| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pacific_vol_1.png]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks America's fightingest ships]], now in MoeAnthropomorphism form! (Specifically, this is the cover of the Japanese version of Volume 1.)[[note]]From left: [[BespectacledCutie Mahan]], [[TheHero Enterprise]], and [[TheAce Maury]].[[/note]]]] |
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| 4 | ->''"It was like watching a black hole. Whatever fleet elements we sent in simply disappeared, never to return." '' |
| 5 | -->-- '''[[MauveShirt Cmdr. Cole Davis]]''' describing the first Abyssal encounter, June 26, 1950 |
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| 7 | ''Pacific: World War II US Navy Shipgirls''[[note]] This is based on the title used on the Chinese versions of the artbooks. [[/note]] (aka ''Pacific: US Navy Fleet Collection'' or simply ''Pacific'') is a ''VideoGame/KanColle'' fanwork by [[http://himeuta.org/member.php?2926-Morgane-of-the-Mists ''Morgane of the Mists'']] and mainly illustrated by [[http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?id=1979063&type=all ''November/Jeanex'']]. What began as a small PlayByPostGame and collection of fan artwork by a small handful of people is now an AlternateUniverseFic/ ExpandedUniverse to the main Kancolle game by adding ship girls from other countries, in this case mainly from the United States Navy. [[ItsALongStory Or, at least, that's the basic premise]]. It is currently at two volumes, with the second volume still in the process of being fully released as of September 2015. |
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| 9 | In addition to the main work, several supplementary materials have been announced or released. The first is ''Action Report'', a ConceptArtGallery in book form which deals with things like [[AllThereInTheManual additional backstory, lore of the Pacific universe, and the authors' interpretations of their characters]], as well as [[WhatCouldHaveBeen concept art of the various ship girls]]. The second is ''Aeronautica'', which features several [[CoolPlane types of aircraft such as the F6F Hellcat, F4U Corsair, and BTD Destroyer]], in addition to featuring things such as the supply fairies for the American ships. As of December 2015, ''Aeronautica'' has been released in physical copy form, with ''Action Report, Volume 2'' currently being released both physically and digitally. |
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| 11 | The story begins during the start of UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar, where the Abyssals make their first move on humanity in the form of a single destroyer. When the [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks United States Seventh Fleet]] at the time try to fight the threat (assuming it was something the UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets were up to), they are subsequently wiped out in a CurbStompBattle, with the handful of survivors of these encounters eventually [[GoMadFromTheRevelation losing all sanity]]. Just when all hope seems lost, the first ship girl, in the form of a MoeAnthropomorphism of the battleship USS [[ProperLady Iowa]], [[BigDamnHeroes appears and saves the day]] by [[CurbStompBattle single-handedly defeating the lone Abyssal scout]]. From there, the US Navy decides to establish the Special Task and Evaluation Command (STEC), and more ship girls, starting with New Jersey, begin to appear and give humanity a glimmer of hope. |
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| 13 | The first volume can be viewed in its entirety [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/pools/9415 here]]. An English version [[http://www.hon-haka.org/archives/934 has been released]] on April 1, 2016. |
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| 15 | The partial second volume can be viewed [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/pools/10378 here]]. Alternatively, you can download an e-copy for free at [[https://www.dropbox.com/s/wzowt33o6uupqb0/Pacific%20vol.%202%20.zip?dl=0 dropbox]]. |
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| 17 | In addition, you can view more artwork at [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts?page=1&tags=jeanex danbooru]] and the latest updates and discussions at this [[http://himeuta.org/showthread.php?1662-USN-Fleet-Collection-November%E2%98%86-and-Aura-s-Artwork-amp-Design Himeuta thread]]. And now has a website [[http://www.hon-haka.org/ here.]] Now joined by an English-Chinese forum which posts additional updates and info [[http://forum.hon-haka.org/ here]], as well as [[https://twitter.com/stec_cv6 a Twitter account]]. Finally, their [=YouTube=] channel can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9iHPu5odDvFzk9Np6U8oxA/feed here]]. |
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| 19 | Now has a character sheet which can be seen [[Characters/PacificWorldWarIIUsNavyShipgirls here]]. |
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| 22 | |
| 23 | !!Tropes for this work include: |
| 24 | |
| 25 | [[folder: Tropes A-M]] |
| 26 | |
| 27 | * TheAce: |
