History Roleplay / SuperRobotWarsUnlimitedGenerationAlpha

''[[http://srwug-alpha-rp.livejournal.com/ Super Robot Wars Unlimited Generation Alpha]]'' is another Super Robot Wars in RP form. Set in a post-apocalyptic Earth ruined by what is known as the Second Impact, which isn't just [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva-related]] this time, the characters are members of the White Chalice, a mysterious carrier that travels the Earth. Like its predecessor a significant portion of the gameplay is in AIM Chat-based "missions": between 1 and 3 per week. In addition to every trope ever from the series represented...

As of November 2012, the game has moved to [[http://srwug-alpha-rp.dreamwidth.org/profile Dreamwidth]]. On March 1st 2014, the game has reached its conclusion.

This game has a [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsUnlimitedGenerationAlpha Character Sheet.]]

!!''Super Robot Wars Unlimited Generation Alpha'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* AchillesInHisTent: [[Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia Haruka]] ends up spending a good month locked up in her room after Imber is taken away before deciding [[IJustWantToBeNormal that she just wants to go home]]. The other characters' reactions vary.

* AcePilot: Besides all the examples from various canons, Captain Smith was stated to be an unrivaled mech pilot and commander in the past. However, after Second Impact and the debacle with HALO, he's been reduced to a CloudCuckooLander with brief flashes of competence.
* AdaptationalBadass: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Bernie Wiseman]] not only survived his canon death, but continued to fight and survive battles against alien invaders, time travelers and even GODS. In fact he is the one who delivered the finishing hit to the final boss of the game. All while using almost exclusively mass produced mobile suits (he received an AceCustom near the end of the game, though not a very powerful one), and without losing his mild-mannered {{Adorkable}} personality.

** WordOfGod now states that [[MysteriousWaif Luna]] from Anime/CasshernSins, who had very little backstory in the series, is a very rare example of surviving peak pre-Second Impact technology. Though, who created her and why is still a matter of speculation among White Chalice members.

** [[Anime/ZoidsNewCentury Leena]] called the [[UnknownRival Tigers Team]] the '[[InSeriesNickname Fuzzy]] [[EmbarrassingNickname Pandas]]' when they fought. Too bad the nickname technically hasn't been invented yet, since [[MissingMainCharacter Bit]] invented it after their first battle... and Bit [[RealLifeWritesThePlot hasn't shown up in the game yet]]!
** For that matter, the rivalry between the Tigers Team and the Blitz Team itself is such, since the reason they started their losing streak was losing to the Blitz Team... the first time Bit piloted.
** As well, the first chunk of the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'' plot goes on without any actual [=AEUG=] to go up against the Titans. Because of this, Kamille ends up joining Neo-Zeon.
* AerithAndBob: Charles, Micheal, Scott, Laura, George, Shirley, Patrick, Christine, Gregory, Frank, Roger and a number of ordinary Japanese names...and Roux, Lockon, Char, Oenone, Gainer, Njall, Vlaska, Roads, Resnick, Hixar, Allelujah, Haman, Sayla, Samus, Tron, Chrono, Canon, Azrad and PRIME

* AmusementPark: Fairy Park.
* ApocalypseHow: Second Impact was a particularly harsh Class 1.

* AscendedExtra: Though the cast started out strong, drops reduced Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion down to just Kensuke. Who received a bit of his own character arc.
* AscendedMeme: THAT Thread.
** Also, "The One-man Shuffle Alliance". One player, seven characters, seven nationalities matching those of the main characters from ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]''. Was originally mentioned early on in the game, finally came to completion with [[OriginalGeneration Mad Kaine]].

* ATasteOfPower: Nanohana and Eri got to use the Endless [=PreDesu=] machines during the combat log of Broken Wings, after their initial machines had been pushed to the breaking point.
** In a later log, [=MarKus=] also [[AscendedFanboy got to become a Kamen Rider]], using the [[Series/KamenRiderBlade Leangle]] deck to help fend off Undead, [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Mirror Monsters]], and [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime Fission Metroids]].
* [[spoiler:AttemptedRape: The ''Anime/MaiOtome'' incident with Arika, though it happening in [[VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}} Arkham]] and having [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Shotarou]] saving her instead. The crew deal out various forms of punishments to the would-be rapists.]]
** CanonDiscontinuity: it's rarely, if ever mentioned again, especially since the series was dropped halfway through.
* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: when Haman is captured by Adventus, Char ends up rallying Neo-Zeon, vowing to take down Adventus if they don't return her. [[OhCrap The crew realizes they're on borrowed time now.]]
** Lucas realizes this is the case now concerning the crew of the White Chalice: they had kidnapped their crew and now they're gunning for them.
* BackFromTheDead / NotQuiteDead: Fusion, thought destroyed during the Franchise/{{Metroid}} / [=PreDesu=] mission, returned as New Fusion during the Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia / [=PreDesu=] mission.

* BadassBoast: in "War in the Pacific", [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryouma]] catches Saotome's Metal Beast Dragon Machine in the middle of a Change, telling him "Can't pull of a Change without looking at the controls?"

* BeachEpisode: in [[RinneNoLagrange Kamogawa]]. Many shenanigans ensued.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Has become an official policy on the White Chalice in regards to [[Anime/CasshernSins Casshern]] after a few very close shaves with his [[UnstoppableRage Berserk]] [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Mode.]] This is done by him being under 24-hour surveillance by Dan, a [[MacGuffin restraining bolt]] managed by Ayame, and it being strictly forbidden to do anything towards him that may be construed as a threat, which is sometimes used as [[SchmuckBait schmuck bait]].
** Because of this, every time he goes Berserk in a mission (just about every one so far), he instantly becomes a [[HeroicBSOD yellow unit]].
* [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Third Faction]]: The Broken Wings mission ends with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED ZAFT]] taking advantage of the Federation's FaceHeelTurn on the Chalice crew to wipe them out.
** For the actual BigDamnHeroes variant, anytime one character races in to replace another if they fell.
** The return of Jeremy and [=DR RGNK=] was this.
* BookEnds: The first application submitted was for Sanger, just like in [[Roleplay/SuperRobotWarsUnlimitedGeneration Unlimited Generation.]]

** Mission 1 and 100 both involved Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia

* BreatherEpisode: After reaching Fairy Park and dealing with one attempt at stealing the Rainbow Jewel, the White Chalice's crew was able to take a break for a week and just relax there.

* CatchAFallingStar: [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Kazuki]] ends up doing this to a falling Series/KamenRiderFourze.

* CanonWelding: [[VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos Michael Wilson Jr.]] being the president of [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Neo America]], among other inevitable examples.
** [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Cynthia Lane]] also joined [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Neo Zeon]] after becoming close friends with Haman Karn and Mineva Zabi, as well as due to her [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter idolization of Char Aznable]].
* ChekhovsGun: The KillSat that appeared in the Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia / [[OriginalGeneration [=PreDesu=]]] mission. It reappeared as a asteroid-buster super laser in the VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}/Scales of Balance mission before making a brief cameo in the Demonbane prologue finale suffering a [[FatalFlaw seemingly insignificant but crippling defect]] when Liber Legis was summoned, then reappearing in the Idolmaster Xenoglossia / Roar That Shaped Fate mission, where said defect triggered a chain reaction that made it destroy itself.
** Additionally, Adventus's combat AIs. What was originally just a way for Adventus to throw more mechs into battles when they lacked the men to pilot them went on to be used by [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Scirroco]] to create a [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Mobile Doll]] army to shore up the Titan's numbers after [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Gato]] nuked them.
** In the Technica finale, the real MarKus is revealed due to the fact that the original had his mouth covered by his bandanna when the fake one had it over his head, due to [[ThrowItIn the real Markus getting ill by]] [[Series/KamenRiderDouble the Virus Dopant]].

* CombiningMecha: Beyond the Manga/GetterRobo line and the various [[Series/PowerRangersRPM RPM-type Megazords]], Dita's Dread unit has the ability to combine with just about anyone in lieu of a lack of Hibiki. So far, she's combined with [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam the Gundam Mk-II]], [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Akito's Aestivalis]], [[Anime/ZoidsNewCentury Leena's Dibison]], [[OriginalGeneration Julia's old Corona, Nanohana's Desu Tsubomi]] and even [[VideoGame/CosmicBreak Lily Rain herself.]]
** This is also somewhat of a MythologyGag with the original Unlimited Generation when [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]] would occasionally combine with other mechs, due to the similarities between Pexis and Spiral power.
* CoolShip: White Chalice, the players' base of operations. A carrier capable of underwater AND space travel, it comes complete with its own CloudCuckooLander [[{{NPC}} NPC]] captain.

* CounterpartCombatCoordination: during the Tarnished Factory mission, the party other than [[OriginalGeneration Vlaska and MarKus]] and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Josh]] gets separated and forced to fight a series of duels with the Ruina generals:
** [[RinneNoLagrange Muginami]] fights Ignis, both of them fire-wieldiers.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: [[CloudCuckooLander Captain Smith]] of all people, at least a limited degree. It remains to be seen just how much of his old self remains.

* '''DeathWorld''': For various otherworldly invaders. In spite of or possibly ''because'' of Second Impact, Earth's wound up becoming the kind of place where hostile aliens and gods go to get their asses handed to them, if not be killed outright. Even the [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Festum]], who were active on the planet for more than three decades, didn't accomplish much other than devastate Japan (and the populace just relocated elsewhere).
* DeconstructionCrossover: In the same way as in the videogames, some characters go through this.

** Really, this happens between most canons [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism that have differing moods]] and conflicts.
** [[Anime/CasshernSins Casshern]] had to be given a [[DeusExMachina restraining bolt]] due to his [[UnstoppableRage Berserk]] [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Mode]]. It's extremely painful for him, but he doesn't care, because he feels like [[TheAtoner deserves it]]. What's worse is that it gives him nightmares about what he did to Luna, resulting in an almost daily [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone My God, What Have I Done?]] moment.

* DoomedByCanon / PlotlineDeath: Despite there being a [[Anime/StrikeWitches healer]] handy, there was no way to save [[Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne Balgus]].

* [[ThreateningShark Everything's Worse With Sharks]]: For the most part inverted. Because of the infamous "Shark Gun" from ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos'', sharks are typically used in a heroic fashion when they're shown. Naturally, Richard Hawk's EvilCounterpart weapon to the Shark Gun fired dolphins.

* FastballSpecial: Used by [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Kamen Rider W]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Gundam Alex]]. [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]], as Philip [[SawItInAMovieOnce read it in a comic book]], but Shoutaro pointed [[ThisIsReality that this isn't a comic book]]. And appropriately enough, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Gato]] [[SubvertedTrope was able to resist it with little difficulty.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Two big cases, even early on. First of all, [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Tsukasa]] talking about having ''nine'' different sets of Form Ride cards, not noticing one of the cards he tried using was for [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Double]]. And secondly [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer the Rushrod's]] time stop powers failing to work on [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Calvina and Tohya's]] machines.
** During the [=iDOLMaster=] / [=PreDesu=] mission, New Fusion mentions that the Endless Desu aren't fighting at their full capacity. Hana, however, thinks she's talking about the fight at Fairy Park...

