Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 179 (click to see context) from:
* TheWorfEffect: [[GravityMaster Bluenote Stinger]], who was TheDreaded in the Tenrou Island arc, is [[OneHitKO briefly]] reintroduced at the beginning of the Reunion arc for the sole purpose of putting Natsu's growth during the TimeSkip to scale.
to:
* TheWorfEffect: TheWorfEffect:
** [[GravityMaster Bluenote Stinger]], who was TheDreaded in the Tenrou Island arc, is [[OneHitKO briefly]] reintroduced at the beginning of the Reunion arc for the sole purpose of putting Natsu's growth during the TimeSkip toscale.scale.
** Zig-zagged: The strongest mage in the continent of Ishgal seemingly curb-stomps the second- through fifth-strongest mages. Then, they get up and combo-attack him. Then, he reveals that he has a magic that lets him use [[spoiler:eight dragonslayer powers]] and curb-stomps them again. Then comes the Worf part: [[spoiler:Acnologia in human form]] shows up and tears a hole in him instantly and seemingly without even having to use a spell.
** [[GravityMaster Bluenote Stinger]], who was TheDreaded in the Tenrou Island arc, is [[OneHitKO briefly]] reintroduced at the beginning of the Reunion arc for the sole purpose of putting Natsu's growth during the TimeSkip to
** Zig-zagged: The strongest mage in the continent of Ishgal seemingly curb-stomps the second- through fifth-strongest mages. Then, they get up and combo-attack him. Then, he reveals that he has a magic that lets him use [[spoiler:eight dragonslayer powers]] and curb-stomps them again. Then comes the Worf part: [[spoiler:Acnologia in human form]] shows up and tears a hole in him instantly and seemingly without even having to use a spell.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* YinYangBomb: Sting and Rogue's combo attacks are these.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 161 (click to see context) from:
** Chapter 436 has quite possibly the biggest WhamLine yet in the series.
to:
** Chapter 436 465 has quite possibly the biggest WhamLine yet in the series.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 171 (click to see context) from:
* WholePlotReference: The entire Tower of Heaven arc is full of parallels to the Etherion arc from ''RaveMaster'', the least subtle of which being that the villains of both look almost exactly the same. Other similarities include the casino beginning, the way Jellal is completely dismissive of Natsu, how he believes he's in the right, the way Natsu sets down an unconscious Erza and talks about what she's supposed to be like-but isn't thanks to the villain, and even the fireworks ending. Also, the KillSat spell that crystallizes around the Tower of Heaven is ''called'' Etherion.
to:
* WholePlotReference: The entire Tower of Heaven arc is full of parallels to the Etherion arc from ''RaveMaster'', ''Manga/RaveMaster'', the least subtle of which being that the villains of both look almost exactly the same. Other similarities include the casino beginning, the way Jellal is completely dismissive of Natsu, how he believes he's in the right, the way Natsu sets down an unconscious Erza and talks about what she's supposed to be like-but isn't thanks to the villain, and even the fireworks ending. Also, the KillSat spell that crystallizes around the Tower of Heaven is ''called'' Etherion.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Linking to manga scans is not permitted
Changed line(s) 20 (click to see context) from:
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Averted. As the QuirkyMiniBossSquad is introducing themselves in Chapter 32, [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-7147-11/fairy-tail/chapter-32.html Natsu hurls two giant fireballs at them mid-sentence.]]
to:
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Averted. As the QuirkyMiniBossSquad is introducing themselves in Chapter 32, [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-7147-11/fairy-tail/chapter-32.html Natsu hurls two giant fireballs at them mid-sentence.]]
Deleted line(s) 35,36 (click to see context) :
** [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-57845-18/fairy-tail/chapter-203.html And]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-57845-19/fairy-tail/chapter-203.html again.]] Dammit, Lucy!!
*** [[spoiler: It turns out they were lucky that time after all, considering no one else would've gone easy on them like that.]]
*** [[spoiler: It turns out they were lucky that time after all, considering no one else would've gone easy on them like that.]]
Changed line(s) 104 (click to see context) from:
** [[spoiler: Grimoire]] Law.
to:
** [[spoiler: Grimoire]] Law. Implicitly, anyway, as it's never actually used.
Changed line(s) 106,108 (click to see context) from:
* UnsoundEffect
** Ladies and gentlemen, we now have a sound effect for '''''fanservice'''''.
** There's also a dark version of it.
** Ladies and gentlemen, we now have a sound effect for '''''fanservice'''''.
** There's also a dark version of it.
to:
** Ladies and gentlemen, we now have
** There's also a dark version of it.
* UnstoppableRage: Fairy Tail tends to attract people who wear their hearts on their sleeves, so when they get angry, they get REALLY angry. This goes double for Natsu.
Deleted line(s) 110 (click to see context) :
* UnstoppableRage: Don't mess with anyone's guildmates or family within a league of Natsu. This includes [[http://www.mangareader.net/fairy-tail/283/10 masters of guilds.]]
Changed line(s) 121,122 (click to see context) from:
** Looks like all the male cats in Extalia do this as well. [[spoiler: Happy's dad]] says "Kaah!"
** Ichiya and Nichiya say "Men!"
** Ichiya and Nichiya say "Men!"
to:
** Looks like all Cancer's is changed to "Baby" in the english dub.
** Most, if not all, the male cats in Extalia do this as well. [[spoiler: Happy's dad]] says "Kaah!"
** Ichiya and Nichiya say "Men!" or "Man!"
** Most, if not all, the male cats in Extalia do this as well. [[spoiler: Happy's dad]] says "Kaah!"
** Ichiya and Nichiya say "Men!" or "Man!"
Changed line(s) 124 (click to see context) from:
** In the anime, Hughes and Sugarboy qualify as well too.
to:
Changed line(s) 126 (click to see context) from:
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Erza, [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-7183-39/fairy-tail/chapter-68.html in an omake chapter]].
to:
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Erza, [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-7183-39/fairy-tail/chapter-68.html in an omake chapter]].chapter.
Changed line(s) 130 (click to see context) from:
** The Oración Seis seems pretty prone to this. Both Racer [[spoiler:when Lyon figured his powers out]] and Angel [[spoiler:when Gemini disobeyed her in favor of Lucy's kindheartedness towards celestial spirits]] have broken so far. [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-7253-12/fairy-tail/chapter-138.html Brain has a pretty good one here too]], with eyes bulging out and everything.
to:
** The Oración Seis seems pretty prone to this. Both Racer [[spoiler:when Lyon figured his powers out]] and Angel [[spoiler:when Gemini disobeyed her in favor of Lucy's kindheartedness towards celestial spirits]] have broken so far. [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-7253-12/fairy-tail/chapter-138.html Brain has a pretty good one here too]], in Chapter 138 too, with eyes bulging out and everything.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Oh Crap is a character reaction trope, not a catch-all for \"Bad stuff happens\"
Changed line(s) 140 (click to see context) from:
** Chapter 200 introduces a new character who drains the life out of everything around him. [[OhCrap He seems to have even less control over his power than Gildarts]]. He's [[spoiler:The Black Wizard Zeref]]. [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck.]]
to:
** Chapter 200 introduces a new character who drains the life out of everything around him. [[OhCrap He seems to have even less control over his power than Gildarts]].Gildarts. He's [[spoiler:The Black Wizard Zeref]]. [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 141 (click to see context) from:
* WeAllLiveInAmerica: The supposedly Spain-like country of Fiore has some pretty Japanese tendencies.
to:
* WeAllLiveInAmerica: The supposedly Spain-like country of Fiore has some pretty Japanese tendencies.tendencies, the most apparent being the hot spring resorts they visit.
**Though it is indicated that hotels like these are considered "theme" hotels, and are not ''that'' common.
**Though it is indicated that hotels like these are considered "theme" hotels, and are not ''that'' common.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** This is definitely enforced after the one year time skip thanks to her Star Dresses. While she admits that she's not on Natsu's level if he decided to go all out, she could still give him a good sparring session.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
****** [[spoiler:It turns out the latter was true. After the second time skip, she finally develops a case of motion sickness herself.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 8 (click to see context) from:
* TagAlongKid: Wendy may become this and you can see [[ContinuityNod Romeo]] among the other Guild members in later chapters. Averted in the past, where the kids formed their own magical teams distinct from the adults.
to:
* TagAlongKid: Wendy may become this is something of an aversion, sure she is a kid and you prominently joins team Natsu, but unlike most tagalongs, Wendy can see more or less take care of herself. [[ContinuityNod Romeo]] is often seen among the other Guild members in later chapters. Averted in the past, where the kids formed their own magical teams distinct from the adults.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** Chapter 436 has quite possibly the biggest WhamLine yet in the series.