| 28 | ** Enterprise, Narwhal, and Maury, based on the fact that they were some of the most decorated American ships of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. |
| 29 | ** O'Bannon and San Francisco. |
| 30 | * ACupAngst: |
| 31 | ** [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1870603?tags=jeanex Arizona, Mahan, Ryuujou and Taihou are jealous of Enterprise's E-cups.]] |
| 32 | ** Let's just say that ever since the introduction of !Kancolle Iowa, !Pacific Iowa [[http://i.imgur.com/7gB7JrP.jpg isn't exactly pleased...]] |
| 33 | * ADayInTheLimelight: |
| 34 | ** Most of the 4-komas are done in this format, with Morgane introducing the readers to one particular ship girl. |
| 35 | ** Several of the articles on hon-haka focus on one particular ship girl. The roster so far includes: Nevada, Marblehead, O'Bannon, Sculpin and Sailfish, Surcouf, and Pennsylvania. |
| 36 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: Some of the canon characters will be receiving tweaks. For one, based on [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/18132111/ this preview]], Pacific!Akagi is a lot more bitter than her wise and professional yet fun canon self. [[http://www.hon-haka.org/archives/3898 Kumano is also more reserved]] and not given to making FunnyBruceLeeNoises. |
| 37 | * AesopAmnesia: Germany and Japan seem to have learnt nothing from World War II in their allowing far-right politicians to retake power. |
| 38 | * AfterActionReport: |
| 39 | ** The bios of the girls in Volume 1 are mostly written in this style, being written from the perspective of a [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction STEC]] commander. |
| 40 | ** One of the supplementary materials is even called "Action Report". |
| 41 | * AlienSpaceBats: The Abyssals showing up during the Korean War is the cause of the alternate timeline, resulting in less interventionist Super Powers, a stabler Soviet Union and a more militaristic Japan. |
| 42 | * AllLovingHero: Enterprise at least looks and plays this part well. |
| 43 | * TheAllSolvingHammer: O'Bannon's solution to every problem? Potatoes. |
| 44 | * AllThereInTheManual: |
| 45 | ** ''Action Report'', a supplementary book which features things like concept art and additional information regarding the universe of ''Pacific''. |
| 46 | ** ''Aeronautica'' features CoolPlanes such as the Corsair, Hellcat, and the [[SuperPrototype BTD Destroyer]], as well as the fairies that operate them. |
| 47 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: Iowa, no doubt, especially in the the {{backstory}}. |
| 48 | * AlphaBitch: Pennsylvania seems like this at first impression, complete with UnreliableNarrator moments in after-action reports and {{Jerkass}} tendencies. [[LovableAlphaBitch Though, once you actually do get to know her personally, her nice side pops up here and there.]] Just make sure you're patient enough to handle her. |
| 49 | * AlternateHistory: |
| 50 | ** WordOfGod states that the Abyssals in this universe made their first move in June 1950, at the beginning of UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar. |
| 51 | ** [[http://forum.hon-haka.org/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=45&extra=page%3D1 This post]] shows just how much has changed with the advent of the Abyssals. |
| 52 | ** While in RealLife no Essex-class aircraft carriers were sunk in combat, in ''Pacific's'' universe, it's mentioned that the ''Leyte'' and possibly several other carriers were destroyed by the Abyssals. |
| 53 | * AlternateUniverseFic: The authors state that this work can be this or ExpandedUniverse to the main [=KanColle=] game, though the divergence from the extant LooseCanon keeps growing. As of this writing in October 2019 [[https://hon-haka.org/archives/6261 Pacific-exclusive renditions of shipgirls already extant in KanColle exist.]] WordOfGod even states that other fics involving the US Navy shipgirls are this to ''Pacific'' as well. |
| 54 | * AlwaysIdenticalTwins: The two Sargo-class sisters, Sculpin and Sailfish. |
| 55 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The USN shipgirls, arguably, are this when compared to their IJN kanmusu counterparts. JustifiedTrope - [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII for obvious reasons]]. |
| 56 | * AmericanGothicCouple: [[http://www.hon-haka.org/archives/853 There's a piece of art]] that recreates the original image but with a younger Iowa included. |
| 57 | * AnachronismStew: [[http://www.hon-haka.org/archives/3216 As per this Mail Call,]] partly due to the Abyssal shadow war, technology is all over the place. |
| 58 | * AnimalisticAbomination: [[spoiler: Most]] Abyssals revealed so far lack a humanoid appearance, look like a combination [[http://www.hon-haka.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/%E8%A3%85%E7%94%B2%E9%A9%B1%E9%80%90%E8%88%B0.jpg of various marine animals and exotic technology.]] They are also much larger in scale as well. |
| 59 | * AnimalMotifs: Hornet, duh. Even her stockings [[spoiler: and underwear]] are patterned in a yellow and black stripe pattern. |