** Again from Char, though this one was unintentional (at least, it was in-character). During 'Gain Over,' Char said he wasn't going to let the world freeze... [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack yet.]]
* FourIsDeath and QuirkyMinibossSquad: Adventus's generals. Repeated again with the four Inspectors under the (as of late March) unseen Wendelo. Averted with Kairos Aspida's leaders though, who have various places in the group's heirarchy.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: predictably for the genre, happens quite often. However of note is [[Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia one example]] when trying to do this actually [[RealityEnsues made the situation]] ''[[RealityEnsues worse]]''.
* GiantRobotHandsSaveLives: The aforementioned CatchAFallingStar was like this. Kazuki does make Fourze's landing soft enough, though.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Project [=HALO=]. The machine was designed to destroy anything space colony-sized or larger and it detected ''Earth''. When it was threatened to lose power, it just kept rerouting power to charge up its [[EarthShatteringKaboom Colony Buster laser]]. It's AI refused to let anything stop it from its mission, going so far as to take control of its ''pilot'' to prevent him from having second thoughts, which was what happened to Captain Smith.
** GoneHorriblyWrong: At the same time, HALO's original use could be considered this. Though it did successfully destroy the meteor heading towards Earth, the backlash from the shot and the various fragments still rained down on Earth, causing almost as much damage as would have happened had it been intact when it hit. Additionally, as mentioned above HALO recognized the Earth as its target, very nearly destroying the thing it was meant to protect.

** '''The Rabbit Hole''', the opening mission for [[OriginalGeneration Unbirthday]] involved [[CuteAndPsycho ALICE]] [[HollywoodHacking hijacking]] the automated security systems of [[MegaCorp IDS]], and using them to mow down its employees.
** Any time [[Anime/CasshernSins Casshern]] goes berserk while fighting organic enemies. The finale for [[OriginalGeneration In The Footsteps Of Father]], '''A New Path,''' definitely comes to mind.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Canon Memphis]]. From working with the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Titans]], to helping the White Chalice chase down [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Anavel Gato]], to leaving the Chalice after deciding her duty was fulfilled, to helping them stop a [[OriginalGeneration Lodestone]] [[ColonyDrop Elemental]], to fighting Kazuki and Kou during the Adventus prison break event, to taking part in a squad led by [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Graham Aker]] that first fought against the Chalice pilotes before calling a truce to deal with the Trinities ans the [[OriginalGeneration Asgard Squadron]]. And this is all before her canon introduction!
* HeroInsurance and ResetButton: The Rainbow Jewel's powers don't apply to *everything*, but it does undo any damage done to surroundings caused by battles against the enemies of the [=PreDESUs=].
* HeroicBSOD: [[Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia Haruka]] suffers a, as of this writing, two month long one to the point where, when she's returned home, she trips on the ground and stays there.

* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum -The Endless Desu were under strict lockdown due to how powerful they are, only to be used should the Rainbow Jewel's safety be truly threatened.
* HopeSpot: The Tempestas arrives, paralyzing the other Idolmasters and giving the Chalice crew a chance to rescue Imber. New Fusion arrives and shoots it down, not wanting to let allies of the [=PreDesu=]s have their way.
** In the VideoGame/CosmicBreak finale, [[OriginalCharacter Kyoku's]] able to pull the bomb out of Lily Rain EVE's body... but it ends up returning back to her. Lily ends up performing a HeroicSacrifice in the end.
** The Anime/CasshernSins and VideoGame/MegaManClassic mission "The Past Rises Before My Eyes" ends with one of these. Despite the fact that Luna had just delivered her KickTheDog moment to [[MauveShirt Dune]] leaving the mission participants either speechless or angry, the general consensus amongst them was that she was still their best hope at ending [[ThePlague the Ruin]] and that it would be very, ''very'' bad if [[TemptingFate she ended up in the wrong hands]]. Cue 'Break Man' kidnapping her.
* ImprobablyFemaleCast: The ''White Chalice'' pretty much had to be one of these, at least at first. The largest cast of a canon introduced at the beginning of the game that gets put into play before missions start? ''Anime/StrikeWitches''.
** Once characters from other canons started joining in, however, the numbers of male and female characters became more or less equal, with a bit more of the former.

** Happens again with [[Franchise/PrettyCure Project Pre Destiny]].

* [[TheTokyoFireBall The Japan Fireball]]: Due to the [[FaAnime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor nerInTheAzure Festum going to town on the country even before Second Impact]] and then [[FromBadToWorse everything that followed]], Japan is pretty much ''gone''. Aside from a select handful of important locals, such as [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Tokyo-3]] the whole country is a no-mans land.
* [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld Japan Takes Over The West Coast]]: A decent-sized chunk of the survivors of the Festum's rampage through Japan settled in America. Though to be fair that's no hard task since the continents (or whats left of them) have no central government, don't house any of the remaining world superpowers, and have an ocean between them and the Federation and Britannia.
* [[JokeCharacter Joke Unit]]: Many units in the game are ridiculed for one reason or another, including Zakus, Julia's original Corona unit and the Neo Getter Robo.

* JustFriends: [[Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia Haruka]] learns this the hard way when [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsL Ichitaka]] mentions that he thought of her as a great friend... [[KickTheDog after having Imber stolen from her.]] To be fair, Haruka also made the mistake of confronting him in the middle of the night and Ichitaka just ''assumed'' everything was okay.
** Both Ichitaka and Haruka call each other out on this a little later: Haruka for not telling Ichitaka what was going on in the first place and Ichitaka for being blind to Haruka's feelings.
** Hit big time with "World Without Lies": [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Gainer]] friendzones Alessandra (who already frienzoned him earlier, as she harbors a crush on [[Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam Kincaid]], who's already taken himself) and in return gets friendzoned by Hoshi (who isn't ready to go that far). As well, Seiren reveals her feelings for Laura (the OriginalCharacter one), only for Laura (who as before, is already in a relationship) to shoot her down.

* KilledOffForReal: Currently, only [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Ryo Masaoka, Shouko Hazama]], [[OriginalGeneration Frank Symes]], and [[VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}} Azrad and Hadou Kouzou]]. All [[{{Tearjerker}} tearjerkers]], and all [[DyingMomentOfAwesome went out in a blaze of glory]].
* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid and ConvectionSchmonvection: Played around with during the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Magma Diver]] mission. EVA Unit 04 had special equipment that protected it and Series/KamenRiderFourze's costume could withstand the heat and pressure and he used the Water Switch to cool things down somewhat. When [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Kazuki and the Mark Elf]] needed to save them though, the machine's lack of protection still nearly got it melted before Kazuki eventually got them out.
* [[LegacyCharacter Legacy Pilot]]: [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Kazuki]] becomes this for the late Ryo, able to pilot a Fafner significantly safer than the TSX because of Ryo's sacrifices.
* LoopholeAbuse: Invoked unknowingly by the players when fighting [[VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}} Raal Rovdy]]. On foot, Rovdy was able to beat around Azrad=Aeon with little difficulty since magic duels are stated to not take into account things like the size and strength, and logic is not a factor in determining a battle's outcome. However, the opposite was true too, thus even with all of his immense power, the combined powers of the protagonists was enough to force him to retreat after being seriously injured.

** And applied again concerning the Witches and the RPM Rangers: though Britannia had effectively disbanded them, they were still part of the Chalice crew and ended up still fighting Tenaya and the Neuroi.

* MoreDakka: Played straight with a lot of machines, like Cheng's Behemoth and its upgrades and Leena's various Zoids as well. Then subverted when Hana tries it before and during the Anime/{{Vandread}} season one finale, only to have others tell her it doesn't suit her and she ends up dumping her payload and destroying it to save Chrono.
* MoodWhiplash: [[DownerEnding The Red Giant mission]] occurred a day after [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome the Hammer To Fall one]], and the day after that, [[AttemptedRape THAT thread]] happened. Soon after that, Devon's and Cheng's wedding occured. Then following ''that'' was DOWNFALL.
* MostCommonSuperpower: Surprisingly, not many women are mentioned to have this, though Alessandra was quite displeased when Sora didn't... [[IncrediblyLamePun stack up]] to her fellow Irgelion Julia.

* MythologyGag: In the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00F]]''/''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' mission "We Are Ourselves", Patrick ends up telling Ribbons off by shooting the monitors with the Super Gundam's vulcans, a nod to how Ribbons was killed at the end of the ''Gundam 00'' story in the first UG game.

** During [[Manga/GetterRobo Evolution's End]], when everyone entered "Getterhalla", the Ryouma that met them there was the one from the original Unlimited Generation.
** During [[VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}} Strange Aeons]], the heroes receive assistance from an infinitely large army of "Demon Banes", heroes who fight for justice, including characters from the original Unlimited Generation, deceased characters from both games, and entirely new faces on top of that.

* NoHeroToHisValet: The [[Franchise/CodeGeass Britannian Empire]]. For the most part it's a lot less screwed up than the only other superpower on Earth, the Federation and a lot less villainous than it was in the canon due to it being a composite between the Geass and ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' versions of the nation. Even the racism and social darwinism are not as prominent, seeing as how the [[MultinationalTeam 501st]] is led by a Japanese woman and the country is on good terms with the Fuso Empire, which has the largest concentration of survivors from the Festum's attack on Japan. On the other hand, Britannia has policies just as harsh in Area 11 as it did in the anime, with the populace there still hating the empire.
* NotQuiteDead: in some cases, characters who were presumed dead (usually by HeroicSacrifice) later turn out to be alive and return to the game. This includes:
** [[OriginalGeneration Devon and Laura Ericks]]
** [[Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia Haruka, Miki and other Idolmasters]]

* OffTheRails: The first encounter with DJ [=RGNK=]. What was steadily leading ton a DownerEnding turned into a victory when Fate started singing and other people joined in, [[GameMaster Zappa]] deciding to let anyone else, even those not on the mission, join in the singing. Though this wasn't planned, it nevertheless forced RGNK to retreat.
* OhCrap

** An antagonist example for a change: the [[VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos Shark Gun]] debuting on a Franchise/CodeGeass mission.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted with [[Series/PowerRangersRPM Flynn McAllistair]] and [[OriginalGeneration Flynn O'Shea]]. This also the reason why [[OriginalGeneration Nanohana]] is referred to as "Hana": to separate her from [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha]]
** And on the robot side of thing, the [[Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia Epimetheus and Prometheus machines]] and Epimetheus and Prometheus from [[OriginalGeneration Scales of Balance.]]

* PerspectiveFlip: The solution to running the Anime/{{Vandread}} plot with someone playing Dita but no Hibiki. Similarly, [[OriginalGeneration Still Not Safe]] was conceived as a play-by-post RPG with an array of player-characters who didn't make the jump, resulting in the plot focusing on Devon, Laura, and Frank.

** Technically, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Sayla]] as well.
** The same with [[Series/BigBadBeetleborgs Jo]].
** And [[Anime/TheBigO Roger Smith]].
* ThePlague: [[Anime/CasshernSins The Ruin.]] Because the game universe was already a CrapsackWorld without a lethal plague killing humans and rusting robots (which would SUCK in a mecha series), the Ruin was changed into a GrayGoo like plague that feeds on minerals found in both organic tissue and almost all metallic alloys used in robotics, but with extreme sensitivity to moisture, keeping it confined to the former southwestern United States, where an international quarantine is strictly enforced.
* PowerCopying: beyond [[VideoGame/MegaMan the original trope namer]], both [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Tsukasa]] and [[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} Samus]] do this as well. To a lesser extent, many of the modified units are like this, swiping weapons from other units.
* PowerOfLove: [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Gentarou]] invokes this to not only defeat Super Galaxy King, but make sure Nadeshiko lives!

* [[PublicDomainCharacter Public Domain Mecha]]: Grunt machines, with the permission of players involved, can be and have been featured in prominently in OriginalGeneration canons. These include the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Gelgoog, Gyan]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Leo]], [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Gespenst]], and a [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Jeagan]].
** This also counts for opponents as well, as many foes take up lesser-known [=MSV=]s

* ShoutOut: Quicksilver, from Still Not Safe's canon, seems to look at the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Scout's]] lines.
** WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic gets several: [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Adette's]] custom paintjob [[Franchise/CodeGeass Knightmare Frame]] is called Knightmare Moon, [[ThePowerOfRock DR RGNK]] used a remixed MLP song to control the emotions of White Chalice pilots, [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Cynthia]] once mentioned that she was now 20% cooler and [[OriginalGeneration Alessandra]] once commented that King Gainer having two Overskills meant that "The Overskills have been doubled!"

