History Anime / CarnivalPhantasm

** [=HibiChika=] Special: Stabbed by a [[BrickJoke "Servant Strengthening Device." and a number of Black Keys]]. Then is seen alive later in the episode with no explanation whatsoever or reaction from those who found his body earlier.

* AttentionWhore: Sakura puts up with Shinji not because she's intimidated by him, but because being abused by him makes her look good. When she accidentally makes him reform, she gets pissed at Rider for making her look less sympathetic and important. This is also an extended joke on how female protagonists in ''Asadora'' {{Soap Opera}}s are "meant" to be treated (and Sakura being ''aware'' of that), [[LostInTrtanslation but most non-Japanese viewers are likely to miss that component]].

* AttentionWhore: Sakura puts up with Shinji not because she's intimidated by him, but because being abused by him makes her look good. When she accidentally makes him reform, she gets pissed at Rider for making her look less sympathetic and important. This is also an extended joke on how female protagonists in ''Asadora'' {{Soap Opera}}s are "meant" to be treated (and Sakura being ''aware'' of that), [[WidgetSeries but most non-Japanese viewers are likely to miss that component]].

* ChristmasCake: Caster sees herself as being one. Fortunately, things are looking well for her.

*** As a side note: people might think that "Eneloop" is a BlandNameProduct for Energizer. [[AluminumChristmasTrees Eneloop is a 100% real brand of rechargeables]], manufactured by Panasonic.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Inverted by Nrvnqsr Chaos--he properly pronounces it when asking a cashier for a receipt, but she asks how to spell it (and it appears on the screen spelled properly), and he has to think about it for a few seconds before giving up and writing "Nero" (the usual spelling of the pronunciation) on a sheet of paper for her.

** Also, non-Japanese viewers might think "Eneloop" is one for Energizer. [[AluminumChristmasTrees Eneloop is a 100% real brand in Japan, produced by Panasonic.]] The show doesn't ding copyright because you never actually ''see'' the Eneloop logo on anything. The one time we do see batteries in Archer's hands, though, they are labeled "Banasonic".

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* GirlyRun: Sakura in episode 12.

On December 31st 2020, Type-Moon announced a sequel known as ''Anime/FateGrandCarnival'', which features the cast of ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''.

* CryCute:
** Poor Rin Tohsaka, driven to a rolling bundle of tears by the difficulty of operating a Blu-Ray recorder. Aww...
** Also, when Caster cries in ''joy'' like a little-girl when Souichirou not only continues to love her in spite of her Saber-stalking hobbies, but asks for her hand in marriage and a honeymoon together in Hawaii. Double Aww...

* PantyShot: Caster lampshades the shortness of a tennis skirt, while [[MaleGaze the camera focuses on her underwear]].

'''Shiro:''' ''[to Gilgamesh]'' [[YouBastard You bastard!]]

** During episode 5, Illya is playing on an UsefulNotes/XBox360 at home. That makes sense for a German 18 year old in 2010, when the episode was produced, but ''F/SN'' is set during 2004.
** During the special, Riesbyfe uses the "Mutter" social app. ''Melty Blood'' takes place a little after ''Tsukihime'', at the turn of the millenium.

-->'''Caption''': "Budget spent by Taiga: 325,000 yen.[[note]]roughly $7000 dollars in 2010 for forty seconds of animation[[/note]] (It's real!)"

* AttentionWhore: Sakura puts up with Shinji not because she's intimidated by him, but because being abused by him makes her look good. When she accidentally makes him reform, she gets pissed at Rider for making her look less sympathetic and important. (This is also an extended joke on how female protagonists in ''Asadora'' {{Soap Opera}}s are "meant" to be treated (and Sakura being ''aware'' of that), [[WidgetSeries but most non-Japanese viewers are likely to miss that component]].)

** Lancer's Gae Bol Car is a dragster. Incredibly fast, but ...
---> '''Rin''': Hey, Archer. Did you know? Dragsters ''can't turn''. ''[Lancer's Gae Bol Car explodes after crashing to the wall.]''