| 60 | * {{Animesque}}: While the artstyle is undoubtedly Japanese as per the source material, the overall theme, setting, characterization and narrative structure is explicitly western. For example, while Kancolle itself can be considered to be a mecha musume (or mecha musume derived) work, ''Pacific'' chooses intentionally to focus on the humanity of the characters rather than choosing the common depiction of "weapons given human form" that is prevalent within the genre. |
| 61 | * ApocalypticLog: [[http://www.hon-haka.org/archives/734 This excerpt]] from ''Action Report, Volume 1'' covers in detail on just how clueless and shocked the US Seventh Fleet was at the time of the first Abyssal encounter. |
| 62 | * AuthorAvatar: Morgane has one, which depicts her in a graduation toga and with PointyEars. |
| 63 | * AxCrazy: Phoenix is a more anti-heroic take on this. |
| 64 | * BackStory: A very detailed one, and one that's heavily reliant on WordOfGod and AllThereInTheManual too. |
| 65 | * BadassAdorable: The American destroyers are both this and CuteBruiser. Unlike their IJN counterparts, they're all depicted as high-school to college level girls. |
| 66 | * BadassCape: |
| 67 | ** Maury, Nevada, and Oklahoma have black and red ones. |
| 68 | ** St. Louis has a blue one. |
| 69 | * BeautyContest: New Jersey is modeled after a contestant, complete with CoolCrown and award ribbon. |
| 70 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Iowa, even when severely damaged, manages to still [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1710875?tags=jeanex look good]]. |
| 71 | * BigDamnHeroes: Iowa's first appearance and subsequent battle with the first Abyssal scout. New Jersey's timely arrival a few years after that counts as well. |
| 72 | * BigGood: |
| 73 | ** Enterprise, based on the most decorated American ship of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and the center girl in the pic above. This is even acknowledged by the author. |
| 74 | ** STEC, the organization responsible for handling the US ship girls. |
| 75 | * BishounenLine: While most Abyssals are of the AnimalisticAbomination type, this is not the case with [[spoiler: the most recently-revealed one]]. |
| 76 | * BlandNameProduct: [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/2079937?tags=jeanex ''Defense'']], which also counts as a ShoutOut to Magazine/TimeMagazine. |
| 77 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[http://www.hon-haka.org/archives/3166 As this Mail Call]] puts bluntly, trying to attribute any human morality or motivation to Abyssal actions is foolish. |
| 78 | * BoisterousBruiser: Surprisingly averted. All of the ship girls shown thus far are pretty reserved. Yes, even ''Maury'', of all people. |
| 79 | * BornLucky: Enterprise, no doubt. Also pretty much every other ship that survived the war. Maury and O'Bannon as well, being based on two of the most decorated destroyers of the war. |
| 80 | * BornUnlucky: Arizona and Oklahoma, duh. And you'll probably [[TheWoobie feel sorry for both of them more than any other character]]. |
| 81 | * BraidsOfAction: |
| 82 | ** Northampton, Raleigh, and Louisiana have different variations of this hairstyle. |
| 83 | ** St. Louis and her sister Helena have some on the backs of their hair. |
| 84 | ** Tashkent has a mix of this and GirlishPigtails. |
| 85 | * BreakingTheBonds: Iowa does this ''in front of UsefulNotes/HarrySTruman''. |
| 86 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: A lot of the girls qualify, but the best examples would arguably be Maury, Helena, and Chester. They have...certain quirks, to say the least (especially the latter two). But when push comes to shove, they are really good at what they do. |
| 87 | * ButtMonkey: |
| 88 | ** Pretty much '''everyone''' gets Louisville's name pronounced wrong, '''including''' her two older sisters Northampton and Chester. [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1897363?tags=jeanex Just see]] [[http://i.imgur.com/NnozsrQ.jpg?1for yourself.]] |
| 89 | ** [[http://i.imgur.com/KzHwBXg.jpg Arizona]] suffers from this in the 4komas. |
| 90 | * CaptainPatriotic: Maury. |
| 91 | * TheChewToy: Louisville is this both to her two older sisters and the authors. |
| 92 | * ChummyCommies: Tashkent. |
| 93 | * ClassifiedInformation: Of all the things you'd expect to be kept Top Secret in STEC, [[spoiler: ''Iowa's'' cup size being kept confidential]] was probably not one of them. |
| 94 | * ClothingDamage: Like its source material, there is artwork featuring the US ships in various damaged conditions, ranging from lightly damaged to sinking. |
| 95 | * CloseRangeCombatant: Abyssal scout ships show a marked tendency towards close ranged fighting, only firing their guns and torpedoes a few times before attempting to engage in melee combat. A few of the ship girls such as St. Louis are as well, just keep in mind that close range is classified as able see the abyssal with unaided eye. |
| 96 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Chester, even in the middle of combat. |
| 97 | * CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Northampton takes the job of minding Chester. |
| 98 | %%* CoatCape: How Arizona and Dolphin put on their uniforms. |
| 99 | * ContemplateOurNavels: The Northampton sisters' favorite way of killing time. |
| 100 | * CoolPlane: |