*** When Solomon caught sight of [[Series/KamenRiderDenO DenLiner]] and questions if they trademarked their time travel tech, [[Series/KamenRiderDecade DiEnd]] mentions that [[Film/BackToTheFuture "Where they go, they don't need trademarks"]]

** During "And Thus Comes The R", [[Anime/CasshernSins Dio]] dropped a [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure steamroller]] on top of Casshern.
*** {{Lampshaded}} in the debriefing.
*** And the handle of the mod running the mission is [[StealthPun Steam.]]
* ShowWithinAShow: The original exploits of the [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter team]] were made into a [[{{Bowdlerise}} heavily butchered]], LighterAndSofter version called Starvengers, which is a bit of a BerserkButton for Ryouma and Hayato. Similarly, the various Franchise/KamenRider shows are stated to have been a documentaries rather than fictional toku shows.

* SoleSurvivor: The only survivor of the Metroid attack on a mine is a puppy. Whom Tsukasa takes up and gives to the dog-phobia-stricken [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ren]]

** Despite the official English spelling being [[Anime/ZoidsNewCentury "Leena Toros"]], her player prefered the Japanese spelling of "Rinon". Why? a) because it sounds more interesting, and b) because you see it onscreen in one episode, in English, even in the edited version.
*** Parodied by [[GameMaster Zappa]] in her intro mission, by "misspelling" it and having to correct his spelling of the name.
** Justified with [[OriginalGeneration MarKus]], whose capital letter comes from [[WordOfGod a typo on his birth certificate]].

* SparedByTheAdaptation: so far [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Bernie Wiseman]] and [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Nadeshiko Misaki]] have been spared from their deaths
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Roleplay/SuperRobotWarsUnlimitedGeneration'', with many of its players and game masters returning. Also got its own in the form of Battle Moon Wars Zero, a short-lived LJRP with a fantasy-like setting.
* StealthPun: The first TabletopGame/BlissStage mission is called "First Action", referring to a term from the game it came from but also the fact it's the first mission in the whole RP.

* StormingTheCastle / PrisonBreak: As a distraction for the [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Divine Crusaders]]' own StormingTheCastle, the Chalice crew attack an island prison to rescue their friends.
* TakingYouWithMe: New Fusion uses a powerful KillSat to try to obliterate the [=PreDesu=] and others with them.

* TheBusCameBack: A few months after [[PutOnABus the Getter Team left to fight the Dinosaur Empire]], they finally came back, mission complete and the Tower finally repaired.
** The same happened for [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Roux]], who had left the team following the final fight with the Shifters before coming back to aid the space-bound Chalice members.
** BusCrash: The Dinosaur Empire, however, was not as fortunate, and Emperor Gore is said to have been killed offscreen.
** In the same vein, [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simon and Kamina]] finally rejoin the crew nearly a year after they last got off.
* TheLastDance: [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Ryo Masaoka's]] final mission. With his efforts to stave off the assimilation syndrome finally being rendered moot, he chose to battle the Festum once last time to help the inhabitants of the L-Boat flee even though it was just hastening his death.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: as expected of a ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' game, players often link appropriate music when their characters do something awesome.
* UnexpectedCharacter: ''Roleplay/SuperRobotWarsUnlimitedGeneration'' was a lot better in sticking to primarily mainstream stories. Not here, what with VideoGame/CosmicBreak, TabletopGame/BlissStage ([[AbortedArc if only for a short while]]), Anime/GalaxyAngel, and even [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} G-Saviour]].
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Kampfer]] is closing in to take out the Alex. What does Chris do? Pump enough lead into the suit's cockpit to carve it out and liquefy the pilot.
** Similarly, the joint assault that killed Metroid Prime was enough to completely annihilate every trace of its body... [[SubvertedTrope save for]] [[FromASingleCell a single tentacle that'd previously been hacked off]]...
* ThereAreNoTherapists: somewhat averted: [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Tsukasa]] seems to have taken up this role recently.

* [[ReallyGetsAround Village Bicycle]]: A literal example, just like in the original. Many units that are abandoned for something much more powerful are usually taken up by other characters, especially those who don't have their canonical units. Among the numbers include [[Franchise/CodeGeass a Gloucester]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam an I-Savior, the G-Savior]] and even Neo Getter Robo.
* VillainTeamUp: One born out of necessity, as was revealed in the Getter Robo intro. With much of the Earth saturated with Getter Rays, the [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Dinosaur Empire]] had no choice but to be assimilated by the [[EldritchAbomination Invaders]] to continue to fight to reclaim the Earth. Cue Mechasauruses becoming full-blown BodyHorror.
** As well, a number of villainous groups such as [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing OZ]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam the Titans]] have allied themselves with Adventus. The Zeta Gundam mission in space shows Jerid leading a group of Advent units in Titans colors.
* VillainousBreakdown: in the Project [=PreDestiny=]/Franchise/{{Metroid}} introduction mission, Sasodina snaps after [[Anime/GalaxyAngel Forte]] kills Kobra and Nanohana kills Kumojack. Both Nanohana and Eri are shocked by her breakdown.

* WartimeWedding: In the loosest sense of the term concerning the marriage of Devon and Cheng.

** [[OriginalGeneration Laura]] gets this treatment as well.

* WhatTheHellHero: Despite many characters being on the side of good, a number of them have pulled questionable moves that's earned them a few of these comments. Most of them have been aimed at [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille]].
** [[WesternAnimation/MegasXLR Coop]] gets this when he first appears... and promptly tosses out [[OriginalGeneration Nano]][[MagicalGirlWarrior hana's]] mech to take its spot.
*** Possibly doubles as TakeThatMe, as Nanohana and Coop are roleplayed by the same player.

** During ''To The Wandering, Blooming Flowers,'' [[OriginalGeneration Mongrel]] [[TogetherInDeath incinerated]] [[Anime/CasshernSins Dio and Leda]] just after Dio died due to the Ruin, and Leda: who was unarmed and posed no threat at the time: was in tears, leaning over him, mourning his death. The sheer KickTheDog of it all left several other mission participants disgusted, and it shows in the post-mission threads.
* [[WholePlotReference Whole Character Arc Reference]]: Miki Hoshii was one of the few [[VideoGame/TheIdolmaster Idolmaster]] characters who did not make the transition to Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia, so her character development and behaviour is mainly drawn from the original game while retooling it for the setting.
* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Subverted in varying ways. It's explained in-universe that the Franchise/KamenRider franchise was non-fiction, with all the shows just being documentaries filmed after the events and actually quite successful. Manga/GetterRobo also got a similar treatment, albeit as the [[{{Bowdlerise}} heavily edited]] "Starvengers", a show which is a BerserkButton for Ryouma and Hayato.
* TheWorfEffect: DOWNFALL ends up doing this to the entire ''Franchise/KamenRider'' cast, having Kamen Riders Blade, Accel, Fourze and half of Double captured and Decade suffering from memory loss from pushing himself too far.
** The mission It's Safe Now does this for both [[Anime/{{Vandread}} Super Vandread]], which was comprised of [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam the Zeta Gundam, the Super Gundam]] and the G-Savior and the [[OriginalGeneration Desu Ellen]], the ace unit of the Desu squad.
* YankTheDogsChain and WhamEpisode: The mission Broken Wings marked the sudden downturn to the Chalice's improved relationship with the Federation, coupled with Adventus joining forces with the Federation.
** DOWNFALL.
** Colliding War Zones: [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Blex]] is revealed to be a Percolati, effectively destroying Karaba's credibility, Solomon is completely obliterated by [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory the GP-02's nuke]] and Scirocco arrives at the end armed with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Mobile Dolls]].
** First Contact: The first appearance of the [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Inspectors]].
** Hell, the entire '''MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2013.'''

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: It seems this is the fate both White Chalice and Adventus wish for one another. Seeing as though the last two encounters have ended in draws, it probably hasn't gone down much, though White Chalice has the disadvantage of being connected to [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 known]] [[Franchise/CodeGeass terrorists]].
** With Adventus and the Titans aiding each other and the ambush, the Chalice crew feels that this has happened.
** This pulled a 180 with Adventus's defeat, however, with the Titans also landing in serious hot water for their involvement with the group.
*** And this was smashed when it was revealed the Blex was a Percolati, effectively giving the Titans an even bigger reason to exist... until [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Gato]] attacked.

** [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille]] is hit with this a bit after the entire ship points out his relationship with [[OriginalCharacter Sora]] was dangerous to ''her''. To the point where a [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Kintaros]]-possessed [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Nanoha]] tries to toss Kamille off the ship to get it through his thick skull.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted with [[Series/PowerRangersRPM Flynn McAllistair]] and [[OriginalGeneration Flynn O'Shea]]. This also the reason why [[OriginalGeneration Nanohana]] is referred to as "Hana": to separate her from [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Nanoha]]

* MoodWhiplash: [[DownerEnding The Red Giant mission]] occurred a day after [[AwesomeMoment the Hammer To Fall one]], and the day after that, [[AttemptedRape THAT thread]] happened. Soon after that, Devon's and Cheng's wedding occured. Then following ''that'' was DOWNFALL.

* BackFromTheDead / NotQuiteDead: Fusion, thought destroyed during the {{Metroid}} / [=PreDesu=] mission, returned as New Fusion during the Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia / [=PreDesu=] mission.

** Similarly, the joint assault that killed MetroidPrime was enough to completely annihilate every trace of its body... [[SubvertedTrope save for]] [[FromASingleCell a single tentacle that'd previously been hacked off]]...

* VillainousBreakdown: in the Project [=PreDestiny=]/{{Metroid}} introduction mission, Sasodina snaps after [[Anime/GalaxyAngel Forte]] kills Kobra and Nanohana kills Kumojack. Both Nanohana and Eri are shocked by her breakdown.

** The earliest aversion was [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Joshua Radcliffe]] and [[BlissStage Joshua]] [[OriginalGeneration Preston]]. However, Josh Preston was dropped very early into the RP. However, nearly a year later and [[VideoGame/ArmoredCore Joshua O'Brien]] gets added to the mix as well.

* StealthPun: The first BlissStage mission is called "First Action", referring to a term from the game it came from but also the fact it's the first mission in the whole RP.

* UnexpectedCharacter: ''Roleplay/SuperRobotWarsUnlimitedGeneration'' was a lot better in sticking to primarily mainstream stories. Not here, what with VideoGame/CosmicBreak, BlissStage ([[AbortedArc if only for a short while]]), Anime/GalaxyAngel, and even [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} G-Saviour]].

** Happens again with [[PrettyCure Project Pre Destiny]].

* AceCustom: Many characters have had unofficial upgrades to their units, giving them more umph. Among them are the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Gundam Mk-II]] with hidden weapons, [[Manga/MObileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Astray Red Frame]] with a [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam beam rotor system]] (actually a [=BuCue=] head Lowe [[ContinuityNod bought in the animated Red Frame short]]), the Hyakku Shiki with [[CodeGeass Slash Harkens]] and [[OriginalGeneration Desu Tsubomi and Erika]] with beam sabers, beam shields and Slash Harkens.

* NoHeroToHisValet: The [[CodeGeass Britannian Empire]]. For the most part it's a lot less screwed up than the only other superpower on Earth, the Federation and a lot less villainous than it was in the canon due to it being a composite between the Geass and ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' versions of the nation. Even the racism and social darwinism are not as prominent, seeing as how the [[MultinationalTeam 501st]] is led by a Japanese woman and the country is on good terms with the Fuso Empire, which has the largest concentration of survivors from the Festum's attack on Japan. On the other hand, Britannia has policies just as harsh in Area 11 as it did in the anime, with the populace there still hating the empire.