--> '''Zeref''': [[GivenNameReveal My name is Zeref]] [[spoiler:Dragneel. I'm your brother, Natsu.]]
--> '''Zeref''': [[GivenNameReveal My name is Zeref]] [[spoiler:Dragneel. I'm your brother, Natsu.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** Chapter 425, it turns out there was more to [[spoiler: Future!Rogue's]] warning than what we were previously shown:
--> [[spoiler: ''Or Frosch will be killed by Grey.'']]
--> [[spoiler: ''Or Frosch will be killed by Grey.'']]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 158 (click to see context) from:
--> '''Gray''': [[spoiler:All in the name of Zeref.]]
to:
--> '''Gray''': [[spoiler:All in the name of Zeref.]][[spoiler: May Zeref's will be done!]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 153 (click to see context) from:
* WhamLine:
to:
* WhamLine: WhamLine:
** From Chapter 416:
** From Chapter 416:
Added DiffLines:
** Chapter 424:
--> '''Gray''': [[spoiler:All in the name of Zeref.]]
--> '''Gray''': [[spoiler:All in the name of Zeref.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 155 (click to see context) from:
--> '''Zeref''': You will have to surpass me Natsu...or should I say [[spoiler: END: '''E'''therious '''N'''atsu '''D'''ragneel]]
to:
--> '''Zeref''': You will have to surpass me Natsu...or should I say [[spoiler: END: E.N.D.: '''E'''therious '''N'''atsu '''D'''ragneel]]
Changed line(s) 161 (click to see context) from:
** What happened to the [[spoiler:13th Gate key]], Yukino hasn't used it since it's debut despite being in several situations where it would come in handy.
to:
** What happened to the [[spoiler:13th Gate key]], key]]? Yukino hasn't used doesn't use it since it's after its debut despite being in several situations where it would come in handy.
Changed line(s) 164 (click to see context) from:
* WholePlotReference: The entire Tower of Heaven arc is full of parallels to the Etherion arc from ''RaveMaster'', the least subtle of which being that the villains of both look almost exactly the same. Other similarities include the casino beginning, the way Jellal is completely dismissive of Natsu, how he believes he's in the right, the way Natsu sets down an unconscious Erza and talks about what she's supposed to be like-but isn't thanks to the villain, and even the fireworks ending.
to:
* WholePlotReference: The entire Tower of Heaven arc is full of parallels to the Etherion arc from ''RaveMaster'', the least subtle of which being that the villains of both look almost exactly the same. Other similarities include the casino beginning, the way Jellal is completely dismissive of Natsu, how he believes he's in the right, the way Natsu sets down an unconscious Erza and talks about what she's supposed to be like-but isn't thanks to the villain, and even the fireworks ending. Also, the KillSat spell that crystallizes around the Tower of Heaven is ''called'' Etherion.
Changed line(s) 170 (click to see context) from:
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Black Wizard Zeref. After having been built up as TheDreaded throughout the entire series, someone almost single Dark Guild in existence idolizes, being behind just about everything bad that has happened in the last four hundred years either directly or indirectly, and being terrifying enough to make even the Magic Council have a MassOhCrap just at the mere suggestion that he had returned... when he finally appears on screen, he's a self-hating, reclusive, [[CryCute emotional wreck]] who wants nothing more than for [[DeathSeeker Natsu to kill him]] and [[MercyKill put him out of his misery]].]] That is, [[spoiler:until Master Hades' evil plan [[GoneHorriblyRight goes horribly right]] and makes Zeref realize that HumansAreBastards and should be [[OmnicidalManiac killed]] because of it.]]
to:
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Black Wizard Zeref. After having been built up as TheDreaded throughout the entire series, someone almost every single Dark Guild in existence idolizes, being behind just about everything bad that has happened in the last four hundred years either directly or indirectly, and being terrifying enough to make even the Magic Council have a MassOhCrap just at the mere suggestion that he had has returned... when he finally appears on screen, he's a self-hating, reclusive, reclusive [[CryCute emotional wreck]] who wants nothing more than for Natsu [[DeathSeeker Natsu to kill him]] and [[MercyKill put him out of his misery]].]] That is, [[spoiler:until Master Hades' evil plan [[GoneHorriblyRight goes horribly right]] and makes Zeref realize that HumansAreBastards and should be [[OmnicidalManiac killed]] because of it.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 24,28 (click to see context) from:
-->'''Jellal:''' "Pathetic, ''({{evil laugh}})'', how utterly foolish. Now, that's called dying in vain, Simon! The situation hasn't changed one bit! No one can leave this Tower ali--"\\
'''Natsu:''' *POW* "SHUT UP!!!"
** And again
-->'''[[spoiler:Ultear]]:''' "I'm the head of the Seven Kin of Purgatory. Someone like you is no match for the likes of--"\\
'''Gray:''' *POW!*
'''Natsu:''' *POW* "SHUT UP!!!"
** And again
-->'''[[spoiler:Ultear]]:''' "I'm the head of the Seven Kin of Purgatory. Someone like you is no match for the likes of--"\\
'''Gray:''' *POW!*
to:
** Natsu against Jellal
-->'''Jellal:'''"Pathetic, ''({{evil laugh}})'', Pathetic, ''[{{evil laugh}}]'', how utterly foolish. Now, that's called dying in vain, Simon! The situation hasn't changed one bit! No one can leave this Tower ali--"\\
ali--\\
'''Natsu:'''*POW* "SHUT UP!!!"
''[POW]'' SHUT UP!
**And again
-->'''[[spoiler:Ultear]]:''' "I'mGray against [[spoiler:Ultear]]
--->'''[[spoiler:Ultear]]:''' I'm the head of the Seven Kin of Purgatory. Someone like you is no match for the likesof--"\\
of--\\
'''Gray:'''*POW!*''[POW!]''
-->'''Jellal:'''
'''Natsu:'''
**
-->'''[[spoiler:Ultear]]:''' "I'm
--->'''[[spoiler:Ultear]]:''' I'm the head of the Seven Kin of Purgatory. Someone like you is no match for the likes
'''Gray:'''
Changed line(s) 46,47 (click to see context) from:
* ThereWasADoor: Gildarts loves to do this. Side affect of his [[spoiler:destruction based powers and general [[TheDitz ditziness]]]].
* ThirdPersonPerson: Juvia.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Juvia.
to:
* ThereWasADoor: Gildarts loves to do this. Side affect does this a lot by accident. It's a side-effect of his [[spoiler:destruction destruction based powers and general [[TheDitz ditziness]]]].
ditziness]]. It got to be such a problem that there's a system set up under Magnolia that shifts the whole town around to give him a straight path to the guild hall. Natsu does it on purpose to emulate Gildarts in the latter's debut chapter.
* ThirdPersonPerson:Juvia.Juvia talks this way.
* ThirdPersonPerson:
Changed line(s) 75,76 (click to see context) from:
* TournamentArc: The S-Class Trial arc.
** The Grand Magic Games qualify as well.
** The Grand Magic Games qualify as well.
to:
* TournamentArc: TournamentArc:
** The S-Class Trial arc.
** The Grand MagicGames qualify as well.Games
** The S-Class Trial arc.
** The Grand Magic
* TheWorfEffect: [[GravityMaster Bluenote Stinger]], who was TheDreaded in the Tenrou Island arc, is [[OneHitKO briefly]] reintroduced at the beginning of the Reunion arc for the sole purpose of putting Natsu's growth during the TimeSkip to scale.
Changed line(s) 173 (click to see context) from:
* WorldOfBuxom
to:
* WorldOfBuxomWorldOfBuxom: Almost every female character has very large breasts.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 4 (click to see context) from:
----
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1 (click to see context) from:
[[FairyTail Click here to go back to the Fairy Tail main page.]]
to:
Added DiffLines:
!!!''Manga/FairyTail'' provides examples of the following tropes:
----
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** Following the Tartaros arc, there is a one year timeskip.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
--> '''Makarov''': [[spoiler:Fairy Tail will disband.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 149 (click to see context) from:
---> '''Zeref''': You will have to surpass me END...or should I say END:...[[spoiler: '''E'''therious '''N'''atsu '''D'''ragneel]]
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 149 (click to see context) from:
---> '''Zeref''': You will have to surpass me END...no...[[spoiler: '''E'''therious '''N'''atsu '''D'''ragneel]]
to:
---> '''Zeref''': You will have to surpass me END...no...or should I say END:...[[spoiler: '''E'''therious '''N'''atsu '''D'''ragneel]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* WhamLine:
---> '''Zeref''': You will have to surpass me END...no...[[spoiler: '''E'''therious '''N'''atsu '''D'''ragneel]]
---> '''Zeref''': You will have to surpass me END...no...[[spoiler: '''E'''therious '''N'''atsu '''D'''ragneel]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 86 (click to see context) from:
** Carla, whom Happy [[note]]a non-tsundere voiced by RieKugimiya[[/note]] has a crush on.
to:
** Carla, whom Happy [[note]]a non-tsundere voiced by RieKugimiya[[/note]] Creator/RieKugimiya[[/note]] has a crush on.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler: Despite Erza and Minerva killing Kyouka, it wasn't in time to stop Face.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 104 (click to see context) from:
* UnstoppableRage: Don't mess with anyone's Nakama within a league of Natsu. This includes [[http://www.mangareader.net/fairy-tail/283/10 masters of guilds.]]
