Terminology
A brief overview of terms commonly used within the TvC Wiki and Community itself:
Legend:
- Red - Terms related to specific moves or actions.
- Blue - Terms associated with characters or special references.
- Yellow - Terms that relate to in-game mechanics or references with a specific visual or contextual note.
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Ai-Chan | Government name for Yatterman-2. |
| AIR CAR | The level 1 super that Tekkaman uses in the air when riding PEGAS. |
| Anime | While of course it refers to Japanese animation (and by extension Tatsunoko itself), it is used in reference to Tekkaman Blade's very anime-like level 3. |
| Baroque/BBQ | The Roman Cancel of TvC. If your character has any red life, you can cancel any non-super move by pressing an attack button and the partner button (e.g., Light + Partner). This action resets your character back to neutral, allowing you to perform a new action. It also refreshes your double jump and air dash. This is also referred to as BBQ. |
| Baroque is fair and balanced | Said in jest when a character's health is completely or mostly wiped out when a large amount of Baroque is cashed in. |
| Baroque Unblockable | Plinking Baroque with an attack with fast startup causes it to come out in zero frames, meaning any character who isn't in block animation cannot block it. |
| Bridge Break | On the stage "Uncharted Region of China", any character that causes the bridge to crack (Casshan, Alex, Giants, Ippatsuman) adds to a counter. When the match is under 30 seconds and the bridge cracks 6 times, it breaks. TvC players often make this a sub-objective during a fight, despite its impracticality. |
| Cash Money | A nickname for Casshan. |
| C.Joe/V.Joe | Since there are two characters named Joe (Condor Joe and Viewtiful Joe), they are often referred to as C.Joe (Condor Joe) or V.Joe (Viewtiful Joe) to avoid confusion. |
| COME ON | The voice clip that plays when Alex does VAR. This becomes spammable when doing his VAR movement tech. |
| Cosplay | To use another prominent player's team (colors and all). Popularized by the player DawaDawa. |
| Ducks | The emblems that Polimar grabs are referred to as "Ducks" given their appearance. |
| Gan Chan | Government name for Yatterman-1. |
| Giants/Gigantes | Refers to the giant characters in TvC, exclusive to this game. There are only two giant characters: PTX and Gold Lightan. When you pick a giant, you fly solo and cannot tag out, but you will have perpetual giant armor. |
| Grifted | The act of throwing out a hail mary super and subsequently landing it. Named after the player HighPlainsGrifter. |
| Hell0 Timeout | Popularized by the player Hell0, who consistently brought matches to a timeout despite TvC being a rather aggressive game. The term is used when someone gets a timeout in TvC. |
| Here comes the Dog
|
Used in reference to Yatterman-1's super. The Clifford reference makes sense but is more in reference to KBeast's texture pack that turns Yatterwan completely red like Clifford the Big Red Dog. (2:35) |
| Oni Mode Win | The long-standing (and completely true) belief that if Soki won a match without using Oni Mode, then he didn't really win anything at all. |
| Pastaman | A nickname for Ippatsuman. |
| PEGAS | The machine that Tekkaman rides on. |
| PIZZA TIME | A reference to Karas' level 3 super, popularized by KBeast's texture pack, which featured the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles smiling in front of a pizza instead of the moon (2:46) |
| Psycho Crusher | A reference to Ippatsuman's sonic boom attack, which nobody can remember what it's actually called. |
| Seven Golden Letters | Reference to the "PERFECT" win screen when getting a perfect. |
| Small Character Privilege
|
In fighting games, smaller characters often require specialized combos or setups. In TvC, this applies to Roll. Viewtiful Joe also has this to some extent, but most combos still work on him. |
| SPACE LANCE | A humorous callback to the English dub of Tekkaman, as well as a YouTube recreation of what he'd sound like in TvC. |
| Sticky rollback netcode | A reference made in regards to Dolphin's delay-based netcode, usually made in jest. First said by Matchstick Melee. |
| Teknoman | An alternative name for Tekkaman Blade, in reference to the English localization from the 90s. |
| The Robot | Omotchama, part of Yatterman-2's level 1 super. On occasion, this can be in reference to Ippatsuman's level 3, but usually refers to known demon spawn Omotchama. |
| Trash Ball/Katamari | Doronjo's Level 1 Super. |
| VAR (Variable Air Raid) | With one meter stocked, if you are airborne, you can input 236P. Your character will turn blue, and if the hitbox of your character touches the opponent (whether they are blocking or not), you will tag in a new character. The tagged-in character will receive a damage and meter boost until they touch the ground. |
| Waluigi/Wario | As Tatsunoko is not well known in the West, Doronjo's henchmen are occasionally referred to as Waluigi or Wario due to their resemblance to the Nintendo characters. |
