Gunbuster/Characters
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Main Characters
Noriko Takaya
Our Heroine, who is the daughter of a spaceship captain who was lost in space. She wants to go into space to find him... but the only route open to her is as a mecha pilot, and Noriko has trouble with piloting mecha... until Kazumi Amano comes to her rescue and convinces the school's coach to give her additional training.
Tropes exhibited by Noriko include:
- Ace Pilot: Becomes one over the course of the series.
- Action Girl
- Adorkable
- Ascended Fangirl:
- In the science lesson shorts, she reveals that she's a big Getter Robo fan.
- In the tenth-anniversary science lesson shorts, she reveals that she's a big Sailor Moon fan, too. You don't get much more heroic tham what she did in the series' climax.
- Badass
- Badass Adorable
- Badass Arm-Fold: Arguably the Trope Codifier in Japan.
- Took a Level in Badass: Quite possibly one of the best examples. Compare her performance in episode one with that in episode four.
- Smash Sisters: With Kazumi.
- Break the Cutie: Breaks pretty quickly in Episode 1, and breaks again in episode 3-4, before Taking Her Levels In Badass.
- Calling Your Attacks: Enough over the course of just six episodes that she became Goddess of the trope on TV Tropes.
- Cute Clumsy Girl
- The Danza: Voiced by Noriko Hidaka.
- Gainaxing: The Trope Codifier.
- Hot-Blooded: Even more so when you consider that she's the basis for Simon.
- Iron Woobie: Wasn't iron at all when things started out, but come episode 4....
- Red-Headed Heroine: Although it's a really dark shade that borders on brown sometimes.
- Rousing Speech: Gives one to Kazumi in episode 5, combined with a verbal Bright Slap.
Kazumi Amano
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by Kazumi include:
- Action Girl
- Badass
- Heartbroken Badass: In episode 5, when she has to leave Earth for a mission and by the time she gets back, he'll probably be dead from his illness. Subverted when they return to Earth after victory and he's still alive.
- Smash Sisters: With Noriko.
- Cool Big Sis: Goddess of the trope. She's actually referred to as "oneesama" more than by her own name!
- May-December Romance: Is in love with Coach Ohta, who was an officer on the Exelion with Noriko's dad.
- World Of Cardboard Monologue
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair
Jung Freud
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by Jung Freud include:
- Author Appeal: Was apparently named by Hideaki Anno. Yes, that one.
- Faux Action Girl
- Foreign Fanservice
- Ineffectual Loner
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold
- Red-Headed Heroine
- The Rival
Koichiro "Coach" Ohta
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by "Coach" include:
- Badass
- Drill Sergeant Nasty
- May-December Romance: With Kazumi.
- Norio Wakamoto
- Playing Against Type: Wakamoto hadn't actually been typecast yet, but Ohta doesn't have any of the Villainous Large Ham that Norio Wakamoto has since become so known for.
Minor characters
Kashiwara
A description of the character goes here.
Tropes exhibited by Kashiwara include:
- Alpha Bitch: In the first episode.
- Heel Face Turn
- Defeat Means Friendship: Gets her butt kicked at the end of the first episode and promptly cleans up her act.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Before getting her butt kicked.
- Teens Are Monsters: See above.
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