to:
* UnstoppableRage: Don't mess with anyone's Nakama guildmates or family within a league of Natsu. This includes [[http://www.mangareader.net/fairy-tail/283/10 masters of guilds.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 57 (click to see context) from:
* TimeyWimeyBall: First in the episode where Team Natsu gets briefly sent back to the past, creating a StableTimeLoop that affects their present selves [[labelnote]](the scar on Natsu's neck, Lucy's desire to join the guild, etc.)[[/labelnote]], and later during the whole mess with the Eclipse Portal. [[spoiler:The dragon army came from the past, Future Rogue came from the future to summon the dragon army from the past, and Future Lucy came from a DIFFERENT future timeline to stop Future Rogue from summoning the dragon army in the first place. Destroying the portal in the present timeline ended the time travel magic, sending the dragons back to the past and erasing the futures from which Future Rogue and future Lucy had come.]]
to:
* TimeyWimeyBall: First in the episode where Team Natsu gets briefly sent back to the past, creating a StableTimeLoop that affects their present selves [[labelnote]](the [[labelnote:Note]](the scar on Natsu's neck, Lucy's desire to join the guild, etc.)[[/labelnote]], and later during the whole mess with the Eclipse Portal. [[spoiler:The dragon army came from the past, Future Rogue came from the future to summon the dragon army from the past, and Future Lucy came from a DIFFERENT future timeline to stop Future Rogue from summoning the dragon army in the first place. Destroying the portal in the present timeline ended the time travel magic, sending the dragons back to the past and erasing the futures from which Future Rogue and future Lucy had come.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* TimeyWimeyBall: First in the episode where Team Natsu gets briefly sent back to the past, creating a StableTimeLoop that affects their present selves [[labelnote]](the scar on Natsu's neck, Lucy's desire to join the guild, etc.)[[/labelnote]], and later during the whole mess with the Eclipse Portal. [[spoiler:The dragon army came from the past, Future Rogue came from the future to summon the dragon army from the past, and Future Lucy came from a DIFFERENT future timeline to stop Future Rogue from summoning the dragon army in the first place. Destroying the portal in the present timeline ended the time travel magic, sending the dragons back to the past and erasing the futures from which Future Rogue and future Lucy had come.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* YourMagicsNoGoodHere: When the main characters get transported to [[AlternateUniverse Edolas]], they find out that their normal magic doesn't work, there are limited magic energy resources, and people have to use magic tools.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Moving off hyphenated title
Added DiffLines:
[[FairyTail Click here to go back to the Fairy Tail main page.]]
----
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:T]]
* TagAlongKid: Wendy may become this and you can see [[ContinuityNod Romeo]] among the other Guild members in later chapters. Averted in the past, where the kids formed their own magical teams distinct from the adults.
* TakenForGranite: Evergreen's power.
* TakingTheBullet
** [[spoiler:Jellal]] does this for [[spoiler:Natsu]] in Chapter 159. This is what convinces him that the taker can be trusted.
** Which causes a flashback to when Simon takes a bullet for Erza and Natsu.
** [[spoiler:Gajeel]] does this as well for Natsu against [[spoiler:Laxus]] in his arc.
*** He seems fond of this trope. Before that he takes it for [[spoiler:Levy when Laxus attacks her]].
** In the Phantom Lord arc, [[spoiler:Erza]] does this. More like taking the WaveMotionGun though.
** [[spoiler:Gray does this for Juvia]] in Chapter 334. Bit more graphic than the other examples too.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Racer to Lyon]]. It didn't work.
** Also, [[spoiler:Tempesta to the entire town of Hargeon]]. Worked on over a hundred Hargeon inhabitants, and [[NoOneShouldSurviveThat almost]] worked on [[HeroicSacrifice Laxus]], Yajima, and the Raijinshuu.
** Again in the arc with [[spoiler:Jackal to Natsu, Happy, and Lucy, too,]] when the former essentially uses his Curse to try to suicide bomb the latter. [[spoiler:Happy grabs Jackal and flies him above the city and out of harm's way.]] ''[[NonFatalExplosions He survives.]]'' With AshFace, and a new afro.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Averted. As the QuirkyMiniBossSquad is introducing themselves in Chapter 32, [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-7147-11/fairy-tail/chapter-32.html Natsu hurls two giant fireballs at them mid-sentence.]]
** A vicious subversion in Chapter 81 in Erza's childhood. [[spoiler: one of the other slaves tries to confess his love for Erza only to be gunned down viciously.]] It should be noted that this took place during the middle of a violent REVOLT so this was to be expected. Seriously the [[spoiler: slave]] was holding the IdiotBall in that case.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Lucy gets this at least twice. Once in her fight with the rock-and-roll assassin in the Tower of Heaven, where she specifically talks Juvia out of the MindControl that she has been put under, and later in the Oración Seis fight, where Lucy convinces most of Angel's Celestial Spirits to defect.
* TalkToTheFist:
-->'''Jellal:''' "Pathetic, ''({{evil laugh}})'', how utterly foolish. Now, that's called dying in vain, Simon! The situation hasn't changed one bit! No one can leave this Tower ali--"\\
'''Natsu:''' *POW* "SHUT UP!!!"
** And again
-->'''[[spoiler:Ultear]]:''' "I'm the head of the Seven Kin of Purgatory. Someone like you is no match for the likes of--"\\
'''Gray:''' *POW!*
* TechnicalPacifist: The Fairy Tail guild as a whole.
* TemptingFate
** Non-lethal version: there ''is'' an amusement park inside the king of Edolas' freaking huge castle, to the shock of Lucy, Natsu, and Gray. Natsu was pleased.
** Lucy also does it earlier in the same arc, complaining of boredom and wanting something exciting to happen. [[spoiler:And then all of Magnolia Town gets sucked up by Anima...]]
** "You'd be a really scary enemy, Juvia!" [[spoiler: Time for [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Rock of Succubus]]]]. Lucy, you've really got to stop doing this.
** [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-57845-18/fairy-tail/chapter-203.html And]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-57845-19/fairy-tail/chapter-203.html again.]] Dammit, Lucy!!
*** [[spoiler: It turns out they were lucky that time after all, considering no one else would've gone easy on them like that.]]
* TheGlovesComeOff: Averted (albeit just barely) during the Grand Magic Games, when [[spoiler:Lucy received a ''brutal'' beatdown from Minerva that strayed just on the side of the line that kept it from breaking the rules.]] Erza managed to defuse the situation, but the entire situation was within a hairsbreadth of degenerating into a showdown between Sabertooth and Fairy Tail that completely threw the competition rules out the window, and likely would have drawn in all the friends Fairy Tail had in the other competing teams as well. Which was at ''least'' half of them.
* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil
** Fairy Tail's original example was from Tower of Heaven. Fairy Tail is the good, Erza's old friends are the bad, and Jellal and Trinity Raven are the evil.
** In the beginning of the [[TournamentArc Grand Magic Games]], Fairy Tail is trying to regain their reputation, and Sabertooth may be a bunch of [[SmugSuper Smug Supers]] trying to stop them, but at least they aren't [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty cheating]] like [[ItsPersonal Raven Tail]].
*** On the final day, Erza, Kagura, and Minerva get into a three way battle, and [[spoiler: Minerva manipulates Kagura's rage at Jellal to make her go AxCrazy on Erza.]]
** And from a later arc, Fairy Tail is trying to save a village that's been frozen in ice by finding the Eternal Flame. A treasure hunter (read: pirate) guild has shown up to ''steal'' this flame, [[spoiler: but the real enemies are Minerva and Doriarte, who want to kill everyone there.]]
** This seems to be Mashima's favorite trope now. From the Tataros arc, you have Fairy Tail as the good, [[spoiler: Crime Sorcière and Oración Seis as the bad]], and Tataros themselves as the evil.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
** Jose is not happy with just firing a WaveMotionGun at the ruins of Fairy Tail's base and its wounded members. He then turns his own base into a HumongousMecha Wizard, which proceeds to draw a magic seal that will ''wipe out an entire town''.
** Likewise with [[spoiler:Laxus]] attempting Fairy Law during his arc.
* ThereWasADoor: Gildarts loves to do this. Side affect of his [[spoiler:destruction based powers and general [[TheDitz ditziness]]]].