** An antagonist example for a change: the [[VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos Shark Gun]] debuting on a CodeGeass mission.

** WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic gets several: [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Adette's]] custom paintjob [[CodeGeass Knightmare Frame]] is called Knightmare Moon, [[ThePowerOfRock DR RGNK]] used a remixed MLP song to control the emotions of White Chalice pilots, [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Cynthia]] once mentioned that she was now 20% cooler and [[OriginalGeneration Alessandra]] once commented that King Gainer having two Overskills meant that "The Overskills have been doubled!"

* [[ReallyGetsAround Village Bicycle]]: A literal example, just like in the original. Many units that are abandoned for something much more powerful are usually taken up by other characters, especially those who don't have their canonical units. Among the numbers include [[CodeGeass a Gloucester]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam an I-Savior, the G-Savior]] and even Neo Getter Robo.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: It seems this is the fate both White Chalice and Adventus wish for one another. Seeing as though the last two encounters have ended in draws, it probably hasn't gone down much, though White Chalice has the disadvantage of being connected to [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 known]] [[CodeGeass terrorists]].

* DoomedByCanon / PlotlineDeath: Despite there being a [[Anime/StrikeWitches healer]] handy, there was no way to save [[VisionOfEscaflowne Balgus]].

** Ironically, both of the characters from one of the earlier aversions, [[VisionOfEscaflowne Van Fanel]] and [[Anime/ZoidsChaoticCentury Van Flyheight]], both dropped around the same time.

* MoreDakka: Played straight with a lot of machines, like Cheng's Behemoth and its upgrades and Leena's various Zoids as well. Then subverted when Hana tries it before and during the {{Vandread}} season one finale, only to have others tell her it doesn't suit her and she ends up dumping her payload and destroying it to save Chrono.
* MoodWhiplash: [[DownerEnding The Red Giant mission]] occured a day after [[AwesomeMoment the Hammer To Fall one]], and the day after that, [[AttemptedRape THAT thread]] happened. Soon after that, Devon's and Cheng's wedding occured. Then following ''that'' was DOWNFALL.

* PerspectiveFlip: The solution to running the {{Vandread}} plot with someone playing Dita but no Hibiki. Similarly, [[OriginalGeneration Still Not Safe]] was conceived as a play-by-post RPG with an array of player-characters who didn't make the jump, resulting in the plot focusing on Devon, Laura, and Frank.

* CanonWelding: [[MetalWolfChaos Michael Wilson Jr.]] being the president of [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Neo America]], among other inevitable examples.

* [[ThreateningShark Everything's Worse With Sharks]]: For the most part inverted. Because of the infamous "Shark Gun" from MetalWolfChaos, sharks are typically used in a heroic fashion when they're shown. Naturally, Richard Hawk's EvilCounterpart weapon to the Shark Gun fired dolphins.

** [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Chibodee]] pretty much used this to fight back against the [[MetalWolfChaos invading Neo-America army]] in [[Series/PowerRangersRPM Corinth]]. Since the IS organization doesn't see Richard Hawk's presidency as legit, Chibodee sees it as a good reason to fight back.

** An antagonist example for a change: the [[MetalWolfChaos Shark Gun]] debuting on a CodeGeass mission.

* DeathFromAbove: [[MetalWolfChaos Michael]] pulls this off by having [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryouma]] take up Neo Getter-2, taking him into near-low orbit, then ''throw him to Earth''. [[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Lowe]] thinks it's the greatest thing ever and [[OriginalGeneration Werter]] (who came up with the idea in the first place) isn't sure should he be awed or terrified.

* BrickJoke: At one point Captain Smith once warned Ayame about [[{{XCOM}} Lobstermen and flying submarines]]. Months later, during the Record of the Atlantis War intro, some of the mook machines ''did'' resemble Lobstermen, [[OhCrap much to Smith's panic]].

'''''[[http://srwug-alpha-rp.livejournal.com/ Super Robot Wars Unlimited Generation Alpha]]''''' is another Super Robot Wars in RP form. Set in a post-apocalyptic Earth ruined by what is known as the Second Impact, which isn't just [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva-related]] this time, the characters are members of the White Chalice, a mysterious carrier that travels the Earth. Like its predecessor a significant portion of the gameplay is in AIM Chat-based "missions": between 1 and 3 per week. In addition to every trope ever from the series represented...

* DistaffCounterpart: The [[InfiniteStratos IS competition]] can be seen as one for the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Gundam Fight]]. Both are tournaments run by the Neo countries, and each primarily has combatants of one gender with [[TheSmurfettePrinciple a few exceptions]].

** With InfiniteStratos joining the cast, the game's roster includes two [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Chars]] and [[OriginalGeneration Lauras]].

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Intentionally invoked in [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]. What do you do when you want to pull a ColonyDrop in a setting where there are multiple super robots that eat colonies for breakfast? Drop more than one at the same time all aimed at different continents. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] due to Char having spent a lot of time on the White Chalice, and knowing their playbook.
** BatmanGambit: And just in case they DID succeed in stopping Axis, he left hostages onboard the descending asteroid; hostages that he wanted out of the way to undermine Glemy's faction.

* [[spoiler:AttemptedRape: The ''MaiOtome'' incident with Arika, though it happening in [[VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}} Arkham]] and having [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Shotarou]] saving her instead. The crew deal out various forms of punishments to the would-be rapists.]]

** This is also somewhat of a MythologyGag with the original Unlimited Generation when [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]] would occasionally combine with other mechs, due to the similarities between Pexis and Spiral power.

* AllMythsAreTrue: Angra Mainyu? Check. Baphomet? Check. [[{{Demonbane}} The Cthulhu Mythos]]? Check.

** In a later log, [=MarKus=] also [[AscendedFanboy got to become a Kamen Rider]], using the [[Series/KamenRiderBlade Leangle]] deck to help fend off Undead, [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Mirror Monsters]], and [[MetroidPrime Fission Metroids]].
* [[spoiler:AttemptedRape: The ''MaiOtome'' incident with Arika, though it happening in [[{{Demonbane}} Arkham]] and having [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Shotarou]] saving her instead. The crew deal out various forms of punishments to the would-be rapists.]]

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Typically any wins against the [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Festum]] are less than graceful and may even require a HeroicSacrifice. Prelude's End, the mission wrapping up the [[{{Demonbane}} Kishin Taido]] plot took the cake though, with Hadou and Azrad both dying in the end from over-exertion against Liber Legis.

* ChekhovsGun: The KillSat that appeared in the Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia / [[OriginalGeneration [=PreDesu=]]] mission. It reappeared as a asteroid-buster super laser in the {{Demonbane}}/Scales of Balance mission before making a brief cameo in the Demonbane prologue finale suffering a [[FatalFlaw seemingly insignificant but crippling defect]] when Liber Legis was summoned, then reappearing in the Idolmaster Xenoglossia / Roar That Shaped Fate mission, where said defect triggered a chain reaction that made it destroy itself.

* KilledOffForReal: Currently, only [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Ryo Masaoka, Shouko Hazama]], [[OriginalGeneration Frank Symes]], and [[{{Demonbane}} Azrad and Hadou Kouzou]]. All [[{{Tearjerker}} tearjerkers]], and all [[DyingMomentOfAwesome went out in a blaze of glory]].

* LoopholeAbuse: Invoked unknowingly by the players when fighting [[{{Demonbane}} Raal Rovdy]]. On foot, Rovdy was able to beat around Azrad=Aeon with little difficulty since magic duels are stated to not take into account things like the size and strength, and logic is not a factor in determining a battle's outcome. However, the opposite was true too, thus even with all of his immense power, the combined powers of the protagonists was enough to force him to retreat after being seriously injured.

** During [[{{Demonbane}} Strange Aeons]], the heroes receive assistance from an infinitely large army of "Demon Banes", heroes who fight for justice, including characters from the original Unlimited Generation, deceased characters from both games, and entirely new faces on top of that.

** [[{{Demonbane}} Liber Legis]]'s awakening. When something makes Festum retreat and Shin Dragon take notice, you ''know'' it's a massive threat.

* BreakTheHaughty: Several people had conspired to make [[StrikeWitches Perrine]] nicer, or at least make her life miserable. This eventually fell through [[WhatTheHellHero when other people called them out]] on targeting Perrine just because she doesn't actively try to please everyone.

** [[StrikeWitches Lynette]] [[ShrinkingViolet Bishop]] deals with killing human beings more than Neuroi, which gradually changes her psyche.

* DoomedByCanon / PlotlineDeath: Despite there being a [[StrikeWitches healer]] handy, there was no way to save [[VisionOfEscaflowne Balgus]].

* ImprobablyFemaleCast: The ''White Chalice'' pretty much had to be one of these, at least at first. The largest cast of a canon introduced at the beginning of the game that gets put into play before missions start? ''StrikeWitches''.

* NoHeroToHisValet: The [[CodeGeass Britannian Empire]]. For the most part it's a lot less screwed up than the only other superpower on Earth, the Federation and a lot less villainous than it was in the canon due to it being a composite between the Geass and StrikeWitches versions of the nation. Even the racism and social darwinism are not as prominent, seeing as how the [[MultinationalTeam 501st]] is led by a Japanese woman and the country is on good terms with the Fuso Empire, which has the largest concentration of survivors from the Festum's attack on Japan. On the other hand, Britannia has policies just as harsh in Area 11 as it did in the anime, with the populace there still hating the empire.

* PantyShot: The StrikeWitches, of course, since they don't wear pants. {{Lampshaded}} by Philip in his [[AscendedExtra first mission]]. It's on to the point they are nicknamed, InAndOutOfCharacter, the Pantless Brigade.

** When a bomb goes off during "Colliding War Zones", [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille]] utters "[[ZeroWing They set us up, the bomb...]]"

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Two big cases, even early on. First of all, [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Tsukasa]] talking about having ''nine'' different sets of Form Ride cards, not noticing one of the cards he tried using was for [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Double]]. And secondly [[OvermanKingGainer the Rushrod's]] time stop powers failing to work on [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Calvina and Tohya's]] machines.

** Hit big time with "World Without Lies": [[OvermanKingGainer Gainer]] friendzones Alessandra (who already frienzoned him earlier, as she harbors a crush on [[Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam Kincaid]], who's already taken himself) and in return gets friendzoned by Hoshi (who isn't ready to go that far). As well, Seiren reveals her feelings for Laura (the OriginalCharacter one), only for Laura (who as before, is already in a relationship) to shoot her down.

** WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic gets several: [[OvermanKingGainer Adette's]] custom paintjob [[CodeGeass Knightmare Frame]] is called Knightmare Moon, [[ThePowerOfRock DR RGNK]] used a remixed MLP song to control the emotions of White Chalice pilots, [[OvermanKingGainer Cynthia]] once mentioned that she was now 20% cooler and [[OriginalGeneration Alessandra]] once commented that King Gainer having two Overskills meant that "The Overskills have been doubled!"

* ButtMonkey: [[MartianSuccessorNadesico Akito]]. While it was {{Handwave}}d that he'd been on the ship, the in-game explanation that Tsukasa had squirreled him away for so long until the second in-game Invader attack lead to most of the crew thinking that he had ''just joined''.

* CanonImmigrant: There are a few mechs, introduced and planned, that never made it into the original stories they're from, such as the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Perfect Zeong]] and the [[MartianSuccessorNadesico Exabyte]].