| 101 | ** The aircraft carriers get them per the Kancolle standard. Hornet takes the cake here, by having the unique ability to launch B-25 Mitchells like her historical counterpart. |
| 102 | ** ''Aeronautica'', another supplementary book for the series, features an entire carrier's worth of them. |
| 103 | * ConceptArtGallery: ''Action Report'', in particular the first volume, serves as this trope in book form. Additionally, there's the himeuta and hon-haka forums on occasion. Both feature early designs of the various ship girls and fairies. |
| 104 | * CosmicHorrorStory: The more is revealed about the Abyssals, the more it looks like this universe is going down this path. Abyssals are otherworldly beings, alien in appearance and mindset, [[BrownNote so wrong they drive normal humans insane from being nearby]], so powerful that lone scouts cut through conventional navies with ease, and yet these are but a tiny part of a giant conquering war machine that has crushed who knows how many other worlds, including some with their own shipgirls, before. |
| 105 | * CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: STEC. Officially, it's basically the US Navy's research division. The truth is that most of the public and even most of the military don't know what it ''actually'' is. |
| 106 | %%* {{Cowgirl}}: Houston. |
| 107 | * {{Crossover}}: [[http://www.hon-haka.org/archives/1178 OCEAN]], a crossover between this fic, ''VideoGame/KanColle'' canon, and fellow fics ''Orions'' and ''Abyssal''. |
| 108 | * CurbStompBattle: Happens to both the US Navy and the Abyssals in the BackStory. |
| 109 | ** For the US Navy, it was the first encounter with the Abyssal destroyer. Having no idea what its characteristics were, a huge portion of the 7th Fleet was wiped out as a result. |
| 110 | ** On the Abyssal side, it was Iowa's first appearance and subsequent battle with the aforementioned Abyssal destroyer scout. |
| 111 | * CuteMonsterGirl: [[spoiler: [[http://i.imgur.com/Q1PipAi.jpg This Abyssal]] ]], as well as the [[spoiler: supposed ringleader aka "Artois"]]. |
| 112 | * DarkerAndEdgier: To a degree. Compared to the original source material, this fic features elements such as MindRape in the backstory, and that's saying a lot already. |
| 113 | * DreadfulMusician: While Mahan is TheSmartGuy for the US Navy ship girls, that doesn't necessarily mean that she's good at [[http://i.imgur.com/wIbcFUz.png playing the guitar]]. |
| 114 | * DrillSergeantNasty: Dolphin, due to her historical counterpart spending a portion of the war as a training ship. |
| 115 | * {{Eagleland}}: A very strong case of Type 1, due to the ship girls' heroic nature. The only one to play Type 2 straight would be [[{{Jerkass}} Pennsylvania]]. |
| 116 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Some ship girls, most notably Louisiana and the Yorktown sisters, have certain design traits that seem out of place, such as the latter being archers. This is due to being some of the first American ship girls drawn. |
| 117 | * EasyLogistics: Averted both the shipgirls and the Abyssals are mentioned to have ammunition limits. |
| 118 | * EldritchAbomination: The Abyssals as usual. Though WordOfGod states that, in this universe, they are not resentful spirits of fallen ships, but rather as alien beings from another realm. |
| 119 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Phoenix has "Phoo-Bird". |
| 120 | * TheEngineer: Narwhal acts as one. |
| 121 | * EroticEating: The way Hornet eats her lollipops. |
| 122 | * EvilIsBigger: Abyssals, or at least the ones shown so far, are not humanoid sized in this series: [[http://i.imgur.com/rrMozLJ.png the person in the figure is 170 cm tall.]] Averted with [[spoiler: the Humanoid Abyssals]]. |
| 123 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It's a story mainly about ship girls from the United States Navy. |
| 124 | * EyepatchOfPower: Chester has one over her right eye. |
| 125 | * TheFace: Enterprise. |
| 126 | * FairyCompanion: Specialist fairies focus on a designated role, distinguishable by dress and will actively interact with each other, ship girls and STEC personnel. |
| 127 | * FashionableAsymmetry: Louisville's and O'Bannon's leggings. |
| 128 | * FieryRedhead: San Francisco. |
| 129 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: Most ship girls are this, due to in part to their PastLifeMemories. |
| 130 | * FlagBikini: Narwhal's and Surcouf's attire. |
| 131 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 132 | ** Some of the American ship girls are this to their Japanese counterparts. The best example here is Iowa, who owns a similar, albeit larger, blue ParasolOfPrettiness in contrast to Yamato's own red one. [[http://i.imgur.com/R3mSql6.jpg This image]] even shows the two squaring off. |
| 133 | ** Maury to Shimakaze. The former even comments on wanting to challenge to the latter in a race. |
| 134 | ** Northampton and Chester to Mikuma and Mogami, respectively. The former are the more reserved and graceful to the latter's tomboy and ditz. |
| 135 | ** Langley to Houshou, being the first carriers of their respective fleets. |
| 136 | ** Pennsylvania and Arizona to Nagato and Mutsu, due to their similar histories. |
