Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: It's not revealed until 5, but if Phil hadn't escaped school way back in 1, the entire series' overarching plot would've been nullified and Earth would never have been in danger (though it is implied that Viz was looking for an excuse to destroy Earth anyway).

I have to kill Zack.It's really astonishing how nobody heard me say that.'

Leaning on the Fourth Wall / Medium Awareness: He does this on occasion.

He escapes school, rescues his friends, breaks them out of top secret facilities, and overthrows alien overlords with his wits. He always had the 'guile' part, but not the 'hero' part until then.

Guile Hero: He become one by the time of 5.

Grow Old with Me: He marries Smiley, and the last shot of the series is the two of them as elders, sitting arm in arm.

Even alien spaceships and governmental prisons.

Escape Artist: Shown to be able to escape from anything he's in.

Earn Your Happy Ending: The end of Transfer 2 has him enter a relationship with Smiley after two back-to-back abductions and a confrontation of an evil alien project.

Deadpan Snarker: Full of dry wit and wisecracks every other thing he says is a sarcastic comment.

Childhood Friend Romance: The ending to Transfer 2 has him confess his love for Smiley.

Chekhov's Skill: His talent of being able to escape school allows him to escape a governmental prison and take out three alien overlords.

He also goes from snarking and teasing Smiley to respecting, caring for, and ultimately coming to love her.

Character Development: By the end of the series, he's grown from a rebellious youth with a desire to escape his responsibilities to - in Jonochrome's own words - an adult in a child's body who fights to free his friends when they're in trouble and accepts the full weight of the world onto his shoulders.

'The answer to that problem most likely has numbers in it.'

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