* CombiningMecha: Beyond the Manga/GetterRobo line and the various [[Series/PowerRangersRPM RPM-type Megazords]], Dita's Dread unit has the ability to combine with just about anyone in lieu of a lack of Hibiki. So far, she's combined with [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam the Gundam Mk-II]], [[MartianSuccessorNadesico Akito's Aestivalis]], [[Anime/ZoidsNewCentury Leena's Dibison]], [[OriginalGeneration Julia's old Corona, Nanohana's Desu Tsubomi]] and even [[VideoGame/CosmicBreak Lily Rain herself.]]

** Any mission where the [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Festum]] are involved has a high chance to be this, especially mission 13, "A Goodbye That Came Too Soon" (includes most depressing moments of MartianSuccessorNadesico for that extra kick in the teeth) and 24, "Right of Left".

* NoodleIncident: [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Shoutaro]] had [[WikiWalk Philip]] look up information on [[MartianSuccessorNadesico Yurika Misumaru]] including the keyword "''costumes''". Philip refused to repeat the search or tell Shoutaro the results.

** [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Festum]] showing up on a up-to-that-point easy MartianSuccessorNadesico mission. The lunar colony [[KillEmAll didn't make it]].

* CatchAFallingStar: [[FafnerInTheAzure Kazuki]] ends up doing this to a falling Series/KamenRiderFourze.

* '''DeathWorld''': For various otherworldly invaders. In spite of or possibly ''because'' of Second Impact, Earth's wound up becoming the kind of place where hostile aliens and gods go to get their asses handed to them, if not be killed outright. Even the [[FafnerInTheAzure Festum]], who were active on the planet for more than three decades, didn't accomplish much other than devastate Japan (and the populace just relocated elsewhere).

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[FafnerInTheAzure Canon Memphis]]. From working with the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Titans]], to helping the White Chalice chase down [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Anavel Gato]], to leaving the Chalice after deciding her duty was fulfilled, to helping them stop a [[OriginalGeneration Lodestone]] [[ColonyDrop Elemental]], to fighting Kazuki and Kou during the Adventus prison break event, to taking part in a squad led by [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Graham Aker]] that first fought against the Chalice pilotes before calling a truce to deal with the Trinities ans the [[OriginalGeneration Asgard Squadron]]. And this is all before her canon introduction!

* [[TheTokyoFireBall The Japan Fireball]]: Due to the [[FafnerInTheAzure Festum going to town on the country even before Second Impact]] and then [[FromBadToWorse everything that followed]], Japan is pretty much ''gone''. Aside from a select handful of important locals, such as [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Tokyo-3]] the whole country is a no-mans land.

* JustFollowingOrders: ''[[FafnerInTheAzure Canon]]''. Mainly because she feels indebted to the Federation for taking her in after Dublin's destruction at the hands of the Festum. Also an issue with other, non-Titans members of the Federation who are all too willing to help the Chalice if a more villainous group shows up.

* KilledOffForReal: Currently, only [[FafnerInTheAzure Ryo Masaoka, Shouko Hazama]], [[OriginalGeneration Frank Symes]], and [[{{Demonbane}} Azrad and Hadou Kouzou]]. All [[{{Tearjerker}} tearjerkers]], and all [[DyingMomentOfAwesome went out in a blaze of glory]].
* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid and ConvectionSchmonvection: Played around with during the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Magma Diver]] mission. EVA Unit 04 had special equipment that protected it and Series/KamenRiderFourze's costume could withstand the heat and pressure and he used the Water Switch to cool things down somewhat. When [[FafnerInTheAzure Kazuki and the Mark Elf]] needed to save them though, the machine's lack of protection still nearly got it melted before Kazuki eventually got them out.
* [[LegacyCharacter Legacy Pilot]]: [[FafnerInTheAzure Kazuki]] becomes this for the late Ryo, able to pilot a Fafner significantly safer than the TSX because of Ryo's sacrifices.

** [[FafnerInTheAzure Festum]] showing up on a up-to-that-point easy MartianSuccessorNadesico mission. The lunar colony [[KillEmAll didn't make it]].

* ReplacementScrappy: An in-universe case. The second [[FafnerInTheAzure Fafner pilot]] the White Chalice meets is Canon Memphis, a Federation soldier and a stark contrast to the late Ryo Masaoka in nearly every way, being much more cold and distant. Unsurprisingly, Canon gets on a lot of people's nerves, especially those who had been close to Ryo.

* SpeakIllOfTheDead: The first genuine KickTheDog moment the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Titans]] get is besmirching [[FafnerInTheAzure Ryo's]] name and Tatsumiya Island all in the same breath. It was quite the BerserkButton for quite a few pilots.

* TheLastDance: [[FafnerInTheAzure Ryo Masaoka's]] final mission. With his efforts to stave off the assimilation syndrome finally being rendered moot, he chose to battle the Festum once last time to help the inhabitants of the L-Boat flee even though it was just hastening his death.

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Typically any wins against the [[FafnerInTheAzure Festum]] are less than graceful and may even require a HeroicSacrifice. Prelude's End, the mission wrapping up the [[{{Demonbane}} Kishin Taido]] plot took the cake though, with Hadou and Azrad both dying in the end from over-exertion against Liber Legis.

** Any mission where the [[{{Fafner}} Festum]] are involved has a high chance to be this, especially mission 13, "A Goodbye That Came Too Soon" (includes most depressing moments of MartianSuccessorNadesico for that extra kick in the teeth) and 24, "Right of Left".

* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: At the end of "Evolution's End", [[GetterRobo Ryouma, Hayato and Benkei]] end up going to "Getterhalla" to fight the Invaders for all eternity alongside [[Roleplay/SuperRobotWarsUnlimitedGeneration the Ryouma of the first UG game]].

* BadassBoast: in "War in the Pacific", [[GetterRobo Ryouma]] catches Saotome's Metal Beast Dragon Machine in the middle of a Change, telling him "Can't pull of a Change without looking at the controls?"

* CombiningMecha: Beyond the GetterRobo line and the various [[Series/PowerRangersRPM RPM-type Megazords]], Dita's Dread unit has the ability to combine with just about anyone in lieu of a lack of Hibiki. So far, she's combined with [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam the Gundam Mk-II]], [[MartianSuccessorNadesico Akito's Aestivalis]], [[Anime/ZoidsNewCentury Leena's Dibison]], [[OriginalGeneration Julia's old Corona, Nanohana's Desu Tsubomi]] and even [[VideoGame/CosmicBreak Lily Rain herself.]]

* CompositeCharacter: [[GetterRobo Gou]] is a mashup between his [[TheStoic Armageddon]] and [[HotBlooded Shin vs. Neo]] counterparts, with the second personality having come about due to amnesia.

* DeathFromAbove: [[MetalWolfChaos Michael]] pulls this off by having [[GetterRobo Ryouma]] take up Neo Getter-2, taking him into near-low orbit, then ''throw him to Earth''. [[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Lowe]] thinks it's the greatest thing ever and [[OriginalGeneration Werter]] (who came up with the idea in the first place) isn't sure should he be awed or terrified.

** During [[GetterRobo Evolution's End]], when everyone entered "Getterhalla", the Ryouma that met them there was the one from the original Unlimited Generation.

** [[GetterRobo Ryouma]] showing up in the Black Getter and massacring Invaders that had absorbed humans into it.

* RasputinianDeath: Project HALO in spades. Destroying its head, tearing open its leg and chest, smashing two [[GetterRobo Getter drills]] through its chest, and blowing off one of its arms and part of its torso barely inconvenienced it at all. Even Lans activating its self-destruct system and blowing out its cockpit, reactor, and most of the rest of its torso only delayed its colony buster a few moments. It took a concentrated effort by numerous Chalice members to finally take it down.

* ShowWithinAShow: The original exploits of the [[GetterRobo Getter team]] were made into a [[{{Bowdlerise}} heavily butchered]], LighterAndSofter version called Starvengers, which is a bit of a BerserkButton for Ryouma and Hayato. Similarly, the various Franchise/KamenRider shows are stated to have been a documentaries rather than fictional toku shows.

* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Subverted in varying ways. It's explained in-universe that the Franchise/KamenRider franchise was non-fiction, with all the shows just being documentaries filmed after the events and actually quite successful. GetterRobo also got a similar treatment, albeit as the [[{{Bowdlerise}} heavily edited]] "Starvengers", a show which is a BerserkButton for Ryouma and Hayato.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Project [=HALO=]. The machine was designed to destroy anything SpaceColony-sized or larger and it detected ''Earth''. When it was threatened to lose power, it just kept rerouting power to charge up its [[EarthShatteringKaboom Colony Buster laser]]. It's AI refused to let anything stop it from its mission, going so far as to take control of its ''pilot'' to prevent him from having second thoughts, which was what happened to Captain Smith.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS
** Despite the official English spelling being [[ZoidsNewCentury "Leena Toros"]], her player prefered the Japanese spelling of "Rinon". Why? a) because it sounds more interesting, and b) because you see it onscreen in one episode, in English, even in the edited version.

[[http://srwug-alpha-rp.livejournal.com/ Here]] is another Super Robot Wars in RP form. Set in a post-apocalyptic Earth ruined by what is known as the Second Impact, which isn't just [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva-related]] this time, the characters are members of the White Chalice, a mysterious carrier that travels the Earth. Like its predecessor a significant portion of the gameplay is in AIM Chat-based "missions" - between 1 and 3 per week. In addition to every trope ever from the series represented...

!! This game provides examples of:

* AchillesInHisTent - [[Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia Haruka]] ends up spending a good month locked up in her room after Imber is taken away before deciding [[IJustWantToBeNormal that she just wants to go home]]. The other characters' reactions vary.
* AceCustom - Many characters have had unofficial upgrades to their units, giving them more umph. Among them are the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Gundam Mk-II]] with hidden weapons, [[Manga/MObileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Astray Red Frame]] with a [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam beam rotor system]] (actually a [=BuCue=] head Lowe [[ContinuityNod bought in the animated Red Frame short]]), the Hyakku Shiki with [[CodeGeass Slash Harkens]] and [[OriginalGeneration Desu Tsubomi and Erika]] with beam sabers, beam shields and Slash Harkens.
* AcePilot - Besides all the examples from various canons, Captain Smith was stated to be an unrivaled mech pilot and commander in the past. However, after Second Impact and the debacle with HALO, he's been reduced to a CloudCuckooLander with brief flashes of competence.
* AdaptationalBadass - [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Bernie Wiseman]] not only survived his canon death, but continued to fight and survive battles against alien invaders, time travelers and even GODS. In fact he is the one who delivered the finishing hit to the final boss of the game. All while using almost exclusively mass produced mobile suits (he received an AceCustom near the end of the game, though not a very powerful one), and without losing his mild-mannered {{Adorkable}} personality.
* AdaptationExpansion - Since [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} G-Savior]]'s movie plot was wrapped up in its introduction, the rest of the canon for it is planned to be based off of the later Playstation 2 game.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole - [[ZoidsNewCentury Leena]] called the [[UnknownRival Tigers Team]] the '[[InSeriesNickname Fuzzy]] [[EmbarrassingNickname Pandas]]' when they fought. Too bad the nickname technically hasn't been invented yet, since [[MissingMainCharacter Bit]] invented it after their first battle... and Bit [[RealLifeWritesThePlot hasn't shown up in the game yet]]!
** For that matter, the rivalry between the Tigers Team and the Blitz Team itself is an AdaptationInducedPlotHole, since the reason they started their losing streak was losing to the Blitz Team... the first time Bit piloted.

