History Anime / PumpkinScissors

-->'''2nd episode mook:''' "They will be heralded by the blue light of the Will-o'-Wisp! Reload, you can't afford to play around this time! Reload! For the love of God, reload! You can burn out their eyes, even tear out their arms, but they'll never stop advancing! They will disregard their own lives, and attack at point blank range! They have marched away from life itself to pull the trigger that brings death! They are the legend of the battlefield, they are the phantom warriors of the 901st anti-tank troop! Guided by the Will-o'-Wisp! Bringers of Death! TÖTEN SIE!"

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: One in which a number of families live in, being too poor and demoralized to live above ground. It's a European FantasyCounterpartCulture, so it makes some sense. Also, they share it with what can only be described a [[PunkPunk protopunk]] [[KillItWithFire flamethrower]] [[Franchise/BioShock Big Daddy]].

** In an episode where the group is stranded in an abandoned cabin in the mountains, Oland awkwardly suggests that he and the lieutenant sleep together "like sheep" [[IntimateHealing in order to keep warm]]. It goes about as well as you'd expect, though she does end up agreeing to it.

* RunningGag: The hospital nurse's obsession.

** For those curious, that's a little bigger than the ammunition used in anti-tank rifles, which have a recoil strong enough to pop an average person's shoulder out of their socket.

* AccidentalPervert: "Lieutenant, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny I need your]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext breasts immediately!"]]

* NotWhatItLooksLike: Stecchin says the trope name verbatim after Oland walks in on her practicing a silly and embarrassing song and dance she came up with in an attempt to improve morale. Being [[NiceGuy Oland]], he mistakes it for some sort of religious practice and shyly offers his support before [[CrowningMomentofFunny politely closing the door in her mortified face.]]

** See MissFanservie below for a straighter example.

* Fanservice: Surprisingly averted when Randal is being examined by Kauplan.

With initial character and storyline debts to both ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' and ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'', ''Pumpkin Scissors'' nevertheless persists in pursuing a different take on themes of war and humanity. {{Needs more love}}, seriously.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: Stecchin says the trope name verbatim after Oland walks in on her practicing a silly and embarrassing song and dance she came up with in an attempt to improve morale. Being [[NiceGuy Oland]], he mistakes it for some sort of religious practice and shyly offers his support before closing the door in her mortified face.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: Stecchin says the trope name verbatim after Oland walks in on her doing a silly and embarrassing song and dance in an attempt to improve morale. Being [[NiceGuy Oland]], he mistakes it for some sort of religious practice and shyly offers his support before closing the door in her mortified face.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: Stecchin says the trope name verbatim after Oland walks in on her doing a silly and embarrassing song and dance in an attempt to improve morale. Being Oland, he mistakes it for some sort of religious practice and shyly offers his support before closing the door in her mortified face.
* ThereAreNoCoincidences: Averted. While there is a conspiracy afoot, it really was just a coincidence that Randal and Alice bumped into each other during the events of the first episode.

* DoubleEntendre: Stecchin once says that Martis is good at playing with himself. She means, of course, that he's good at playing whatever part is expected of him-- being a "jack of all trades", essentially-- but considering her penchant for awkward phrasing it [[ThatCameOutWrong comes out the wrong way.]] It doesn't help that as she makes this declaration, Martis is [[VisualInnuendo vigorously shaking a canister.]]

* DoubleEntendre: Stecchin once says that Martis is good at playing with himself. She means, of course, that he's good at playing whatever part is expected of him-- being a "jack of all trades", essentially-- but considering her penchant for awkward phrasing it [[ThatCameOutWrong comes out the wrong way.]] It doesn't help that as she makes this declaration, Martis is [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything vigorously shaking a canister.]]

* DoubleEntendre: Stecchin once says that Martis is good at playing with himself. She meant, of course, that he's good at playing whatever part is expected of him-- being a "jack of all trades", essentially-- but considering her penchant for awkward phrasing it [[ThatCameOutWrong comes out the wrong way.]] It doesn't help that as she makes this declaration, Martis is [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything vigorously shaking a canister.]]

* DoubleEntendre: Stecchin once says that Martis is good at playing with himself.

---><Upbeat J-Pop harmonica solo time>

** [[MoeGirl Stecchin]] also shows shades of this to a lesser extent, coupled with BewareTheSillyOnes. When a soldier from Section I starts making fun of Pumpkin Scissors for being a "useless" unit, Stecchin ''boxes his ears''.

** Stecchin also shows shades of this to a lesser extent, coupled with BewareTheSillyOnes. When a soldier from Section I starts making fun of Pumpkin Scissors for being a useless propaganda unit, Stecchin ''boxes his ears''.

* PreMortemOneLiner: Randal throws out a pretty scary one right before he begins his one-man assault on the armored train.[[note]]Normally this would be classified as a PreAssKickingOneLiner, but given [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel what happens next]]...[[/note]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Randel. While he is the most sensitive and softhearted member of Section 3, he has also seen the most combat, and is a terror to behold when under the trance of the Blue lantern. He has scared the shit out of battle-hardened soldiers, and once reduced an AxCrazy PsychoForHire to a terrified, sobbing, hysterical wreck. The Armored Train arc shows this the best. [[spoiler: Those big scissors he carries around cuts up people just as well as they do metal, and the GoryDiscretionShot just makes it worse...]]