| 137 | * FourthWallMailSlot: The [[http://www.hon-haka.org/archives/category/daily-updates Mail Call]] section of the official website occasionally has the girls directly addressing the audience. |
| 138 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Shaw is known for taking care of both injured sailors and seabirds. |
| 139 | * GenderBlenderName: Just like its source material. Most notable example is Chester, named after a US city, as well as all of the Destroyers. |
| 140 | * GeniusBruiser: Mahan, though she's more on the genius than the bruiser side. |
| 141 | ** Houston is of the [[SouthernFriedGenius Southern variety]]. |
| 142 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Both the Abyssals and ship girls are this, at least during their arrival in the 1950s. Played straight with Iowa, who pretty came out of nowhere and [[BigDamnHeroes saved the US Seventh Fleet]]. |
| 143 | * GirlNextDoor: Nevada is described as such by "November". |
| 144 | * GirlishPigtails: |
| 145 | ** Nevada's hairstyle, which fits her small figure. |
| 146 | ** Houston's hairstyle. |
| 147 | ** Tashkent's is a mix of this and BraidsOfAction. |
| 148 | ** Hornet has two smaller ones that resemble an insect's antennae. |
| 149 | * GlamorousWartimeSinger: Tennessee is one. |
| 150 | * GoingNative: Much like [[VideoGame/KanColle U-511]], U-2513 ends up in a foreign navy, in this case under the American one, and adapts pretty quickly at that. |
| 151 | * GoingCommando: Helena, St. Louis, and Wisconsin are clearly wearing ''nothing'' under their dresses. |
| 152 | * GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: Special Task and Evaluation Command (STEC), the current page image for the trope, is the agency responsible for handling the US ship girls, which operates under the auspices of the US Navy. |
| 153 | * GoMadFromTheRevelation: This was the eventual fate of those who survived their encounter with the Abyssals. That was, until New Jersey came along. |
| 154 | * GranolaGirl: San Francisco is ''believed'' to be this by her peers, but it's subverted on account that she actually isn't. |
| 155 | * GratuitousLatin: [[spoiler: The British fleetgirl program uses the Royal Navy's motto: "Si vis pacem, para bellum" - "If you want peace, prepare for war".]] |
| 156 | * GuiltFreeExterminationWar: [[http://www.hon-haka.org/archives/3557 The abyssals have no qualms about the genocide of humanity]] and the shipgirls correspondingly have no concerns of their own about killing them right back. In fact, any abyssal that might start having doubts quickly gets subject to HeKnowsTooMuch. |
| 157 | * TheGunslinger: Nevada and Houston. |
| 158 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Enterprise and Maury play this trope completely straight. |
| 159 | * HeadbuttingHeroes: Played with. While the USN ship girls and IJN kanmusu are, as a whole, cooperating with one another due to the Abyssal threat, it's the individual ship girls and kanmusu (ex. Enterprise and Zuikaku) who keep headbutting with one another. |
| 160 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: The IJN kanmusu, British fleet girls, and Soviet fleetgirl program, who are OutOfFocus but have several mentions in passing. |
| 161 | * HiddenBuxom: [[spoiler: ''Iowa's'' cup size is labelled as "classified", hinting that they're actually bigger than what's being presented to us. And quite possibly bigger than say... Yamato, at that.]] |
| 162 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Usefulnotes/HarrySTruman is set to appear in an upcoming 4-koma, alongside Iowa. |
| 163 | * HomeBase: STEC headquarters is Naval Base Avalon, a mobile floating fortress. it is in fact run by [[PostModernMagik a mixture of magic and technology]] and can produce mist that cloaks it from abyssals. |
| 164 | * HopeBringer: |
| 165 | ** Iowa and New Jersey in the BackStory. |
| 166 | ** Enterprise is basically this for the rest of the USN ships. |
| 167 | * HotBlooded: Houston is a downplayed example. |
| 168 | * HouseFey: "Standard" Fairies. They are uncommunicative, mostly ignore humans in favor of their specific tasks. They go about refiing materials, and repairing any equipment on base, even the admirals at times, building stuff, and gathering food while not milling about or napping. |
| 169 | * HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: There is at least [[http://i.imgur.com/Q1PipAi.jpg one human-looking abyssal]]. Her armor and weapons are grown organically from her body and can be hidden as well. Her mentality is not likely to be much more human.]] |
| 170 | * IHaveManyNames: Enterprise has "The Big E", "Lucky E", and "The Grey Ghost". |
| 171 | * IdiotHair: |
| 172 | ** Mahan and Shaw have it, though interestingly the former's isn't always depicted in artwork. |
| 173 | ** Edsall. |
| 174 | ** Sculpin. |
| 175 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: O'Bannon and her trusty potatoes. [[EdibleAmmunition She throws said potatoes like hand grenades at her enemies.]] |
| 176 | * IslandBase: One called Avalon is the main base of operations for the American ship girls. |
| 177 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: |