* AerithAndBob - Charles, Micheal, Scott, Laura, George, Shirley, Patrick, Christine, Gregory, Frank, Roger and a number of ordinary Japanese names...and Roux, Lockon, Char, Oenone, Gainer, Njall, Vlaska, Roads, Resnick, Hixar, Allelujah, Haman, Sayla, Samus, Tron, Chrono, Canon, Azrad and PRIME
* AfterTheEnd - Between various backstories as well as Second Impact, the Earth is very much a mess. The colonies got off lighter, but still suffer from a lack of resources since getting them from Earth is now much more difficult.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited - not ''all'' per se, but there is a long chain of unrequited crushes, consisting of [[Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia Miki]], [[OriginalGeneration Werter, Alessandra]], and [[Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam Kincaid]], with [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Gainer]] additionally crushing on Alessandra on the side before he gave up. Played for comedy rather than drama.
* AllMythsAreTrue - Angra Mainyu? Check. Baphomet? Check. [[{{Demonbane}} The Cthulhu Mythos]]? Check.
* AmusementPark - Fairy Park.
* ApocalypseHow - Second Impact was a particularly harsh Class 1.

* AscendedExtra - Though the cast started out strong, drops reduced Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion down to just Kensuke. Who received a bit of his own character arc.
* AscendedMeme - THAT Thread.

* ATasteOfPower - Nanohana and Eri got to use the Endless [=PreDesu=] machines during the combat log of Broken Wings, after their initial machines had been pushed to the breaking point.

* [[spoiler:AttemptedRape - The ''MaiOtome'' incident with Arika, though it happening in [[{{Demonbane}} Arkham]] and having [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Shotarou]] saving her instead. The crew deal out various forms of punishments to the would-be rapists.]]
** CanonDiscontinuity - it's rarely, if ever mentioned again, especially since the series was dropped halfway through.
* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant - when Haman is captured by Adventus, Char ends up rallying Neo-Zeon, vowing to take down Adventus if they don't return her. [[OhCrap The crew realizes they're on borrowed time now.]]
** Lucas realizes this is the case now concerning the crew of the White Chalice - they had kidnapped their crew and now they're gunning for them.
* BackFromTheDead / NotQuiteDead - Fusion, thought destroyed during the {{Metroid}} / [=PreDesu=] mission, returned as New Fusion during the Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia / [=PreDesu=] mission.

* BadassBoast - in "War in the Pacific", [[GetterRobo Ryouma]] catches Saotome's Metal Beast Dragon Machine in the middle of a Change, telling him "Can't pull of a Change without looking at the controls?"
* BadFuture - The end-of-game WellIntentionedExtremist group Kairos Aspida, along with Ayame Jin, comes from one where there was never any HALO or White Chalice in the first place.
* BeachEpisode - in [[RinneNoLagrange Kamogawa]]. Many shenanigans ensued.
* BewareTheNiceOnes - Has become an official policy on the White Chalice in regards to [[Anime/CasshernSins Casshern]] after a few very close shaves with his [[UnstoppableRage Berserk]] [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Mode.]] This is done by him being under 24-hour surveillance by Dan, a [[MacGuffin restraining bolt]] managed by Ayame, and it being strictly forbidden to do anything towards him that may be construed as a threat, which is sometimes used as [[SchmuckBait schmuck bait]].

* [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Third Faction]] - The Broken Wings mission ends with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED ZAFT]] taking advantage of the Federation's FaceHeelTurn on the Chalice crew to wipe them out.

* BookEnds - The first application submitted was for Sanger, just like in [[Roleplay/SuperRobotWarsUnlimitedGeneration Unlimited Generation.]]

* BreakTheHaughty - Several people had conspired to make [[StrikeWitches Perrine]] nicer, or at least make her life miserable. This eventually fell through [[WhatTheHellHero when other people called them out]] on targeting Perrine just because she doesn't actively try to please everyone.
* BreatherEpisode - After reaching Fairy Park and dealing with one attempt at stealing the Rainbow Jewel, the White Chalice's crew was able to take a break for a week and just relax there.

* BrickJoke - At one point Captain Smith once warned Ayame about [[{{XCOM}} Lobstermen and flying submarines]]. Months later, during the Record of the Atlantis War intro, some of the mook machines ''did'' resemble Lobstermen, [[OhCrap much to Smith's panic]].
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu - Typically any wins against the [[FafnerInTheAzure Festum]] are less than graceful and may even require a HeroicSacrifice. Prelude's End, the mission wrapping up the [[{{Demonbane}} Kishin Taido]] plot took the cake though, with Hadou and Azrad both dying in the end from over-exertion against Liber Legis.
* BroughtDownToNormal - A few characters who have had cross-canon upgrades to their mecha tend to get knocked down a few pegs. Amongst them is [[OriginalGeneration Christine]], who used the barrier system used by Adventus on her machine until [[OriginalGeneration Mad]] blew it up after Julia saved her, and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Patrick]], who had a GN Drive [T] installed on [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam the Super Gundam]], only for the "GN Super Gundam" to get sliced up by a bunch of aces.
* ButtMonkey - [[MartianSuccessorNadesico Akito]]. While it was {{Handwave}}d that he'd been on the ship, the in-game explanation that Tsukasa had squirreled him away for so long until the second in-game Invader attack lead to most of the crew thinking that he had ''just joined''.
* CatchAFallingStar - [[FafnerInTheAzure Kazuki]] ends up doing this to a falling Series/KamenRiderFourze.
* CanonImmigrant - There are a few mechs, introduced and planned, that never made it into the original stories they're from, such as the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Perfect Zeong]] and the [[MartianSuccessorNadesico Exabyte]].
* CanonWelding - [[MetalWolfChaos Michael Wilson Jr.]] being the president of [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Neo America]], among other inevitable examples.

* ChekhovsGun - The KillSat that appeared in the Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia / [[OriginalGeneration [=PreDesu=]]] mission. It reappeared as a asteroid-buster super laser in the {{Demonbane}}/Scales of Balance mission before making a brief cameo in the Demonbane prologue finale suffering a [[FatalFlaw seemingly insignificant but crippling defect]] when Liber Legis was summoned, then reappearing in the Idolmaster Xenoglossia / Roar That Shaped Fate mission, where said defect triggered a chain reaction that made it destroy itself.

* ChekhovsGunman - Because the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny'' plot didn't start until more than a year after the RP began, Josh and later Rim were initially just along for the ride while everyone else's canons proceeded.
* ColonyDrop - Attempted by the Titans on the Anaheim facilities on the moon. Through some difficulty, the pilots were able to activate enough of the colony's thrusters to redirect it... and along the way [[OriginalCharacter Roads]] kicked one of his [[MonsterOfTheWeek Id Beasts]] into it.
* CombiningMecha - Beyond the GetterRobo line and the various [[Series/PowerRangersRPM RPM-type Megazords]], Dita's Dread unit has the ability to combine with just about anyone in lieu of a lack of Hibiki. So far, she's combined with [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam the Gundam Mk-II]], [[MartianSuccessorNadesico Akito's Aestivalis]], [[ZoidsNewCenturyZero Leena's Dibison]], [[OriginalGeneration Julia's old Corona, Nanohana's Desu Tsubomi]] and even [[VideoGame/CosmicBreak Lily Rain herself.]]

* CoolShip - White Chalice, the players' base of operations. A carrier capable of underwater AND space travel, it comes complete with its own CloudCuckooLander [[{{NPC}} NPC]] captain.
* CompositeCharacter - [[GetterRobo Gou]] is a mashup between his [[TheStoic Armageddon]] and [[HotBlooded Shin vs. Neo]] counterparts, with the second personality having come about due to amnesia.
* CounterpartCombatCoordination - during the Tarnished Factory mission, the party other than [[OriginalGeneration Vlaska and MarKus]] and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Josh]] gets separated and forced to fight a series of duels with the Ruina generals:

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass - [[CloudCuckooLander Captain Smith]] of all people, at least a limited degree. It remains to be seen just how much of his old self remains.

* DarkerAndEdgier - A strange case. On one hand, between the post-apocalyptic setting and bad guys causing a lot of civilian casualties, this was clearly the intention. On the other hand, a lot of character interaction is silly or comedic, and several of the canons are ridiculously over-the-top and optimistic.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu - At the end of mission 75, [[VideoGame/CosmicBreak Lily Rain's]] [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Pepens]] distract Kisrill so everyone else can flee to safety. [[HeroicSacrifice She kills them.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu - Happens frequently due to various original and pre-existing canons, but it usually also involves assistance from something that typically isn't available to the characters at all times (like Getter Shin Dragon, which was used to help finish off the Invaders) or exploiting some weakness of the godlike entity in question (like banishing them from Earth, as is what happened with Baphomet, Somnium, and Perfectio).
* DeathFromAbove - [[MetalWolfChaos Michael]] pulls this off by having [[GetterRobo Ryouma]] take up Neo Getter-2, taking him into near-low orbit, then ''throw him to Earth''. [[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Lowe]] thinks it's the greatest thing ever and [[OriginalGeneration Werter]] (who came up with the idea in the first place) isn't sure should he be awed or terrified.
* '''DeathWorld''' - For various otherworldly invaders. In spite of or possibly ''because'' of Second Impact, Earth's wound up becoming the kind of place where hostile aliens and gods go to get their asses handed to them, if not be killed outright. Even the [[FafnerInTheAzure Festum]], who were active on the planet for more than three decades, didn't accomplish much other than devastate Japan (and the populace just relocated elsewhere).
* DeconstructionCrossover - In the same way as in the videogames, some characters go through this.

* DiscOneFinalBoss - Adventus served as this, being noted and built up as a big threat in the RP's profile and fought multiple times over the first year, before ultimately being defeated for good during ASCENT.
* DistaffCounterpart - The [[InfiniteStratos IS competition]] can be seen as one for the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Gundam Fight]]. Both are tournaments run by the Neo countries, and each primarily has combatants of one gender with [[TheSmurfettePrinciple a few exceptions]].
* DoomedByCanon / PlotlineDeath - Despite there being a [[StrikeWitches healer]] handy, there was no way to save [[VisionOfEscaflowne Balgus]].
* DownerEnding - Though ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' is usually all about averting bad events in canons, if a less-than-happy ending is necessary for the narrative to continue, it'll still play out.

* EarlyBirdCameo - [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Judau and Roux]], who join halfway through ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'''s storyline.
* EnemyMine - The only reason that [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Celestial Being]] is working with the White Chalice -after several skirmishes in the backstory- is that Veda determined the ship and its crew would play a part in eliminating war.
* [[ThreateningShark Everything's Worse With Sharks]] - For the most part inverted. Because of the infamous "Shark Gun" from MetalWolfChaos, sharks are typically used in a heroic fashion when they're shown. Naturally, Richard Hawk's EvilCounterpart weapon to the Shark Gun fired dolphins.
* ExpansionPackWorld - A justified case. The setting of the world was intentionally left as vague as possible aside from a few specific features (such as electromagnetic storms in the debris field surrounding the Earth). As more canons are introduced, they establish facts about the Earth Sphere, such as the existence of two moons.
* FastballSpecial - Used by [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Kamen Rider W]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Gundam Alex]]. [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]], as Philip [[SawItInAMovieOnce read it in a comic book]], but Shoutaro pointed [[ThisIsReality that this isn't a comic book]]. And appropriately enough, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Gato]] [[SubvertedTrope was able to resist it with little difficulty.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}} - Two big cases, even early on. First of all, [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Tsukasa]] talking about having ''nine'' different sets of Form Ride cards, not noticing one of the cards he tried using was for [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Double]]. And secondly [[OvermanKingGainer the Rushrod's]] time stop powers failing to work on [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Calvina and Tohya's]] machines.