* ThirdPersonPerson: Juvia.
* ThisCannotBe
** [[spoiler:Jellal]] screams this before being defeated.
** Same with [[spoiler:Cobra]] when Natsu [[spoiler:[[IdiotHero stops thinking.]]]]
* ThisIsUnforgivable
** Natsu in the Edolas Arc (justified considering [[spoiler:the humans there are ready to not only kill all Fairy Tail members, but even to '''slaughter a whole species''' just so they can continue using magic for amusement purposes]]). Cue UnstoppableRage.
** Also Natsu when battling [[spoiler:Zancrow]] after seeing that [[spoiler:Grimoire Heart's Master Hades had given Makarov a [[CurbStompBattle giant buttkicking.]]]]
** The general guild reaction to the attack by Phantom on Shadow Gear.
** [[spoiler:Black Wizard Zeref]] tells [[spoiler:Hades]] that [[spoiler:making him forget his compassion]] is an unforgivable sin. [[spoiler:Then he kills Hades in cold blood.]]
* TimeSkip: Gets one after the S-Class Trial arc, of seven years, no less. And the series actually manages to ''subvert'' this trope. [[spoiler:Those who were on Sirius Island were frozen in time, so they didn't age one bit and feel like a few hours have passed, while the rest of the world is seven years older.]] Also [[spoiler: "Those who were on Sirius Island" consists of the entire main cast (Natsu's team) AND nearly all the important secondary characters (Juvia, Gajeel, the Take Over siblings, Cana, Makarov etc). Only a small handful of characters experience the skip.]]
** There is another one just a few chapters later, but it's only three months. [[spoiler: Hilariously enough, the main characters go through a similar subversion ''again'', spending a day in the Celestial Spirit World while the three months pass in the real world]].
* TimeStandsStill: [[spoiler:Racer's power is not super speed, but slowing down everybody else's perception of time to make him seem faster]] Which causes some FridgeLogic. [[spoiler:Earlier, Brain ordered him to fetch Jellal's coffin, and he said it would take at least half an hour. If his powers basically allow him to slow the perception of time of everyone in a determined range, then he was as good for this task as everyone else. However, this could be explained that he used his Dead Gran Prix motorcycles to do it. Also, maybe he'd fooled his own allies about the nature of his power.]]
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Future Lucy and the rest of Future Fairy Tail following the destruction of the Eclipse Gate.]]
* TomatoSurprise:
** [[spoiler:Loke is the Celestial Spirit Leo.]]
** Also, in the Galuna Island arc. [[spoiler:Turns out the villagers weren't humans cursed to turn into demons, but shapeshifting demons who were cursed into forgetting what they were and start to think they were humans. But, fortunately, OurDemonsAreDifferent.]]
** [[spoiler:Mystogan]] turns out to be [[spoiler:Jellal's look-alike]].
** [[spoiler:Everyone in Cait Shelter but the leader, Wendy, and Carla were illusions the leader created so Wendy could have friends, and the leader himself is only a spirit]].
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl:
** Erza and Lucy. Averted.
** Mirajane and Lisanna [[spoiler:[[StuffedInTheFridge before her trip to Edolas.]]]]
* TomeOfEldritchLore: The Book of Zeref.
* [[TooDumbToLive Too Dumb To]] [[BrainBleach See]]: Natsu screams [[BreathWeapon out fire]], after seeing Makarov lose his trunks, Gray and Gajeel look through the telescope anyway.
* TookALevelInBadass: Strangely averted for Lucy, the main character. She is getting better with her celestial spirits, but she's still not at the same level as Natsu, Gray, or Erza. Then again, those three are pretty damn powerful.
** Lucy officially takes a few levels after [[spoiler: unlocking her Second Origin. She can now summon multiple spirits at once, combine their attacks, and double her magic power with Gemini to cast [[WaveMotionGun Urano Metria]] on her own.]]
** Unfortunately, [[spoiler: that didn't stop her from getting beaten silly twice, whilst battling against Flare and Minerva (granted, she would've won against Flare, if it weren't for her cheating).]]
* TournamentArc: The S-Class Trial arc.
** The Grand Magic Games qualify as well.
** The S-Class Trial [[spoiler: is put on hold after barely 10 chapters however, and what follows is the (as of yet) longest arc in the series with the regular formula of unorganized fights against an evil Dark Guild]]. Also, the Grand Magic Games are strongly implied to be NotJustATournament.
* TragicDream: Jellal's dream of a world of freedom may count, in a sort of twisted way.
* TrainingMontage: [[spoiler: Triple]] Subverted, when preparing for the Grand Magic Games. It's set up perfectly for one, but it turns out the celestial spirit world is in trouble. Looks like they're going to be busy for the next three months...[[spoiler: Oh wait, it's only a party, looks like the Training Montage is back on! OH WAIT. [[YearOutsideHourInside Maybe not]]]].
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Averted in the manga--Erza is known to be exceptionally fast with her Exquipping. In the anime, they play it straight when she's bringing out the big guns.
* TransformationSequence: Erza when she Exquips her more powerful armors in the anime. And is later averted.
* TransformingMecha: Jose Porla can transform his entire ''castle'' in a giant mecha.
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: A flashback shows Erza first using magic after seeing a friend die.
* TrojanPrisoner: Erza, who is the one DressingAsTheEnemy, "captures" Natsu and Gray to lead them to the King.
* TrueCompanions: The cornerstone trope of the entire series.
* {{Tsundere}}
** Edolas Lucy
** Levy towards Gajeel (in the anime).
** Carla, whom Happy [[note]]a non-tsundere voiced by RieKugimiya[[/note]] has a crush on.
** Ren from Blue Pegasus
** Gray sometimes
** Gajeel is hinted to be one too
* TwentyFourHourArmor: Erza borders on this as a psychological hang-up. She gets better.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:U]]
* UnconsciousObjector: At one point, Natsu fights with [[TheRival Gray]] while sleeping. Characters around them promptly [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] it.
* UnholyNuke
** Jellal's spell Altairis consists of an extremely devastating orb. In the anime it sucks [[CastingAShadow all the shadows in the room towards it]] and makes Natsu sick just by standing near it.
** Later, Brain [[spoiler: / Zero]]'s spell "Genesis Zero" is pretty much this, only with a ''tsunami'' of black shadows.
** [[spoiler: Grimoire]] Law.
* TheUnreveal: Used in Chapter 297 when Jellal finally confronts the hooded figure with [[BigBad Zeref's]] aura. While [[spoiler:her]] identity is apparently quite shocking, the audience has to make due with a ToBeContinued notification.
* UnsoundEffect
** Ladies and gentlemen, we now have a sound effect for '''''fanservice'''''.
** There's also a dark version of it.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Aside from Lucy, no one really cares about the council envoy's appearance.
* UnstoppableRage: Don't mess with anyone's Nakama within a league of Natsu. This includes [[http://www.mangareader.net/fairy-tail/283/10 masters of guilds.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Jellal]] is victim of this ''twice''. [[spoiler:He spends eight years as Ultear's pawn, and then Brain uses him to awaken Nirvana.]] To a lesser extent [[spoiler:Reitei Lyon and his entire group, everyone working under Jellal in the Tower of Heaven, the first magic council. Basically, if you've spoken to Ultear, assume you're being used.]]
* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: Despite Natsu and Gajeel being first generation dragon slayers, they show themselves capable of curb-stomping third generation ones (dragon slayers who are not only taught by dragons, but also have lacrima implanted in them).
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
** Jellal (subverted in that he was [[{{Brainwashed and Crazy}} being manipulated]]) and the Kingdom of Edolas who [[spoiler:used magic to suck up lands made up of innocent people from an alternate universe and turn them into crystallized magic. Just so his kingdom could continue using magic. The king, Faust, takes it a step further by being willing to sacrifice even his own subordinates just to achieve his goal.]]
** [[spoiler:Mystogan as well, in case you didn't believe he really was Jellal's Edolas counterpart.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:V]]
* VerbalTic: Too many characters in Fairy Tail.
** Almost all of Lucy's celestial spirits have one based on the animal they resemble. Amusingly, Sagittarius (who looks like a human wearing a costume) adds "Hello Hello (Moshi Moshi)" to everything he says, and Cancer suffixes everything with "ebi" (a.k.a. prawn). That last one really disappointed Natsu and Happy, who were ''certain'' that he was going to say "crab" as his tic.
** Looks like all the male cats in Extalia do this as well. [[spoiler: Happy's dad]] says "Kaah!"
** Ichiya and Nichiya say "Men!"
** Hot Eye/[[spoiler:Richard]] and "Yes! (desu ne/Desu yo!)" ("Oh yeah!" in the dub.)
** In the anime, Hughes and Sugarboy qualify as well too.
** Kinana says "-kina".
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Erza, [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-7183-39/fairy-tail/chapter-68.html in an omake chapter]].
