Although most transformations consist primarily of a change of clothes and the addition of a tiara or other such accessory, nobody is ever able to recognize the person.
No matter how long transformations or speeches are, enemies never attack during them.
Even though their jr. high/high school student son/daughter disappears for hours at a time to battle enemies, their parents never seem to wonder where they are.
Once an enemy figures out someone’s real identity, they will be destroyed by their boss before they can reveal the information to them.
The new kid in school will either be an enemy, an ally, or the person who pilots the giant robot.
Evil forces only attack Tokyo and whatever they’re searching for can only be found there.
No matter how much of a rapscallion a guy is, he’ll always end up with a hot chick.
No matter how much of a ditz a chick is, she’ll always end up with a hot guy.
The more hapless the guy, the more women will be fighting over him.
At LEAST one of those women will be not of this world and/or a ninja or skilled fighter and/or royalty of some sort.
To hypnotize people, all you have to do is widen your eyes a lot when you look into theirs.
Obsessed stalkers = comic relief.
Epic, world-changing events take place at the Tokyo Tower.
The future is either a perfect utopia or a dystopian wasteland.
Pilots of giant robots must be under 25 years of age.
Chicks are attracted to the strong, scarred, silent types.
No matter how large or crowded a venue, it can be fully evacuated in less than a minute.
Before attacking, a character must shout out the name of their attack.
When bad guys fail to follow orders, really bad things happen to them.
When good guys fail to follow orders, really good things happen to them.
The more two characters fight, the more likely they'll end up together
When a character is being attacked by a major enemy, the others will stand there, not attack, and scream that character's name while watching them get blasted.
When a male character comes onto a female character, her "no, no, no!"
really means "yes, yes, yes!"
A female character will say she hates a certain male character, yet she'll
stalk him incessantly.
When a character starts a-glowin', you best be a-goin' - as fast and as far away as you possibly can!