* FourIsDeath and QuirkyMinibossSquad - Adventus's generals. Repeated again with the four Inspectors under the (as of late March) unseen Wendelo. Averted with Kairos Aspida's leaders though, who have various places in the group's heirarchy.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan - predictably for the genre, happens quite often. However of note is [[Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia one example]] when trying to do this actually [[RealityEnsues made the situation]] ''[[RealityEnsues worse]]''.
* GiantRobotHandsSaveLives - The aforementioned CatchAFallingStar was like this. Kazuki does make Fourze's landing soft enough, though.
* GoneHorriblyRight - Project [=HALO=]. The machine was designed to destroy anything SpaceColony-sized or larger and it detected ''Earth''. When it was threatened to lose power, it just kept rerouting power to charge up its [[EarthShatteringKaboom Colony Buster laser]]. It's AI refused to let anything stop it from its mission, going so far as to take control of its ''pilot'' to prevent him from having second thoughts, which was what happened to Captain Smith.
** GoneHorriblyWrong - At the same time, HALO's original use could be considered this. Though it did successfully destroy the meteor heading towards Earth, the backlash from the shot and the various fragments still rained down on Earth, causing almost as much damage as would have happened had it been intact when it hit. Additionally, as mentioned above HALO recognized the Earth as its target, very nearly destroying the thing it was meant to protect.
* {{Gorn}} - Despite being a mecha game, there has been quite a few missions involving this.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor - [[FafnerInTheAzure Canon Memphis]]. From working with the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Titans]], to helping the White Chalice chase down [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Anavel Gato]], to leaving the Chalice after deciding her duty was fulfilled, to helping them stop a [[OriginalGeneration Lodestone]] [[ColonyDrop Elemental]], to fighting Kazuki and Kou during the Adventus prison break event, to taking part in a squad led by [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Graham Aker]] that first fought against the Chalice pilotes before calling a truce to deal with the Trinities ans the [[OriginalGeneration Asgard Squadron]]. And this is all before her canon introduction!
* HeroInsurance and ResetButton - The Rainbow Jewel's powers don't apply to *everything*, but it does undo any damage done to surroundings caused by battles against the enemies of the [=PreDESUs=].
* HeroicBSOD - [[Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia Haruka]] suffers a, as of this writing, two month long one to the point where, when she's returned home, she trips on the ground and stays there.
* HeroicSacrifice - Typically happens on more serious missions to some degree or another, and some Support Defense actions simply have one character take a hit for another. The starting months of 2013 ended up being ''fraught'' with them however, with multiple characters dying or making similarly big sacrifices for everyone.

* HopeSpot - The Tempestas arrives, paralyzing the other Idolmasters and giving the Chalice crew a chance to rescue Imber. New Fusion arrives and shoots it down, not wanting to let allies of the [=PreDesu=]s have their way.

* ImprobablyFemaleCast - The ''White Chalice'' pretty much had to be one of these, at least at first. The largest cast of a canon introduced at the beginning of the game that gets put into play before missions start? ''StrikeWitches''.

* InfiniteSupplies - Averted. The crew suffered from a lack of food and parts from late October into early December. When Van asks what the hell happened to the supplies they got from Fanelia, it's {{Handwave}}d that the Chalice wasn't properly resupplied prior to the attack on the kingdom. It was not until crossing into Federation territory and bargaining for supplies from a base in Africa that things were brought back up to speed.
* InsistentTerminology - The similarities between the [[OriginalGeneration Percolatii]] and [[Series/KamenRiderKabuto Worms]] are prominent enough that time was set aside during the first encounter with the former to insist [[BlatantLies they were completely different.]]

* InSpiteOfANail - Despite the AEUG not actually existing at the start of the game (though Karaba did), that did not stop the group from forming a ways into the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]] plot, being made up of numerous Federation officers who were sacked when the Mobile Doll system was introduced either because they weren't needed to pilot any more, objected to the system on moral grounds, or in the case of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Patrick Colasaur]], [[TallPoppySyndrome because he kept beating them in simulations and making the system look bad]].
* [[TheTokyoFireBall The Japan Fireball]] - Due to the [[FafnerInTheAzure Festum going to town on the country even before Second Impact]] and then [[FromBadToWorse everything that followed]], Japan is pretty much ''gone''. Aside from a select handful of important locals, such as [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Tokyo-3]] the whole country is a no-mans land.
* [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld Japan Takes Over The West Coast]] - A decent-sized chunk of the survivors of the Festum's rampage through Japan settled in America. Though to be fair that's no hard task since the continents (or whats left of them) have no central government, don't house any of the remaining world superpowers, and have an ocean between them and the Federation and Britannia.
* [[JokeCharacter Joke Unit]] - Many units in the game are ridiculed for one reason or another, including Zakus, Julia's original Corona unit and the Neo Getter Robo.

* JustFriends - [[Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia Haruka]] learns this the hard way when [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsL Ichitaka]] mentions that he thought of her as a great friend... [[KickTheDog after having Imber stolen from her.]] To be fair, Haruka also made the mistake of confronting him in the middle of the night and Ichitaka just ''assumed'' everything was okay.
** Both Ichitaka and Haruka call each other out on this a little later - Haruka for not telling Ichitaka what was going on in the first place and Ichitaka for being blind to Haruka's feelings.
** Hit big time with "World Without Lies" - [[OvermanKingGainer Gainer]] friendzones Alessandra (who already frienzoned him earlier, as she harbors a crush on [[Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam Kincaid]], who's already taken himself) and in return gets friendzoned by Hoshi (who isn't ready to go that far). As well, Seiren reveals her feelings for Laura (the OriginalCharacter one), only for Laura (who as before, is already in a relationship) to shoot her down.

* KarmaHoudini - Thanks to the invasion of [[Anime/MaiOtome Windbloome]], [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Marie Louise]]'s deception over being kidnapped actually goes unpunished. Though it is {{lampshaded}} when George realizes someone like Domon couldn't have girlish handwriting or know much French.
* KilledOffForReal - Currently, only [[FafnerInTheAzure Ryo Masaoka, Shouko Hazama]], [[OriginalGeneration Frank Symes]], and [[{{Demonbane}} Azrad and Hadou Kouzou]]. All [[{{Tearjerker}} tearjerkers]], and all [[DyingMomentOfAwesome went out in a blaze of glory]].
* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid and ConvectionSchmonvection - Played around with during the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Magma Diver]] mission. EVA Unit 04 had special equipment that protected it and Series/KamenRiderFourze's costume could withstand the heat and pressure and he used the Water Switch to cool things down somewhat. When [[FafnerInTheAzure Kazuki and the Mark Elf]] needed to save them though, the machine's lack of protection still nearly got it melted before Kazuki eventually got them out.
* [[LegacyCharacter Legacy Pilot]] - [[FafnerInTheAzure Kazuki]] becomes this for the late Ryo, able to pilot a Fafner significantly safer than the TSX because of Ryo's sacrifices.
* LoopholeAbuse - Invoked unknowingly by the players when fighting [[{{Demonbane}} Raal Rovdy]]. On foot, Rovdy was able to beat around Azrad=Aeon with little difficulty since magic duels are stated to not take into account things like the size and strength, and logic is not a factor in determining a battle's outcome. However, the opposite was true too, thus even with all of his immense power, the combined powers of the protagonists was enough to force him to retreat after being seriously injured.

** And applied again concerning the Witches and the RPM Rangers - though Britannia had effectively disbanded them, they were still part of the Chalice crew and ended up still fighting Tenaya and the Neuroi.
* LiteralMinded - [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Hixar]] wants to know the hottest (re: most attractive) woman on the Chalice. [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Setsuna]], however, sets out to know who the hottest (re: highest temperature) woman on the Chalice, leaving many of the girls there absolutely confused.
* MoreDakka - Played straight with a lot of machines, like Cheng's Behemoth and its upgrades and Leena's various Zoids as well. Then subverted when Hana tries it before and during the {{Vandread}} season one finale, only to have others tell her it doesn't suit her and she ends up dumping her payload and destroying it to save Chrono.
* MoodWhiplash - [[DownerEnding The Red Giant mission]] occured a day after [[AwesomeMoment the Hammer To Fall one]], and the day after that, [[AttemptedRape THAT thread]] happened. Soon after that, Devon's and Cheng's wedding occured. Then following ''that'' was DOWNFALL.
* MostCommonSuperpower - Surprisingly, not many women are mentioned to have this, though Alessandra was quite displeased when Sora didn't... [[IncrediblyLamePun stack up]] to her fellow Irgelion Julia.
* MultipleChoicePast - Although it's yet to be brought up in the game, the wiki entry for [[TheMedic Maxene Trendy]] comments that most of the accounts people have for her prior to joining the Chalice are contradictory and don't match up.
* MythologyGag - In the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00F]]''/''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' mission "We Are Ourselves", Patrick ends up telling Ribbons off by shooting the monitors with the Super Gundam's vulcans, a nod to how Ribbons was killed at the end of the ''Gundam 00'' story in the first UG game.

* NoodleIncident - [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Shoutaro]] had [[WikiWalk Philip]] look up information on [[MartianSuccessorNadesico Yurika Misumaru]] including the keyword "''costumes''". Philip refused to repeat the search or tell Shoutaro the results.
* NoHeroToHisValet - The [[CodeGeass Britannian Empire]]. For the most part it's a lot less screwed up than the only other superpower on Earth, the Federation and a lot less villainous than it was in the canon due to it being a composite between the Geass and StrikeWitches versions of the nation. Even the racism and social darwinism are not as prominent, seeing as how the [[MultinationalTeam 501st]] is led by a Japanese woman and the country is on good terms with the Fuso Empire, which has the largest concentration of survivors from the Festum's attack on Japan. On the other hand, Britannia has policies just as harsh in Area 11 as it did in the anime, with the populace there still hating the empire.
* NotQuiteDead - in some cases, characters who were presumed dead (usually by HeroicSacrifice) later turn out to be alive and return to the game. This includes:

** [[OriginalGeneration Gregory]] is a (possible) subversion - it's never sure if the one who returned is really him or a Percolatis with his memories, and he ends up performing a HeroicSacrifice for real later that had the benefit of completely destroying his body, making it impossible for anyone to find out if he'd been the real one or just an imitation.
* NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay - During the grand finale, all deceased characters (aside from Char, who may or may not be dead) from the Chalice got a very brief cameo, helping Captain Smith and Dan contain the Primeval Force.
* OffTheRails - The first encounter with DJ [=RGNK=]. What was steadily leading ton a DownerEnding turned into a victory when Fate started singing and other people joined in, [[GameMaster Zappa]] deciding to let anyone else, even those not on the mission, join in the singing. Though this wasn't planned, it nevertheless forced RGNK to retreat.

** An antagonist example for a change - the [[MetalWolfChaos Shark Gun]] debuting on a CodeGeass mission.

* OneSteveLimit - Averted with [[Series/PowerRangersRPM Flynn McAllistair]] and [[OriginalGeneration Flynn O'Shea]]. This also the reason why [[OriginalGeneration Nanohana]] is referred to as "Hana" - to separate her from [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Nanoha]]

** Ironically, both of the characters from one of the earlier aversions, [[VisionOfEscaflowne Van Fanel]] and [[ZoidsChaoticCentury Van Flyheight]], both dropped around the same time.

* OriginalGeneration - A lot of examples, including [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration that one]]. All of them come with their own plot and bad guys. Except for [[TheMedic Loraine.]]
* PantyShot - The StrikeWitches, of course, since they don't wear pants. {{Lampshaded}} by Philip in his [[AscendedExtra first mission]]. It's on to the point they are nicknamed, InAndOutOfCharacter, the Pantless Brigade.
* PerspectiveFlip - The solution to running the {{Vandread}} plot with someone playing Dita but no Hibiki. Similarly, [[OriginalGeneration Still Not Safe]] was conceived as a play-by-post RPG with an array of player-characters who didn't make the jump, resulting in the plot focusing on Devon, Laura, and Frank.
* PostScriptSeason - [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Shinji and Ren]], unlike [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Tsukasa]], [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Shoutarou, Philip, Terui]] and [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Gentarou]], come from the end of their series.