* VillainBall: The ONLY reason Vidaldus doesn't ultimately win is because he'd rather use his powers to [[spoiler: watch a CatFight between Lucy and Juvia rather than hypnotizing them both]].
* VillainousBreakdown
** [[spoiler:The realization that he is alone, his underlings are defeated, and everyone else in the guild are risking their lives to stop him completely shatters Laxus' composure. Unfortunately, instead of collapsing, he goes into UnstoppableRage.]]
** The Oración Seis seems pretty prone to this. Both Racer [[spoiler:when Lyon figured his powers out]] and Angel [[spoiler:when Gemini disobeyed her in favor of Lucy's kindheartedness towards celestial spirits]] have broken so far. [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-7253-12/fairy-tail/chapter-138.html Brain has a pretty good one here too]], with eyes bulging out and everything.
** [[spoiler:Edolas!Erza when she's screaming about how Edolas will suffer without magic. Like Laxus, she also goes into UnstoppableRage, not that it helps.]]
** After his defeat, [[spoiler:Faust]] becomes completely horrified when he sees [[http://i55.tinypic.com/5yfc3t.jpg images of Igneel, Grandeeney, and a hungry-looking Metallicana]] staring down at him. His [[http://i51.tinypic.com/161yexs.jpg face completely breaks down]], and eyes bulge out, before fainting from sheer shock.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Lullaby in the anime.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:W]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Gray, and to a lesser degree Natsu (he wears a vest, but it's not covering much).
* WalkingWasteland
** [[spoiler:Gildarts' power causes everything around him to be destroyed if he doesn't pay attention and control it. [[OhCrap He is also]] TheDitz. The town Fairy Tail is based in actually changes shape to accommodate his presence by elevating all the houses and creating massive straight roads leading directly to the guild.]]
** Chapter 200 introduces a new character who drains the life out of everything around him. [[OhCrap He seems to have even less control over his power than Gildarts]]. He's [[spoiler:The Black Wizard Zeref]]. [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck.]]
* WeAllLiveInAmerica: The supposedly Spain-like country of Fiore has some pretty Japanese tendencies.
* WeaksauceWeakness
** Natsu suffers from an extreme form of motion sickness. Lampshaded when it was first revealed. Oddly, the fact that he can use Happy to fly does not cause this. This is pretty ridiculously {{HandWave}}d by Natsu simply stating that "Happy isn't a vehicle!". This from the guy who gets nauseous ''on top of a still raft''. Also, Happy isn't a vehicle, but apparently Lucy is.
*** Turns out, ALL Dragon Slayers have this weakness eventually, apparently including both 1st and 2nd Generation.
**** Subverted so far with Wendy, she doesn't seem to have any problems with vehicles (and if you think she's casting [[HealingShiv Troia]] note that Wendy says casting the spell too many times lowers its effectiveness so sooner or later she'd be showing signs of motion sickness if she were using the spell on herself).
***** Then again, she's probably too young to be a 'real' Dragon Slayer already, and thus for the motion sickness to kick in. And it might take while, since Gajeel's only got it very recently.
** [[spoiler: Edolas!Natsu]] has the exact opposite weakness. He's only {{Badass}} while he's in a vehicle. Otherwise he's a complete wuss.
** Fried ''really'' cannot handle himself around [[spoiler:fanservice. Too bad for him then that not only are his opponents in Chapter 204 women, not only are they in bikinis due to the temperature, but both of them can summon even ''more'' women.]] Subverted in that [[spoiler:he was faking it all along as an excuse to lose to his opponents out of guilt about nearly killing them in the past. Bickslow even calls him out for choosing such an unbelievably ludicrous weakness.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist
** Jellal is basically the living embodiment of this trope before [[spoiler:he loses his memory.]]
*** Even afterwards, he always seems to retain extremist solutions to various problems, making him a semi-heroic version of the trope.
** Laxus has shades of it as well.
* WhamEpisode: [[WhamEpisode/FairyTail Now with its own page!]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse
** What the heck happened to Erigor "the Shinigami" and Kageyama from the Lullaby arc? [[spoiler:Erigor showed up again in Episode 55 of the anime, only be easily beaten by Natsu and have his clothes stolen by Jellal. He shows up again as a member of the Oración Seis]].
*** [[spoiler: He shows up yet again as a member of the Reborn Oración Seis during the Key of the Starry Sky filler arc.]]
** Where the hell was Angelica during the Nirvana arc?
** Whatever happened to Gray's smoking habit from the first few chapters??
** What happened to the [[spoiler:13th Gate key]], Yukino hasn't used it since it's debut despite being in several situations where it would come in handy.
* WhatTheHellHero: Sugarboy informs Gray that the key to the Dragon Cannon can be used to change everyone back from Lacrima, and then freaks out after Gray destroys it anyway. [[spoiler:Subverted when Gray reveals that he can duplicate the key out of ice.]]
* WhipItGood: Lucy sometimes carries a whip, typically one that ends in a spade/heart shape.
* WholePlotReference: The entire Tower of Heaven arc is full of parallels to the Etherion arc from ''RaveMaster'', the least subtle of which being that the villains of both look almost exactly the same. Other similarities include the casino beginning, the way Jellal is completely dismissive of Natsu, how he believes he's in the right, the way Natsu sets down an unconscious Erza and talks about what she's supposed to be like-but isn't thanks to the villain, and even the fireworks ending.
* WildcardExcuse: Happy's answer to questions such as "Why are you blue?", "Why can you fly?", or "How come you can talk?" is always "Because I'm a cat!" cheerfully and likely intentionally ignoring the fact that these questions are ''because'' he is a cat. [[spoiler:... and then not even THAT is correct, as he's just a fantastical creature that only resembles a cat.]]
* WillTheyOrWontThey
** Alzack and Bisca are this trope personified. It's their main character trait, even. The ultimate answer? [[spoiler:TheyDo]].
** Not as prominent, but there's plenty of this between Erza and Jellal as well.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Erza, despite not being a queen. [[spoiler:Also, Queen Shagotte of Extalia.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Black Wizard Zeref. After having been built up as TheDreaded throughout the entire series, someone almost single Dark Guild in existence idolizes, being behind just about everything bad that has happened in the last four hundred years either directly or indirectly, and being terrifying enough to make even the Magic Council have a MassOhCrap just at the mere suggestion that he had returned... when he finally appears on screen, he's a self-hating, reclusive, [[CryCute emotional wreck]] who wants nothing more than for [[DeathSeeker Natsu to kill him]] and [[MercyKill put him out of his misery]].]] That is, [[spoiler:until Master Hades' evil plan [[GoneHorriblyRight goes horribly right]] and makes Zeref realize that HumansAreBastards and should be [[OmnicidalManiac killed]] because of it.]]
* TheWorfBarrage: A sustained assault against the BigBad of the Sirius Island arc, from a united front of various Fairy Tail members using some of the most powerful techniques seen in the series so far, successfully destroyed his cape and made him mad (maybe he liked the cape).
* WorfHadTheFlu: According to the author, the reason Midnight beat [[spoiler:Jellal]] so easily was because [[spoiler:of the self-destruct spell that had damaged Jellal a few chapters earlier]] on top of [[spoiler:his LaserGuidedAmnesia]]. Alternatively, some fans have pointed out that, if you consider [[AttackReflector Midnight's ability]], it's highly possible [[spoiler:Jellal]] tried to one-shot him with one of his GameBreaker spells and had it [[HoistByHisOwnPetard reflected back in his face]].
** [[spoiler:Zeref]] also gives one to explain how Ultear beat him. His explanation can be summarized as "because I didn't want to kill her, my magic was ineffective. Now that I'm out for blood I'm back to full power."
* WorldOfBadass: Actually subverted. Despite the fact that there are loads of {{Badass}} characters, who tend to hog the spotlight, only 10% of the Fairy Tail world's population can use magic. [[spoiler:But Grimoire Heart plans to use Zeref to create such a world, where only the badass can survive.]]
* WorldOfBuxom
* WorldOfMuscleMen: Even males otherwise lacking muscle mass will have a six-pack unless they're young, old or fat.
* WouldHitAGirl
** Gajeel, who spends a good few minutes just [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating Lucy silly]]. And he would have kept on doing it if [[BigDamnHeroes Natsu hadn't shown up, righteously pissed off]]. He's doing it [[BatmanGambit BECAUSE]] [[SuperDickery he knows Natsu is coming.]]
** This seems to be in effect for the entire world of Fairy Tail, actually. There doesn't seem to be a distinction made between genders at all, at least as far as fighting goes.
** Natsu actually invokes this when he suggests a round of fighting to find out who is the strongest wizard in Fairy Tail.
