Grey and Grey Morality: The movie carries a sense of regret that the Victorian sense of wonder towards the marvels of science had to end in the horrors of World War One, but also refuses to demonise George Stephenson or Edward Steam James' idealistic view seems largely the result of his being a child.

For Science!: Edward Steam's motivation.

Evil Tower of Ominousness: The Steam Castle after it takes flight.

Not only is it ridiculously complicated on the inside, with giant pistons and wheels, but also incredibly dangerous on the outside as it freezes whatever it flies over. Again, highest-budget anime movie ever made.

Defrosting Ice Queen: Scarlett rather quickly seems to move from thinking Ray an absolute idiot to becoming attracted to him.

Cross-Dressing Voices: Ray is voiced by women in both the original Japanese (Anne Suzuki) and the dub ( Anna Paquin).

Convection, Schmonvection: Steam-balls.

Despite his old age, Lloyd is more than capable of kicking arse and taking names.

Awesome but Impractical: The Aero Corps.

Not only are three of them able to keep a giant castle floating in the air and provide almost unlimited quantities of steam at high pressure, they remain at room temperature the entire time. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace.

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