** Wow! You mean Lancer actually survived the final battle in the Illya Castle special? Oh, wait ...
** Wow! You mean Lancer actually survived every death in the series? Oh, wait ...
*** [[spoiler:''[[SubvertedTrope OH]], [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome WAIT]]'' ...]]

* SleepCute: Illya tries to take advantage of the nap that Shirou is having ... until the other girls want in, too!

But [[MoodWhiplash let's ignore all of that]] and [[ThisIsNotThatTrope focus on the characters involved having fun]]!

On December 31st 2020, Type-Moon announced a sequel known as ''Anime/FateGrandCarnival'', which features the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters cast]] of ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Acknowledged by the closing credits, which have all the characters form a "chain" of people where in most cases every character has some kind of relation to the ones on either side of him, with varying degrees of how obscure that connection is.
** Interestingly, a couple of the more obscure connections include Roa between Master Panda and ''Taiga'', of all people, and the "link" between Berserker and Caster makes more sense if you know their backstories, because Hercules and Medea ''very likely'' knew each other personally in life[[note]]It's not just that they're both ancient Greek legends, [[GeniusBonus Heracles was one of the Argonauts, a group of heroes accompanied Jason to retrieve the golden fleece from Colchis, Medea's hometown. However, Heracles left for his own task before the party reached Colchis.]][[/note]]. In fact, even at the end of the credits, there's one last hand stretching out to Saber, but its owner is off-screen.

--> "[[YouBastard You're not human!]]"

'''Shiro:''' ''[to Gilgamesh]'' [[YouBastard You're not human!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus And now for]] [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent something completely different.]]]]

But [[MoodWhiplash let's ignore all of that]] and focus on the characters involved having fun!

** Whereas Lancer is the definite buttmonkey for the show in general, especially in the ''[[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Fate]]'' sections, Ciel takes most of the abuse in the ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' ones. Maybe it's the [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]]?

-->''[[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife Troper's life is ruined!]]''

* AdaptationalJerkass: Sakura, contrary to her normal characterization, tends to be completely vile to everyone around her in her few appearances.

* TakeThatUs: The third special opens with cheerful acknowledgement that Saber is a huge cash cow and overused, the ''Tsukihime'' remake is taking forever, and that Kinoko Nasu and Type-Moon never seem to get anything new done. There's also a bit where the neko characters complain about a visual novel being too difficult, this being a comedic spinoff crossing two different visual novels.

** Perhaps too many to list, so here's a particularly obscure one. During Episode 4, the Neco Arcs are playing ''Fate/Stay Night''... and reaching [[http://fsn.seorinwastaken.com/archive/114.html this]] bad ending. That specific bad end is considered ''by the game itself'' to be among the hardest bad endings to get, as it [[UnwinnableByInsanity requires playing very specifically to piss Saber off as much as possible]]. The Neco Arcs complain that "the choices are too difficult".

---> "[[OhCrap Wait, wait, wait!]] [[FamousLastWords What's that supposed to mean?!]]"

* BladeBrake: In episode 11, Lancer uses his Gae Bolg to [[spoiler:brake his runaway dragster in a bid to avoid the fatal crash he gets in episode 9]]. It doesn't manage to bring [[spoiler:the dragster to a complete stop, but the resulting, slower crash is at least survivable for him.]]

So, [[MoodWhiplash let's ignore all of that]] and focus on the characters involved having fun!

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sakura in episode 6 and again in episode 12. Most of her internal monologue the first time ends with how [[SmallNameBigEgo awesome]] she is. Entirely PlayedForLaughs in both cases with her actions in episode 6 being a part of the drama spoof and in 12 it's part of her role as {{Foil}} to the ZanyScheme. She also is [[spoiler:disappointed that Shinji is turned into a good guy]]. See DemotedToExtra below as to why.