* ThePlague - [[Anime/CasshernSins The Ruin.]] Because the game universe was already a CrapsackWorld without a lethal plague killing humans and rusting robots (which would SUCK in a mecha series), the Ruin was changed into a GrayGoo like plague that feeds on minerals found in both organic tissue and almost all metallic alloys used in robotics, but with extreme sensitivity to moisture, keeping it confined to the former southwestern United States, where an international quarantine is strictly enforced.
* PowerCopying - beyond [[VideoGame/MegaMan the original trope namer]], both [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Tsukasa]] and [[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} Samus]] do this as well. To a lesser extent, many of the modified units are like this, swiping weapons from other units.
* PowerOfLove - [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Gentarou]] invokes this to not only defeat Super Galaxy King, but make sure Nadeshiko lives!

* [[PublicDomainCharacter Public Domain Mecha]] - Grunt machines, with the permission of players involved, can be and have been featured in prominently in OriginalGeneration canons. These include the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Gelgoog, Gyan]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Leo]], [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Gespenst]], and a [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Jeagan]].

* PuzzleBoss - The two Oxygen Elementals fought in the second Scales of Balance mission. Being able to completely corrode a mech in mere seconds and kill anyone outside of one, the pilots eventually resorted to depressurizing the colony to suck one out, while [[OriginalGeneration Herb and Werter]] lit the other on fire after trapping it in a force field so it wouldn't ignite the rest of the colony's air as well.
* RasputinianDeath - Project HALO in spades. Destroying its head, tearing open its leg and chest, smashing two [[GetterRobo Getter drills]] through its chest, and blowing off one of its arms and part of its torso barely inconvenienced it at all. Even Lans activating its self-destruct system and blowing out its cockpit, reactor, and most of the rest of its torso only delayed its colony buster a few moments. It took a concentrated effort by numerous Chalice members to finally take it down.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot - As was the case with the original RP, when players drop for whatever reason [[AbortedArc so do their plots]].
* RememberTheNewGuy - A variant, at any rate. Some of the characters are presented having previous knowledge of other people from before the game started, such as [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Josh]] having become friends with both [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Calvina and Tohya]] on separate occasions.
* ReplacementScrappy - An in-universe case. The second [[FafnerInTheAzure Fafner pilot]] the White Chalice meets is Canon Memphis, a Federation soldier and a stark contrast to the late Ryo Masaoka in nearly every way, being much more cold and distant. Unsurprisingly, Canon gets on a lot of people's nerves, especially those who had been close to Ryo.
* RunningGag - [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Patrick's]] inability to keep a unit after about two sorties. So far, he's wrecked his Enact and the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Super Gundam]]. It's only a matter of time before [[Anime/MobileSuitUnicornGundam the Delta Gundam]] is next.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere - Following the prison break and the deaths of Jeremy and Dr. RGNK, the Titans and the Federation have ended up pulling out of their alliance with Adventus.
* ShoutOut - Quicksilver, from Still Not Safe's canon, seems to look at the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Scout's]] lines.

* ShowWithinAShow - The original exploits of the [[GetterRobo Getter team]] were made into a [[{{Bowdlerise}} heavily butchered]], LighterAndSofter version called Starvengers, which is a bit of a BerserkButton for Ryouma and Hayato. Similarly, the various Franchise/KamenRider shows are stated to have been a documentaries rather than fictional toku shows.
* SneezeCut - Reoccurring, when a player catches their character being mentioned in another (usually more light-hearted) thread.
* SoleSurvivor - The only survivor of the Metroid attack on a mine is a puppy. Whom Tsukasa takes up and gives to the dog-phobia-stricken [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ren]]

* SoundtrackDissonance - [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Chris]] gunning down the Kampfer after linking the gleefully inappropriate War in the Pocket theme song.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead - The first genuine KickTheDog moment the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Titans]] get is besmirching [[FafnerInTheAzure Ryo's]] name and Tatsumiya Island all in the same breath. It was quite the BerserkButton for quite a few pilots.

* SparedByTheAdaptation - so far [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Bernie Wiseman]] and [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Nadeshiko Misaki]] have been spared from their deaths
* SpiritualSuccessor - To ''Roleplay/SuperRobotWarsUnlimitedGeneration'', with many of its players and game masters returning. Also got its own in the form of Battle Moon Wars Zero, a short-lived LJRP with a fantasy-like setting.
* StealthPun - The first BlissStage mission is called "First Action", referring to a term from the game it came from but also the fact it's the first mission in the whole RP.
* StableTimeLoop - Aside from Demonbane's, the Kairos Aspida plot wound up involving one. Turns out the Primeval Force's very existence hinged on a one such loop, and defeating it in the game's "present" also ensured it would never come about in the future and send the Second Impact-causing asteroid back in time in the first place.
* StormingTheCastle / PrisonBreak - As a distraction for the [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Divine Crusaders]]' own StormingTheCastle, the Chalice crew attack an island prison to rescue their friends.
* TakingYouWithMe - New Fusion uses a powerful KillSat to try to obliterate the [=PreDesu=] and others with them.

* TheBusCameBack - A few months after [[PutOnABus the Getter Team left to fight the Dinosaur Empire]], they finally came back, mission complete and the Tower finally repaired.

** BusCrash - The Dinosaur Empire, however, was not as fortunate, and Emperor Gore is said to have been killed offscreen.

* TheLastDance - [[FafnerInTheAzure Ryo Masaoka's]] final mission. With his efforts to stave off the assimilation syndrome finally being rendered moot, he chose to battle the Festum once last time to help the inhabitants of the L-Boat flee even though it was just hastening his death.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp - as expected of a ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' game, players often link appropriate music when their characters do something awesome.
* UnexpectedCharacter - ''Roleplay/SuperRobotWarsUnlimitedGeneration'' was a lot better in sticking to primarily mainstream stories. Not here, what with VideoGame/CosmicBreak, BlissStage ([[AbortedArc if only for a short while]]), Anime/GalaxyAngel, and even [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} G-Saviour]].
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill - [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Kampfer]] is closing in to take out the Alex. What does Chris do? Pump enough lead into the suit's cockpit to carve it out and liquefy the pilot.

* ThereAreNoTherapists - somewhat averted - [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Tsukasa]] seems to have taken up this role recently.
* ThisIsUnforgivable - Not a lot of people were happy finding Shouko's grave desecrated. Thankfully, it seems like cooler heads prevailed here.
* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot - The White Chalice is pretty shameless about this, to the point it only took one week to travel from the Moon to Mars... and at one point took several weeks to travel from Florida to Africa.
* UnderTheMistletoe - Haman invokes this when she arrives. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity]] [[RelationshipUpgrade (and a couple of upgraded relationships)]] [[HilarityEnsues Ensues]].
* UnknownRival - In spite of [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Jerid]] harboring a grudge against Kamille and voicing it, during the Zeta Gundam missions Kamille's been more concerned with other enemies, leaving Jerid to just get his ass handed to him by other people.
* VaguenessIsComing - Series/KamenRiderAmazon appears in "Endless Play" to aid the heroes and only warns them that Decade "is not friend".
* [[ReallyGetsAround Village Bicycle]] - A literal example, just like in the original. Many units that are abandoned for something much more powerful are usually taken up by other characters, especially those who don't have their canonical units. Among the numbers include [[CodeGeass a Gloucester]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam an I-Savior, the G-Savior]] and even Neo Getter Robo.
* VillainTeamUp - One born out of necessity, as was revealed in the Getter Robo intro. With much of the Earth saturated with Getter Rays, the [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Dinosaur Empire]] had no choice but to be assimilated by the [[EldritchAbomination Invaders]] to continue to fight to reclaim the Earth. Cue Mechasauruses becoming full-blown BodyHorror.

* VillainousBreakdown - in the Project [=PreDestiny=]/{{Metroid}} introduction mission, Sasodina snaps after [[Anime/GalaxyAngel Forte]] kills Kobra and Nanohana kills Kumojack. Both Nanohana and Eri are shocked by her breakdown.
* WalkingDisasterArea - Most places the White Chalice visits have a tendency to end up as a smoking pile of ruin, or at least get attacked by one enemy or another and suffer significant damage and casualties. This did not escape the characters' attention as they [[{{Lampshade}} mention it themselves]].
* WartimeWedding - In the loosest sense of the term concerning the marriage of Devon and Cheng.
* WelcomeBackTraitor - The crew easily welcomes Cheng back with open arms after it's revealed that he was BrainwashedAndCrazy, with the exception of [[VideoGame/ArmoredCore Alexi]], who planned to ventilate his head before whacking him with the gun and saying they're back to square one.

* WellIntentionedExtremist - The original villain Adventus seems to be this, a faction dedicated to stopping wars and conflict by any means necessary. They also [[EvilLuddite hate all giant robots]], blaming them for the Second Impact. [[{{Hypocrite}} Which doesn't stop them from using mecha themselves]].
* WhatTheHellHero - Despite many characters being on the side of good, a number of them have pulled questionable moves that's earned them a few of these comments. Most of them have been aimed at [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille]].

** During ''To The Wandering, Blooming Flowers,'' [[OriginalGeneration Mongrel]] [[TogetherInDeath incinerated]] [[Anime/CasshernSins Dio and Leda]] just after Dio died due to the Ruin, and Leda - who was unarmed and posed no threat at the time - was in tears, leaning over him, mourning his death. The sheer KickTheDog of it all left several other mission participants disgusted, and it shows in the post-mission threads.
* [[WholePlotReference Whole Character Arc Reference]] - Miki Hoshii was one of the few [[VideoGame/TheIdolmaster Idolmaster]] characters who did not make the transition to Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia, so her character development and behaviour is mainly drawn from the original game while retooling it for the setting.
* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs - Subverted in varying ways. It's explained in-universe that the Franchise/KamenRider franchise was non-fiction, with all the shows just being documentaries filmed after the events and actually quite successful. GetterRobo also got a similar treatment, albeit as the [[{{Bowdlerise}} heavily edited]] "Starvengers", a show which is a BerserkButton for Ryouma and Hayato.
* TheWorfEffect - DOWNFALL ends up doing this to the entire ''Franchise/KamenRider'' cast, having Kamen Riders Blade, Accel, Fourze and half of Double captured and Decade suffering from memory loss from pushing himself too far.

* YankTheDogsChain and WhamEpisode - The mission Broken Wings marked the sudden downturn to the Chalice's improved relationship with the Federation, coupled with Adventus joining forces with the Federation.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord - Some characters, either intentionally or on accident, forget that a noticeable portion of the protagonists aren't human, thus they use terms like "you're not human" or "I won't be defeated by humans". The Primeval Force itself was one of them, and for an extra dose of irony, the determining factor in destroying it was the sacrifice of the non-human Bismuth.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating - It seems this is the fate both White Chalice and Adventus wish for one another. Seeing as though the last two encounters have ended in draws, it probably hasn't gone down much, though White Chalice has the disadvantage of being connected to [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 known]] [[CodeGeass terrorists]].

* SureWhyNot - As with ''Roleplay/SuperRobotWarsUnlimitedGeneration'', things can deviate from source material only if they are ''awesome''.
** Case in point - the fourth ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'' mission semi-averts the events of the sixth episode by having Yurika launch the units on-board and hope for the best instead of raising the Distortion Field and dooming the refugees. Only half the people were saved, but it was better than nothing.
** Averted with [[FafnerInTheAzure Shouko's]] HeroicSacrifice - everyone attempted to get out of there alive and together, but it was explicitly stated that there was no way this could happen.