More ATLA- Toph wants to fight Kaiju, but she's blind. As a pilot or a mechanic, she would have to be able to see things. The most obvious way for her to fight Kaiju anyway is to fill Gottlieb's role and fight them with the power of math. Then we get to hear Toph yelling at Sokka when he tries to talk Aang into drifting with a piece of Kaiju brain, because, honestly, I DIDN'T EXPECT EVEN YOU TO BE THAT COMPLETELY SCORCHING INSANE, MEATHEAD. Jun is Hannibal Chau.
More Motorcity- TEXAAAAAS! is a tatooed Kaiju groupie. Tennie is a mathematician who dabbles in weapons R&D. Dutch is a mechanic/Jaeger designer who finds excuses to spend extra time with Tennie because he liiiiikes her. At some point, Texas is like, "Hey, Tennie, I see your department's got a Kaiju brain here, why don't we find out if I can drift with it?" and Dutch is like, "Effin' Texas." Julie and Claire are a Jaeger pilot team. The Duke of Detroit is Hannibal Chau because fucking duh.
Monsters University- Mike's childhood dream is to be a Jaeger pilot, so he has learned everything there is to know about designing, building, and repairing Jaegers. He earned excellent grades in all the required courses. But when he tried to drift, he had problems, and those problems persisted after the point at which most prospective pilots get used to it. Marshal Abigail Hardscrabble is the veteran pilot who doubts that Mike will ever be able to cope with drifting reliably enough to put him in a Jaeger. Sully is the arrogant jerk with daddy issues who accuses Mike of being exactly the kind of inferior candidate who brings the whole program down. But when a double event occurs, and Sully's dad is too badly injured to go back out there, the only option is for Mike to step up as Sully's co-pilot.
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More Motorcity- TEXAAAAAS! is a tatooed Kaiju groupie. Tennie is a mathematician who dabbles in weapons R&D. Dutch is a mechanic/Jaeger designer who finds excuses to spend extra time with Tennie because he liiiiikes her. At some point, Texas is like, "Hey, Tennie, I see your department's got a Kaiju brain here, why don't we find out if I can drift with it?" and Dutch is like, "Effin' Texas." Julie and Claire are a Jaeger pilot team. The Duke of Detroit is Hannibal Chau because fucking duh.
Monsters University- Mike's childhood dream is to be a Jaeger pilot, so he has learned everything there is to know about designing, building, and repairing Jaegers. He earned excellent grades in all the required courses. But when he tried to drift, he had problems, and those problems persisted after the point at which most prospective pilots get used to it. Marshal Abigail Hardscrabble is the veteran pilot who doubts that Mike will ever be able to cope with drifting reliably enough to put him in a Jaeger. Sully is the arrogant jerk with daddy issues who accuses Mike of being exactly the kind of inferior candidate who brings the whole program down. But when a double event occurs, and Sully's dad is too badly injured to go back out there, the only option is for Mike to step up as Sully's co-pilot.