--->'''Happy:''' "Natsu... I don't think you should go picking battles with girls..."\\
'''Natsu:''' "Guys or girls has nothing to do with it!!"
[[/folder]]
[[folder:X]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: Brain in his plan to obtain Nirvana. [[spoiler:He originally intended to get it by himself, but when he realized that Wendy was with the group sent to stop him, he used her to make his plan move faster, having her heal Jellal, who would in turn fetch Nirvana for him. When Jellal attacked him, instead of going ThisCannotBe he ordered Cobra to follow him. His assumption was right, as Jellal restarted Nirvana... With the intent of destroying it. But, instead of breaking down or trying to force Jellal to obey him by any meaning, Brain simply deactivated the self-destruction spell Jellal cast on Nirvana, succeeding in his plan at last]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Y]]
* YearX: The story takes place in "X784". [[spoiler:X791 after the TimeSkip.]]
* YearInsideHourOutside: Inverted in the Celestial Realm, where one day in there is equal to three months outside.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Naturally, Jellal is the first that comes to mind here. Other people with unrealistic hair colors include Natsu, Levy, Juvia, Wendy, Bisca, Fried, Erza, and Cobra (you can have somewhat red hair, but not that red), and Mirajane, Lisanna, and Elfman, since their hair seems to have always been white.
* YouHaveFailedMe:
** Brain gives [[spoiler:Cobra]] this treatment after [[spoiler:Natsu ''nearly'' beat him with a single roar.]]
--->'''Brain:''' ''(after shooting [[spoiler:Cobra]] in the shoulder)'' "I don't need the six demons if such an average guild can defeat them so easily, you trash!!"
** [[spoiler: Yukino was forced to strip and erase her guild mark, therefore kicking her out of the guild after losing to Kagura.]]
** Subverted.[[spoiler: Sting and Rogue after losing to Natsu and Gajeel. They were beat up by their guild master and when Sting's Exceed tries to reason with their guild master, he was promptly killed (or so we thought).]]
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle
** [[spoiler:The Edolas arc: Team Natsu manages to keep the Lacrima from crashing into the Exceed homeland and Mystogan suddenly arrived to warp the Lacrima back to Earthland, back to their original forms. Everyone begins to celebrate and things seem peachy... then Erza Knightwalker fires a shot at Pantherlily and comes after the group with the Edolas army in tow!]]
** [[spoiler:End of the S-Class Trial arc: Fairy Tail manages to repeal Grimiore Heart despite taking some serious damage and wounds. All the members come out alive and are healed. Laxus is back even though no longer a member and Cana reveals to Gildarts that she is his daughter who then accepts her. All seems right with the world... wait whats that ominous evil looking dragon over the island?]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Z]]
* ZeroApprovalGambit: [[spoiler:Mystogan]] decides to unite Edolas... by draining it of its dwindling magic and offering himself up as the villain that [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Pantherlily]] will kill, thus making him the new king. Pantherlily has some '''complaints''' with that plan, and wants to turn it around so that ''he'll'' be the villain, and [[spoiler:Mystogan, who is Edolas' long-lost prince,]] will be the hero. Things hits a serious snag when both of them realize they can't bring themselves to kill the other. Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy manage to salvage the plan by posing as rampaging demons for [[spoiler:Mystogan]] to defeat, and the reverse anima conveniently sucking them back to Earthland makes it look like they "died" by his hand.
* ZettaiRyouiki
** Seems to be a theme with the female villains.
** Virgo.
** Also, Lucy as a maid and her Stellar Spirit outfits. Becomes permanent after the TimeSkip.
** Erza as a Goth girl, and a few of her other outfits.
** Even Wendy sports this in Edolas and onwards.
** Juvia as well.
** [[spoiler:Millianna]] of the [[AmazonBrigade Mermaid Heel]] guild sports these as well, combined with UnderBoobs and an [[BareYourMidriff exposed belly]].
[[/folder]]
----
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:T]]
* TagAlongKid: Wendy may become this and you can see [[ContinuityNod Romeo]] among the other Guild members in later chapters. Averted in the past, where the kids formed their own magical teams distinct from the adults.
* TakenForGranite: Evergreen's power.
* TakingTheBullet
** [[spoiler:Jellal]] does this for [[spoiler:Natsu]] in Chapter 159. This is what convinces him that the taker can be trusted.
** Which causes a flashback to when Simon takes a bullet for Erza and Natsu.
** [[spoiler:Gajeel]] does this as well for Natsu against [[spoiler:Laxus]] in his arc.
*** He seems fond of this trope. Before that he takes it for [[spoiler:Levy when Laxus attacks her]].
** In the Phantom Lord arc, [[spoiler:Erza]] does this. More like taking the WaveMotionGun though.
** [[spoiler:Gray does this for Juvia]] in Chapter 334. Bit more graphic than the other examples too.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Racer to Lyon]]. It didn't work.
** Also, [[spoiler:Tempesta to the entire town of Hargeon]]. Worked on over a hundred Hargeon inhabitants, and [[NoOneShouldSurviveThat almost]] worked on [[HeroicSacrifice Laxus]], Yajima, and the Raijinshuu.
** Again in the arc with [[spoiler:Jackal to Natsu, Happy, and Lucy, too,]] when the former essentially uses his Curse to try to suicide bomb the latter. [[spoiler:Happy grabs Jackal and flies him above the city and out of harm's way.]] ''[[NonFatalExplosions He survives.]]'' With AshFace, and a new afro.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Averted. As the QuirkyMiniBossSquad is introducing themselves in Chapter 32, [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-7147-11/fairy-tail/chapter-32.html Natsu hurls two giant fireballs at them mid-sentence.]]
** A vicious subversion in Chapter 81 in Erza's childhood. [[spoiler: one of the other slaves tries to confess his love for Erza only to be gunned down viciously.]] It should be noted that this took place during the middle of a violent REVOLT so this was to be expected. Seriously the [[spoiler: slave]] was holding the IdiotBall in that case.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Lucy gets this at least twice. Once in her fight with the rock-and-roll assassin in the Tower of Heaven, where she specifically talks Juvia out of the MindControl that she has been put under, and later in the Oración Seis fight, where Lucy convinces most of Angel's Celestial Spirits to defect.
* TalkToTheFist:
-->'''Jellal:''' "Pathetic, ''({{evil laugh}})'', how utterly foolish. Now, that's called dying in vain, Simon! The situation hasn't changed one bit! No one can leave this Tower ali--"\\
'''Natsu:''' *POW* "SHUT UP!!!"
** And again
-->'''[[spoiler:Ultear]]:''' "I'm the head of the Seven Kin of Purgatory. Someone like you is no match for the likes of--"\\
'''Gray:''' *POW!*
* TechnicalPacifist: The Fairy Tail guild as a whole.
* TemptingFate
** Non-lethal version: there ''is'' an amusement park inside the king of Edolas' freaking huge castle, to the shock of Lucy, Natsu, and Gray. Natsu was pleased.
** Lucy also does it earlier in the same arc, complaining of boredom and wanting something exciting to happen. [[spoiler:And then all of Magnolia Town gets sucked up by Anima...]]
** "You'd be a really scary enemy, Juvia!" [[spoiler: Time for [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Rock of Succubus]]]]. Lucy, you've really got to stop doing this.
** [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-57845-18/fairy-tail/chapter-203.html And]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-57845-19/fairy-tail/chapter-203.html again.]] Dammit, Lucy!!
*** [[spoiler: It turns out they were lucky that time after all, considering no one else would've gone easy on them like that.]]
* TheGlovesComeOff: Averted (albeit just barely) during the Grand Magic Games, when [[spoiler:Lucy received a ''brutal'' beatdown from Minerva that strayed just on the side of the line that kept it from breaking the rules.]] Erza managed to defuse the situation, but the entire situation was within a hairsbreadth of degenerating into a showdown between Sabertooth and Fairy Tail that completely threw the competition rules out the window, and likely would have drawn in all the friends Fairy Tail had in the other competing teams as well. Which was at ''least'' half of them.
* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil
** Fairy Tail's original example was from Tower of Heaven. Fairy Tail is the good, Erza's old friends are the bad, and Jellal and Trinity Raven are the evil.
** In the beginning of the [[TournamentArc Grand Magic Games]], Fairy Tail is trying to regain their reputation, and Sabertooth may be a bunch of [[SmugSuper Smug Supers]] trying to stop them, but at least they aren't [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty cheating]] like [[ItsPersonal Raven Tail]].
*** On the final day, Erza, Kagura, and Minerva get into a three way battle, and [[spoiler: Minerva manipulates Kagura's rage at Jellal to make her go AxCrazy on Erza.]]