| 178 | ** Pennsylvania has shades of this. While initially looking like your typical AlphaBitch, she actually has a pretty nice side to her, provided you can tolerate her behavior long enough. |
| 179 | ** O'Bannon only likes to play jokes on people who deserve it, and is a really nice person by heart. |
| 180 | * JugglingLoadedGuns: Chester does this in her 4-koma with Maury's shield, [[spoiler: [[http://i.imgur.com/KzHwBXg.jpg resulting in Arizona getting hit by the torpedoes loaded in it]].]] |
| 181 | * KillItWithFire: Phoenix's [[SignatureMove Signature Weapon]] is an M2 Flamethrower. |
| 182 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Maury's shield, which is clearly based on [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers']] shield, to the point that [[http://i.imgur.com/KzHwBXg.jpg Chester recites the Captain America theme while throwing it like a toy.]] |
| 183 | * TheMasquerade: [[http://www.hon-haka.org/archives/1945 This article]] makes it clear that the powers that have shipgirls are still playing things close to the chest as far as publicity about the abyssal threat is concerned. |
| 184 | * TheMedic: Shaw does this with improvised methods. |
| 185 | * {{Meido}}: The Colorado class is clearly modeled after this archetype. |
| 186 | * MidSeasonUpgrade: Enterprise's remodeled version counts, being based on her post-1943 configuration. [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1699434?tags=jeanex Before]] and [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1813542?tags=jeanex after.]] |
| 187 | * MildlyMilitary: Zig-zagged. While STEC itself was founded by the US Navy, not to mention its human members all being part of the US military, its the ship girls themselves that aren't so keen with military regulations. |
| 188 | * MilitarySuperhero: Rather than go for the traditional Mecha Musume depiction, ''Pacific'' depicts them more as a cross between this trope and SuperSoldier done in a surprisingly realistic manner. |
| 189 | * MindRape: Abyssals produce an aura of terror, with the Nightmare class ones have a far more advanced version that produces illusions and visions that very quickly cause humans to GoMadfromtheRevelation in an estimated radius of 50 to 75 kilometers. They can focus as a beam attack, currently the effects are unknown. |
| 190 | * MoeAnthropomorphism: Like its source material, of ships from World War II. In this case, they're all US Navy ships. |
| 191 | * MoreDakka: Chicago has a Thompson submachine gun. |
| 192 | * MsFanservice: California, to the point that she could give even Shimakaze a run for her money. |
| 193 | * MultinationalTeam: The production team themselves, along with being on both sides of the political spectrum. Morgane is a conservative American. Sune is an outspoken Japanese ultranationalist with IJA heritage. Zeroblaze is a fervent Chinese Communist. November and Sima are also Chinese. |
| 194 | * TheMultiverse: Supplementary materiel released on the website reveals that the universe depicted in currently released material is one of '''many''' that have come under attack by the Abyssals in this work. We're even shown what seems to be [[https://hon-haka.org/archives/2082 Kongou from one of those alternate universes.]] |
| 195 | * MyGreatestSecondChance: Just like its source material, this applies to some of the ship girls (such as Arizona and Houston) who were lost in some of the early battles in the Pacific War. |
| 196 | * MysticalWhiteHair: Northampton, Chester, Missouri, and [[spoiler: the humanoid Abyssal]]. |
| 197 | [[/folder]] |
| 198 | |
| 199 | [[folder: Tropes N-Z]] |
| 200 | * NativeAmericans: Oklahoma has several references to them, such as a feather. |
| 201 | * NonUniformUniform: The ship girls don't have standardized uniforms, but they do have a USN or STEC logo sewn onto their clothes instead in order to identify them as members of said organizations. |
| 202 | * NukeEm: Averted. President UsefulNotes/HarrySTruman in the {{backstory}} specifically ordered the US Military NOT to use Nukes on the Abyssals, as [[NiceJobBreakingItHero that would have more-or-less spelled]] WorldWarIII. |
| 203 | * OhCrap: Essentially the overall reaction of the US Navy upon enountering the first Abyssal up close. See ApocalypticLog for further details. |
| 204 | * OhCrapSmile: Chester does this [[spoiler: after accidentally hitting Arizona with Maury's shield (which is loaded with ''live torpedoes'').]] |
| 205 | * OjouRinglets: New Jersey has them. |
| 206 | * OralFixation: |
| 207 | ** Hornet and lollipops. |
| 208 | ** Narwhal keeps a blade of straw in her mouth. |
| 209 | * OriginalCharacter: And an entire fleet's worth of them, too. If it weren't for the fact that this work was largely based on Kancolle, not to mention the Abyssals still being the main antagonists, this could have very well been an original work in and of itself. |
| 210 | * OurGhostsAreDifferent: The Unique fairies. They claim to be historical figures, look like a SuperDeformed version of them and possess vast knowledge of person details of the person. STEC isn't quite sure as if they are a copy, [[LivingMemory imprinting]], somehow linked or imitating the person in question. They are also the only fairies able to communicate with humans. |
