Line #74 Manga/MiamiGuns


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3	-> "[Theme tune!] ''Miami Guns!''"
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5	''Miami Guns'' is a parody CopShow about... well, we're not sure, actually. All we can say for sure is that it's a manga by Takeaki Momose [[note]] who would go on to create ''Manga/{{Magikano}}'' [[/note]] which was serialized in ''Magazine Special'' from 1997 to 1999, and can be considered an AffectionateParody of cop shows and GirlsWithGuns series. It was later adapted into a 13-episode anime by Creator/GroupTAC and Creator/AnimalYa, which aired in 2000.
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7	The story focuses on Sakurakoji Yao and Amano Lu, two cops from a relatively fictional version of Miami City, and the RagtagBunchOfMisfits they belong to that is the Miami Police Force. Other than that... the show's pretty random with its gags, though manages to stay funny enough to sit through.
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10	!!''Miami Guns'' provides examples of:
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12	%% * AffectionateParody: CopShow tropes and cultural references.
13	* AttentionWhore: YAO. A good number of incidents pretty much stemmed from her tendency to grab the spotlight.
14	* BadCopIncompetentCop: The MPD in general are violent creeps who couldn't care less about public safety. Yao stands out for totally different reasons.
15	* BattleButler: Jii, apparently. According to Yao's flashback, he's served in the army, won Oscars, played in a band, been a Buddhist monk - with his hair and sunglasses intact, and a secret service agent. To his credit, the guy is TheAce incarnate, a ladies' man, and according to episode #9, essentially ''made of iron''!
16	* BerserkButton: Yao hates it when she thinks someone's stealing all the attention from her.
17	** Don't make fun of Chief Amano's afro.
18	* BlackComedy: The fake clip show episode (#2) plays with the tragic death of Yao's mother. [[spoiler:Turns out she's making it up.]]
19	%% * ButtMonkey: Yao; Nagisa
20	* CampGay: George and Anthony, the two gag characters introduced in the girls' school episode (#3).
21	* CharacterCatchphrase:
22	-->'''Yao:''' [[OncePerEpisode Once again, Justice is served]]!
23	%% * ChekhovsGag: [[spoiler:George and Anthony.]]
24	%% * ComedicSociopathy
25	%% * DaChief: Chief Amano
26	%% * DeadpanSnarker: Lu.
27	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: #6 gives a bomber terrorist who goes by the name of [[spoiler:Joke Joedan.]][[note]]''Jōdan''/Joke[[/note]].
28	%% * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Kaken Musume ("Science Lab Girl", more or less).
29	* EveryoneIsArmed: The antagonist of the anime's first episode attempted to rob a bank, only to find out that the only person in that building who wasn't packing heat was the baby that he later takes as a hostage.
30	%% * {{Fanservice}}: Most commonly in the form of Panty Shots.
31	* GagSeries: The Anime has almost nothing resembling an overall plot; it pretty much runs on throw-away gags and cultural references.
32	* GilliganCut: Episode 6:
33	-->'''Chief Amano:''' That idiot girl! I really want to see what kind of creature has it as its child.\
34	''(cut to Mr. Sakurakoji's room)''\
35	'''Mr. Sakurakoji:''' So, you came to see what kind of creature has Yao as its child?\
36	'''Chief Amano:''' Uh, no sir. I didn't mean it like that.
37	%% * TheGunslinger: Julio Peacemaker, the second best gunman in the world.
38	* IJustWantToBeSpecial / JumpedAtTheCall: Yao's reason for playing cop -- she was really impressed when Lu was her bodyguard, and she ''refuses'' to be shown up!
39	%% * IncrediblyLamePun: Episode 2: "Now, finally I'm gonna pay you back, ''in full!''"
40	%% * Les Yay [[invoked]]
41	%% * Lu confessing to Yao when she's not insulting her
42	%% * Yao {{Skinship Grop\|e}}ing Kaken.
43	%% * LovelyAngels: Yao and Lu.
44	* MoodWhiplash: Chapter 7 of the manga. [[spoiler:It deals with Kenji Inuda, a criminal who tries to kill Chief Amano out of misguided revenge. This particular episode is surprisingly tense and serious, with much fewer jokes than usual.]]
45	* NewOldWest: One episode is a fairly straight drama about serial killings in a nuevo-Western town.
46	%% * TheOjou: Yao; subverted to oblivion.
47	* PoliceBrutality: The MPD is depicted as having ''very'' itchy trigger fingers, employing deadly force whenever possible.
48	%% * PottyDance: Yao does this in Episode 6.
49	%% * PottyEmergency: Yao has a brief one in Episode 6.
50	%% * RapidFireComedy
51	%% * RedOniBlueOni: Yao: Red; Lu: Blue. In case you couldn't tell.
52	%% * RichBitch: Yao, Yao, Yao.
53	* ShoutOut: A common source of gags.
54	** Episode 1: "How do you watch TV?" "At a distance in a brightly lit room."
55	*** Kaken's bowtie fires darts that knock people out -- like ''Manga/CaseClosed'''s watch, which he uses in conjunction with his voice-changing bowtie.
56	** Yao's dad is directly channeling the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo]] [[{{Meme}} Pose]]. 24/7.
57	** The assassin gunning for Yao in episode 2 looks like [[Film/TheProfessional Leon]] -- and is ''named'' Leon.
58	** Episode 4
59	*** The title is a play on "''Mach Go Go Go''", or ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' in the West.
60	*** It also has CGI car chases, as a ShoutOut to ''Manga/InitialD''. Not only that, the culprit is the ''[[spoiler:son of a tofu shop owner]]'' and an "underground racer", a reference to Fujiwara Takumi, its protagonist.
61	** Episode 6: FBI Special Investigator ''Creator/{{Bruce\|Willis}}'' Tsuji, the [[Film/DieHard die-hard]] bomb expert.
62	** Episode 7
63	*** The ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' theme.
64	*** ''Film/TheMatrix'' BulletTime parodies.
65	** Episode 8: One of the corpses died in... a Film/SaturdayNightFever pose.
66	%% * RockyRollCall: Episode 3's climax scene has a gag version.
67	%% * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Yao
68	* TheSpeechless: Subverted with Mr. Sakurakoji. He speaks all right, but is always in the Gendo Pose that nobody ever sees his mouth. Not once through the series. [[spoiler:He even keeps one hand covering his mouth in a hold-up.]]
69	%% * TitleDrop: In episode 2.
70	* UnknownRival: Nagisa Tojo, the girl who Yao befriends in the girl's school episode. Despite constantly trying to sabotage and betray Yao, Yao unwittingly foils Nagisa's plans. Lu's suspicious, but doesn't do anything about it. [[spoiler:Yao eventually reveals that she may have known more about Nagisa than she let on. "[[ThePollyanna She won't do anything wrong -- I won't let her!]]"]]
71	* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Yao causes a lot more problems than she solves with her stubbornness and stupidity - and it's all played for laughs.
72	* WhackAMole: The plot of the Western parody episode (#5), where Lu and Yao join a group of bounty hunters trying to find the mysterious Maria Rose before he[=/=]she can kill them all. [[spoiler:"Lu" and "Yao" were actually a pair of gunwomen hiding in plain sight as our heroines, without letting the audience in on it.]]
73	* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: There are some indications that the "Miami" in the show might not be in Florida -- namely the largely Japanese cast and the fact that the city's name is often written in kanji. Not to mention [[TheMountainsOfIllinois all the mountains...]]
74	%% * WireDilemma: Episode 6's climax scene. Played with, as with many other things.

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