** And from a later arc, Fairy Tail is trying to save a village that's been frozen in ice by finding the Eternal Flame. A treasure hunter (read: pirate) guild has shown up to ''steal'' this flame, [[spoiler: but the real enemies are Minerva and Doriarte, who want to kill everyone there.]]
** This seems to be Mashima's favorite trope now. From the Tataros arc, you have Fairy Tail as the good, [[spoiler: Crime Sorcière and Oración Seis as the bad]], and Tataros themselves as the evil.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
** Jose is not happy with just firing a WaveMotionGun at the ruins of Fairy Tail's base and its wounded members. He then turns his own base into a HumongousMecha Wizard, which proceeds to draw a magic seal that will ''wipe out an entire town''.
** Likewise with [[spoiler:Laxus]] attempting Fairy Law during his arc.
* ThereWasADoor: Gildarts loves to do this. Side affect of his [[spoiler:destruction based powers and general [[TheDitz ditziness]]]].
* ThirdPersonPerson: Juvia.
* ThisCannotBe
** [[spoiler:Jellal]] screams this before being defeated.
** Same with [[spoiler:Cobra]] when Natsu [[spoiler:[[IdiotHero stops thinking.]]]]
* ThisIsUnforgivable
** Natsu in the Edolas Arc (justified considering [[spoiler:the humans there are ready to not only kill all Fairy Tail members, but even to '''slaughter a whole species''' just so they can continue using magic for amusement purposes]]). Cue UnstoppableRage.
** Also Natsu when battling [[spoiler:Zancrow]] after seeing that [[spoiler:Grimoire Heart's Master Hades had given Makarov a [[CurbStompBattle giant buttkicking.]]]]
** The general guild reaction to the attack by Phantom on Shadow Gear.
** [[spoiler:Black Wizard Zeref]] tells [[spoiler:Hades]] that [[spoiler:making him forget his compassion]] is an unforgivable sin. [[spoiler:Then he kills Hades in cold blood.]]
* TimeSkip: Gets one after the S-Class Trial arc, of seven years, no less. And the series actually manages to ''subvert'' this trope. [[spoiler:Those who were on Sirius Island were frozen in time, so they didn't age one bit and feel like a few hours have passed, while the rest of the world is seven years older.]] Also [[spoiler: "Those who were on Sirius Island" consists of the entire main cast (Natsu's team) AND nearly all the important secondary characters (Juvia, Gajeel, the Take Over siblings, Cana, Makarov etc). Only a small handful of characters experience the skip.]]
** There is another one just a few chapters later, but it's only three months. [[spoiler: Hilariously enough, the main characters go through a similar subversion ''again'', spending a day in the Celestial Spirit World while the three months pass in the real world]].
* TimeStandsStill: [[spoiler:Racer's power is not super speed, but slowing down everybody else's perception of time to make him seem faster]] Which causes some FridgeLogic. [[spoiler:Earlier, Brain ordered him to fetch Jellal's coffin, and he said it would take at least half an hour. If his powers basically allow him to slow the perception of time of everyone in a determined range, then he was as good for this task as everyone else. However, this could be explained that he used his Dead Gran Prix motorcycles to do it. Also, maybe he'd fooled his own allies about the nature of his power.]]
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Future Lucy and the rest of Future Fairy Tail following the destruction of the Eclipse Gate.]]
* TomatoSurprise:
** [[spoiler:Loke is the Celestial Spirit Leo.]]
** Also, in the Galuna Island arc. [[spoiler:Turns out the villagers weren't humans cursed to turn into demons, but shapeshifting demons who were cursed into forgetting what they were and start to think they were humans. But, fortunately, OurDemonsAreDifferent.]]
** [[spoiler:Mystogan]] turns out to be [[spoiler:Jellal's look-alike]].
** [[spoiler:Everyone in Cait Shelter but the leader, Wendy, and Carla were illusions the leader created so Wendy could have friends, and the leader himself is only a spirit]].
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl:
** Erza and Lucy. Averted.
** Mirajane and Lisanna [[spoiler:[[StuffedInTheFridge before her trip to Edolas.]]]]
* TomeOfEldritchLore: The Book of Zeref.
* [[TooDumbToLive Too Dumb To]] [[BrainBleach See]]: Natsu screams [[BreathWeapon out fire]], after seeing Makarov lose his trunks, Gray and Gajeel look through the telescope anyway.
* TookALevelInBadass: Strangely averted for Lucy, the main character. She is getting better with her celestial spirits, but she's still not at the same level as Natsu, Gray, or Erza. Then again, those three are pretty damn powerful.
** Lucy officially takes a few levels after [[spoiler: unlocking her Second Origin. She can now summon multiple spirits at once, combine their attacks, and double her magic power with Gemini to cast [[WaveMotionGun Urano Metria]] on her own.]]
** Unfortunately, [[spoiler: that didn't stop her from getting beaten silly twice, whilst battling against Flare and Minerva (granted, she would've won against Flare, if it weren't for her cheating).]]
* TournamentArc: The S-Class Trial arc.
** The Grand Magic Games qualify as well.
** The S-Class Trial [[spoiler: is put on hold after barely 10 chapters however, and what follows is the (as of yet) longest arc in the series with the regular formula of unorganized fights against an evil Dark Guild]]. Also, the Grand Magic Games are strongly implied to be NotJustATournament.
* TragicDream: Jellal's dream of a world of freedom may count, in a sort of twisted way.
* TrainingMontage: [[spoiler: Triple]] Subverted, when preparing for the Grand Magic Games. It's set up perfectly for one, but it turns out the celestial spirit world is in trouble. Looks like they're going to be busy for the next three months...[[spoiler: Oh wait, it's only a party, looks like the Training Montage is back on! OH WAIT. [[YearOutsideHourInside Maybe not]]]].
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Averted in the manga--Erza is known to be exceptionally fast with her Exquipping. In the anime, they play it straight when she's bringing out the big guns.
* TransformationSequence: Erza when she Exquips her more powerful armors in the anime. And is later averted.
* TransformingMecha: Jose Porla can transform his entire ''castle'' in a giant mecha.
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: A flashback shows Erza first using magic after seeing a friend die.
* TrojanPrisoner: Erza, who is the one DressingAsTheEnemy, "captures" Natsu and Gray to lead them to the King.
* TrueCompanions: The cornerstone trope of the entire series.
* {{Tsundere}}
** Edolas Lucy
** Levy towards Gajeel (in the anime).
** Carla, whom Happy [[note]]a non-tsundere voiced by RieKugimiya[[/note]] has a crush on.
** Ren from Blue Pegasus
** Gray sometimes
** Gajeel is hinted to be one too
* TwentyFourHourArmor: Erza borders on this as a psychological hang-up. She gets better.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:U]]
* UnconsciousObjector: At one point, Natsu fights with [[TheRival Gray]] while sleeping. Characters around them promptly [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] it.
* UnholyNuke
** Jellal's spell Altairis consists of an extremely devastating orb. In the anime it sucks [[CastingAShadow all the shadows in the room towards it]] and makes Natsu sick just by standing near it.
** Later, Brain [[spoiler: / Zero]]'s spell "Genesis Zero" is pretty much this, only with a ''tsunami'' of black shadows.
** [[spoiler: Grimoire]] Law.
* TheUnreveal: Used in Chapter 297 when Jellal finally confronts the hooded figure with [[BigBad Zeref's]] aura. While [[spoiler:her]] identity is apparently quite shocking, the audience has to make due with a ToBeContinued notification.
* UnsoundEffect
** Ladies and gentlemen, we now have a sound effect for '''''fanservice'''''.
** There's also a dark version of it.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Aside from Lucy, no one really cares about the council envoy's appearance.
* UnstoppableRage: Don't mess with anyone's Nakama within a league of Natsu. This includes [[http://www.mangareader.net/fairy-tail/283/10 masters of guilds.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Jellal]] is victim of this ''twice''. [[spoiler:He spends eight years as Ultear's pawn, and then Brain uses him to awaken Nirvana.]] To a lesser extent [[spoiler:Reitei Lyon and his entire group, everyone working under Jellal in the Tower of Heaven, the first magic council. Basically, if you've spoken to Ultear, assume you're being used.]]
* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: Despite Natsu and Gajeel being first generation dragon slayers, they show themselves capable of curb-stomping third generation ones (dragon slayers who are not only taught by dragons, but also have lacrima implanted in them).
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
** Jellal (subverted in that he was [[{{Brainwashed and Crazy}} being manipulated]]) and the Kingdom of Edolas who [[spoiler:used magic to suck up lands made up of innocent people from an alternate universe and turn them into crystallized magic. Just so his kingdom could continue using magic. The king, Faust, takes it a step further by being willing to sacrifice even his own subordinates just to achieve his goal.]]