| 211 | * ParasolOfPrettiness: Iowa has a large blue one, in contrast to Yamato's small red one. |
| 212 | * PastLifeMemories: Makes a huge part of their personality. To the point that the author herself stated that, for example, Enterprise and Hiryu working together would be almost impossible given their pasts as ArchEnemies. |
| 213 | * PatrioticFervor: Maury, who even waves around an American flag. Edsall has a costume that puts Maury's to shame. |
| 214 | * PerpetualSmiler: Chester, who is always is a cheerful mood. |
| 215 | * PhenotypeStereotype: Several, but the most notable examples are New Jersey and Des Moines. Both of them have blonde hair and blue eyes. |
| 216 | * PintSizedPowerHouse: |
| 217 | ** Nevada, in comparison to the other battleships. |
| 218 | ** Enterprise in comparison to her sisters and most of the IJN carriers. Her remodeled version subverts this. |
| 219 | * ThePioneer: Langley, fittingly enough, given that her real-life counterpart was the first American carrier ever built. |
| 220 | * PlayAlongPrisoner: Iowa in her second 4-koma, who only had herself handcuffed by the Secret Service out of good will. |
| 221 | * PrimAndProperBun: Pennsylvania's hairstyle. |
| 222 | * ProperLady: Iowa certainly has the looks, grace, and clothes of one. [[LadyOfWar And she doesen't lose her grace and cool when fighting Abyssals either.]] |
| 223 | * ProperTightsWithASkirt: Mahan and West Virginia have black stockings, while Edsall uses white ones instead. |
| 224 | * PyroManiac: [[MeaningfulName Phoenix, duh.]] |
| 225 | * RedBaron: Some of the ship girls retain their monikers from their historical counterparts, such as "The Grey Ghost" for Enterprise, and "Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast" for Houston. |
| 226 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: |
| 227 | ** Played straight with [[AxCrazy Phoenix]]. |
| 228 | ** Enterprise, but only if you're an Abyssal or IJN kanmusu. |
| 229 | ** Dolphin, but it's mostly due to her DrillSergeantNasty personality. |
| 230 | * RedOniBlueOni: |
| 231 | ** The St. Louis sisters are this, with Helena as the red to St. Louis' blue. Their eye colors should make this obvious. |
| 232 | ** Maury (Blue Oni) and O'Bannon (Red Oni). |
| 233 | ** Among the submarines, there's Sailfish (Red Oni) and Sculpin (Blue Oni). |
| 234 | * RedshirtArmy: The US Seventh Fleet in the {{backstory}}. Justified since they had no idea on how to combat the Abyssal destroyer, due to it being completely alien to them. |
| 235 | * ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: The most notable are Phoenix and Helena, to the point that their outfits are also mythological-themed. |
| 236 | * TheRival: |
| 237 | ** Maury to Shimakaze, especially with regards to anything related to racing. |
| 238 | ** Again, Maury to Shigure, due to having actually been enemies in the past. |
| 239 | ** Enterprise to Zuikaku as well, with regards to their PastLifeMemories as [[ArchEnemy arch-enemies]]. |
| 240 | * RoseHairedSweetie: Mahan again. |
| 241 | * RunningGag: |
| 242 | ** [[ButtMonkey Louisville's]] name getting pronounced wrong. To the point that the authors themselves suffered the same problem. |
| 243 | ** [[spoiler: Iowa's cup size being labelled as "classified" is in the process of becoming this.]] |
| 244 | * SailorFuku: Not a big surprise here, considering its source material. Interestingly, its the Heavy Cruisers (barring [[{{Cowgirl}} Houston]]) who make use of them the most. |
| 245 | * ScrewDestiny: In contrast to Akagi's stance of [[YouCantFightFate fate]] (or at least to one of her quotes in the anime), Enterprise does not subscribe to the same idea, believing that the future is shaped by you, and you alone. |
| 246 | * SexyBacklessOutfit: New Jersey and Edsall's outfits. |
| 247 | * ShadowArchetype: Subverted. The Abyssals in this work are completely different from the Allied ships, and its still left ambiguous as to what they are exactly. |
| 248 | * SheIsAllGrownUp: Enterprise's remodeled version. |
| 249 | * ShoutOut: Several. |
| 250 | ** No, painting Maury [[RedOnesGoFaster red]] won't make her go [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam three times faster]]. |
| 251 | ** Speaking of Maury, one of her shields featured in ''Action Report'' resembles a certain [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica American-themed superhero]]. |
| 252 | ** In one side comic, Chester even throws it like Rogers himself while singing part of the Captain America theme. |
| 253 | ** Also from ''Action Report'': Phoenix was originally to have a gas mask, making her resemble either [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Pyro]] or [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Bane.]] |
| 254 | ** Phoenix's quote on her page in the book references a certain [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} famous cyborg]]. |
| 255 | ** One of the equipment fairies (specifically the one for Anti-Air duties) featured on himeuta resembles [[Film/PearlHarbor Cuba Gooding Jr.]]. Another one resembles Creator/SeanConnery as Franchise/JamesBond. |
