apart.

* GodzillaThreshold: The US plan, Red Shift, [[spoiler: which would set off a series of hydrogen bombs in Alaska should the {=BETA=} make landfall in North America. However, this move would also kill virtually everyone that's in Alaska at the time, namely the remnants of the Soviet Union. One of the Soviet commanders in episode 24 begs Mariem to have the RLF stop fighting the US/Soviet forces to prevent it from happening, and he pleas with such passion that she wonders why he wasn't acting this way towards the refugees.]]

* LastStand: Yuuya attempts one in episode 23 to buy time for Yui and the others to escape. He finds himself overwhelmed rather quickly from their superior numbers, although Inia ends up [[BigDamnHeroes helping him out]], along with the rest after they head back.

* TacticalWithdrawal: The Zhar commander in episode 9 tries to do this to lure the [=BETA=] into range of Yuuya's railgun. It doesn't go smoothly however, due to the sheer amount of [=BETA=] present, along with a small group of them attempting to flank them as they withdraw, which he warns them about.

* WeHaveReserves: Painfully subverted in episode 9. While the humans have a decent sized force, it's nowhere near the size needed to protect Yuuya and his squad due to the sheer amount of [=BETA=] in the field. Justified since one Russian commander mentions that they haven't been able to get new reinforcements to replace ones lost from recent battles. Another also hints at some ObstructiveBureaucrat in the Soviet government who purposely held back a large portion of their force so as to try and cause the UN test with the railgun to fail. [[spoiler: The Zhar commander is not happy that her troops were meant to die, and Yuuya ends up saving many of the troops when he test fires the railgun, and wipes out the remaining [=BETA=].]]

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Lt. Sandek speculates about this in episode 22. [[spoiler: He thinks the RLF terrorists may either be Americans, or at the very least, a terrorist group that the US has knowingly allowed to infiltrate and take over the base. He then mentions that the US has done this many times in the past, so as to look like the victim, and therefore be justified in any military actions they take. While no specifics are given, he's probably alluding to events such as the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during WorldWar2 and the Gulf of Tonkin Incident which sparked the Vietnam War.]]

* HumansAreBastards: Humanity is being invaded by a hostile alien force, and despite that are still at odds with each other, such as the Soviet Union not entirely trusting the UN.

* Twincest: Downplayed. Although they're clearly not in romantic love with each other Cryska and Inia share a bath in one episode and are otherwise rather intimate even when naked.

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** Episode 14: Zhar Battalion rescues Yuuya just before he's devoured by BETA. [[spoiler: They then take losses from bombers, before Laser-class show up]]. Latrova sends two of her survivors to bring Yuuya to the rally point, and has Tasha lead the rest of the battalion to flank the Laser-class. [[spoiler: Latrova ends up killed by the Scarlet Twins, and Zhar is wiped out, presumably to a combination of further combat losses and being silenced by the Scarlet Twins. Although the VisualNovel version retcons this to have mosZhar battalion make it]].

** [[spoiler: Fikasia Latrova and Zhar Battalion are destroyed due to combat losses from beta, friendly fire from bombers, and the Scarlet Twins]].

** Episode 14: Zhar Battalion rescues Yuuya just before he's devoured by BETA. [[spoiler: They then take losses from bombers, before Laser-class show up]]. Latrova sends two of her survivors to bring Yuuya to the rally point, and has Tasha lead the rest of the battalion to flank the Laser-class. [[spoiler: Latrova ends up killed by the Scarlet Twins, and Zhar is wiped out, presumably to a combination of further combat losses and being silenced by the Scarlet Twins]].

** Yuuya is essentially a combined expy of [[Film/TopGun Maverick]] and [[MacrossPlus Isamu Dyson]].

** The series can be described as [[MacrossPlus Muv-Luv Plus]], especially given who Yuuya is an Expy of.

* XMeetsY: The easiest way to explain this series is Muv-Luv meets MacrossPlus, with a shot of ''Film/TopGun''. [[spoiler:Now with shots of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', too]].

** Episode 1 also has some strong {{Gunbuster}} vibes.

The PC version of the visual novel adaptation is set for release on September 26th, 2014.