| 256 | ** One of Narwhal's quotes is this gem: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhujEQhg764 Narwhals, Narwhals, swimmin' in the ocean~]]. |
| 257 | ** [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/2079937?tags=jeanex This magazine cover]] is a homage to ''TimeMagazine''. |
| 258 | ** Iowa's description on danbooru is a reference to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJwgRY0r67k American Warships]], a mockbuster by Creator/TheAsylum of ''Film/{{Battleship}}''. |
| 259 | ** Iowa's second 4-koma has a blatant reference to ''Film/ManOfSteel''. |
| 260 | * ShownTheirWork: Hooo boy, where to start? A lot of research was done on each ship, to the point that their personalities have a lot of historical references to them. |
| 261 | * SlasherSmile: Dolphin and Phoenix are depicted this way in their respective artwork. |
| 262 | * SouthernBelle: |
| 263 | ** Louisiana has shades of this and [[SouthernFriedPrivate Southern-Fried Battleship]]. |
| 264 | ** Langley, of the "Bonne Belle" type, in addition to being ThePioneer. |
| 265 | * SouthernFriedPrivate: |
| 266 | ** Narwhal, down to the straw in her mouth and stereotypical southern accent. |
| 267 | ** Louisiana, though her case is downplayed in that she also has features of a SouthernBelle. |
| 268 | ** Houston, in addition to being a {{Cowgirl}} ''and'' a SouthernFriedGenius. |
| 269 | * TheStrategist: Mahan's specialty. Seems to be inherited from her namesake's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Influence_of_Sea_Power_upon_History work.]] |
| 270 | * {{Stripperific}}: |
| 271 | ** Helena's costume. |
| 272 | ** Lexington. |
| 273 | ** St. Louis. |
| 274 | ** Chicago's costume, at least in comparison to the other Northamptons. |
| 275 | ** O'Bannon, but fortunately for her case it averts VaporWear. |
| 276 | * SuperSoldier: The ship girls are a cross between this and MilitarySuperhero. |
| 277 | * TeamMom: |
| 278 | ** What makes a huge part of Langley's personality is her tendency to care for the other ship girls. |
| 279 | ** Edsall is one for the other American destroyers. |
| 280 | ** Despite her DrillSergeantNasty personality, Dolphin is one for the other submarines. |
| 281 | * TechnicianVsPerformer: Surprisingly present here in the form of the USN ship girls getting more modern looks and better-looking equipment than their IJN counterparts. Compare Enterprise to Zuikaku for example. |
| 282 | * ThemeNaming: Battleships are named after US states, Cruisers for US cities, Destroyers after fallen sailors, and Submarines after a species of aquatic animal. Carriers, meanwhile, vary, though the common point lies in that their names are inherited from previous ships. |
| 283 | * ThereIsAnother: This is basically New Jersey's sudden appearance in the backstory. |
| 284 | * TheStoic: Iowa, in keeping with her image as an AloofDarkHairedGirl, almost always maintains a slight frown. |
| 285 | * ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts: The Abyssals have not yet arrived in force, making every battle so far this trope. |
| 286 | * TokenMiniMoe: Enterprise to her sister ship Hornet. Just [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1699434?tags=jeanex compare her]] to [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1726236?tags=jeanex the latter]]. That is, until her [[TookALevelInBadass refit]]. |
| 287 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Chester is the tomboy, while Northampton is the girly girl. |
| 288 | * TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Maury, surprisingly enough, who actually goes shopping for clothes with Tashkent. |
| 289 | * UnreliableNarrator: Pennsylvania's profile and backstory in Volume 1 is full of exaggerated claims of her role DuringTheWar (which STEC immediately lampshades to the readers). |
| 290 | * VaporWear: Just look carefully at Helena's and St. Louis' costume for a moment. |
| 291 | ** And now, Lexington's costume makes the former's look modest by comparison. |
| 292 | * WeAreStrugglingTogether: Downplayed. The US and Japan are in this sort of relation with one another regarding the Abyssal threat, though this doesen't affect their alliance directly. This is thanks in part to the Japan of ''Pacific'''s timeline being more militaristic and less prosperous than RealLife Japan. |
| 293 | * WhenItAllBegan: Specifically, on June 25, 1950, around the beginning of UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar, when the first Abyssal appeared, as well as the Seventh Fleet's investigation and subsequent destruction after making contact with it. |
| 294 | * WomanChild: Chester, ''Chester'', '''Chester'''. Just look at all the things she does in the 4-komas... |
| 295 | * {{Yonkoma}}: Several, which usually show Morgane, in AuthorAvatar form, introducing us to a US Navy ship girl of particular interest. |
| 296 | * YouAreNumberSix: Literally with Enterprise (CV-6). Also applies to every single ship girl due to the US numbering system on the original ships. |
| 297 | ** A more specific example would be the V-boats' historical counterparts, before switching to the current names they have. |
| 298 | * YouthfulFreckles: Shaw and Lousiana both have them. |
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