** [[spoiler:Mystogan as well, in case you didn't believe he really was Jellal's Edolas counterpart.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:V]]
* VerbalTic: Too many characters in Fairy Tail.
** Almost all of Lucy's celestial spirits have one based on the animal they resemble. Amusingly, Sagittarius (who looks like a human wearing a costume) adds "Hello Hello (Moshi Moshi)" to everything he says, and Cancer suffixes everything with "ebi" (a.k.a. prawn). That last one really disappointed Natsu and Happy, who were ''certain'' that he was going to say "crab" as his tic.
** Looks like all the male cats in Extalia do this as well. [[spoiler: Happy's dad]] says "Kaah!"
** Ichiya and Nichiya say "Men!"
** Hot Eye/[[spoiler:Richard]] and "Yes! (desu ne/Desu yo!)" ("Oh yeah!" in the dub.)
** In the anime, Hughes and Sugarboy qualify as well too.
** Kinana says "-kina".
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Erza, [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-7183-39/fairy-tail/chapter-68.html in an omake chapter]].
* VillainBall: The ONLY reason Vidaldus doesn't ultimately win is because he'd rather use his powers to [[spoiler: watch a CatFight between Lucy and Juvia rather than hypnotizing them both]].
* VillainousBreakdown
** [[spoiler:The realization that he is alone, his underlings are defeated, and everyone else in the guild are risking their lives to stop him completely shatters Laxus' composure. Unfortunately, instead of collapsing, he goes into UnstoppableRage.]]
** The Oración Seis seems pretty prone to this. Both Racer [[spoiler:when Lyon figured his powers out]] and Angel [[spoiler:when Gemini disobeyed her in favor of Lucy's kindheartedness towards celestial spirits]] have broken so far. [[http://www.mangareader.net/135-7253-12/fairy-tail/chapter-138.html Brain has a pretty good one here too]], with eyes bulging out and everything.
** [[spoiler:Edolas!Erza when she's screaming about how Edolas will suffer without magic. Like Laxus, she also goes into UnstoppableRage, not that it helps.]]
** After his defeat, [[spoiler:Faust]] becomes completely horrified when he sees [[http://i55.tinypic.com/5yfc3t.jpg images of Igneel, Grandeeney, and a hungry-looking Metallicana]] staring down at him. His [[http://i51.tinypic.com/161yexs.jpg face completely breaks down]], and eyes bulge out, before fainting from sheer shock.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Lullaby in the anime.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:W]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Gray, and to a lesser degree Natsu (he wears a vest, but it's not covering much).
* WalkingWasteland
** [[spoiler:Gildarts' power causes everything around him to be destroyed if he doesn't pay attention and control it. [[OhCrap He is also]] TheDitz. The town Fairy Tail is based in actually changes shape to accommodate his presence by elevating all the houses and creating massive straight roads leading directly to the guild.]]
** Chapter 200 introduces a new character who drains the life out of everything around him. [[OhCrap He seems to have even less control over his power than Gildarts]]. He's [[spoiler:The Black Wizard Zeref]]. [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck.]]
* WeAllLiveInAmerica: The supposedly Spain-like country of Fiore has some pretty Japanese tendencies.
* WeaksauceWeakness
** Natsu suffers from an extreme form of motion sickness. Lampshaded when it was first revealed. Oddly, the fact that he can use Happy to fly does not cause this. This is pretty ridiculously {{HandWave}}d by Natsu simply stating that "Happy isn't a vehicle!". This from the guy who gets nauseous ''on top of a still raft''. Also, Happy isn't a vehicle, but apparently Lucy is.
*** Turns out, ALL Dragon Slayers have this weakness eventually, apparently including both 1st and 2nd Generation.
**** Subverted so far with Wendy, she doesn't seem to have any problems with vehicles (and if you think she's casting [[HealingShiv Troia]] note that Wendy says casting the spell too many times lowers its effectiveness so sooner or later she'd be showing signs of motion sickness if she were using the spell on herself).
***** Then again, she's probably too young to be a 'real' Dragon Slayer already, and thus for the motion sickness to kick in. And it might take while, since Gajeel's only got it very recently.
** [[spoiler: Edolas!Natsu]] has the exact opposite weakness. He's only {{Badass}} while he's in a vehicle. Otherwise he's a complete wuss.
** Fried ''really'' cannot handle himself around [[spoiler:fanservice. Too bad for him then that not only are his opponents in Chapter 204 women, not only are they in bikinis due to the temperature, but both of them can summon even ''more'' women.]] Subverted in that [[spoiler:he was faking it all along as an excuse to lose to his opponents out of guilt about nearly killing them in the past. Bickslow even calls him out for choosing such an unbelievably ludicrous weakness.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist
** Jellal is basically the living embodiment of this trope before [[spoiler:he loses his memory.]]
*** Even afterwards, he always seems to retain extremist solutions to various problems, making him a semi-heroic version of the trope.
** Laxus has shades of it as well.
* WhamEpisode: [[WhamEpisode/FairyTail Now with its own page!]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse
** What the heck happened to Erigor "the Shinigami" and Kageyama from the Lullaby arc? [[spoiler:Erigor showed up again in Episode 55 of the anime, only be easily beaten by Natsu and have his clothes stolen by Jellal. He shows up again as a member of the Oración Seis]].
*** [[spoiler: He shows up yet again as a member of the Reborn Oración Seis during the Key of the Starry Sky filler arc.]]
** Where the hell was Angelica during the Nirvana arc?
** Whatever happened to Gray's smoking habit from the first few chapters??
** What happened to the [[spoiler:13th Gate key]], Yukino hasn't used it since it's debut despite being in several situations where it would come in handy.
* WhatTheHellHero: Sugarboy informs Gray that the key to the Dragon Cannon can be used to change everyone back from Lacrima, and then freaks out after Gray destroys it anyway. [[spoiler:Subverted when Gray reveals that he can duplicate the key out of ice.]]
* WhipItGood: Lucy sometimes carries a whip, typically one that ends in a spade/heart shape.
* WholePlotReference: The entire Tower of Heaven arc is full of parallels to the Etherion arc from ''RaveMaster'', the least subtle of which being that the villains of both look almost exactly the same. Other similarities include the casino beginning, the way Jellal is completely dismissive of Natsu, how he believes he's in the right, the way Natsu sets down an unconscious Erza and talks about what she's supposed to be like-but isn't thanks to the villain, and even the fireworks ending.
* WildcardExcuse: Happy's answer to questions such as "Why are you blue?", "Why can you fly?", or "How come you can talk?" is always "Because I'm a cat!" cheerfully and likely intentionally ignoring the fact that these questions are ''because'' he is a cat. [[spoiler:... and then not even THAT is correct, as he's just a fantastical creature that only resembles a cat.]]
* WillTheyOrWontThey
** Alzack and Bisca are this trope personified. It's their main character trait, even. The ultimate answer? [[spoiler:TheyDo]].
** Not as prominent, but there's plenty of this between Erza and Jellal as well.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Erza, despite not being a queen. [[spoiler:Also, Queen Shagotte of Extalia.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Black Wizard Zeref. After having been built up as TheDreaded throughout the entire series, someone almost single Dark Guild in existence idolizes, being behind just about everything bad that has happened in the last four hundred years either directly or indirectly, and being terrifying enough to make even the Magic Council have a MassOhCrap just at the mere suggestion that he had returned... when he finally appears on screen, he's a self-hating, reclusive, [[CryCute emotional wreck]] who wants nothing more than for [[DeathSeeker Natsu to kill him]] and [[MercyKill put him out of his misery]].]] That is, [[spoiler:until Master Hades' evil plan [[GoneHorriblyRight goes horribly right]] and makes Zeref realize that HumansAreBastards and should be [[OmnicidalManiac killed]] because of it.]]
* TheWorfBarrage: A sustained assault against the BigBad of the Sirius Island arc, from a united front of various Fairy Tail members using some of the most powerful techniques seen in the series so far, successfully destroyed his cape and made him mad (maybe he liked the cape).
* WorfHadTheFlu: According to the author, the reason Midnight beat [[spoiler:Jellal]] so easily was because [[spoiler:of the self-destruct spell that had damaged Jellal a few chapters earlier]] on top of [[spoiler:his LaserGuidedAmnesia]]. Alternatively, some fans have pointed out that, if you consider [[AttackReflector Midnight's ability]], it's highly possible [[spoiler:Jellal]] tried to one-shot him with one of his GameBreaker spells and had it [[HoistByHisOwnPetard reflected back in his face]].
** [[spoiler:Zeref]] also gives one to explain how Ultear beat him. His explanation can be summarized as "because I didn't want to kill her, my magic was ineffective. Now that I'm out for blood I'm back to full power."
* WorldOfBadass: Actually subverted. Despite the fact that there are loads of {{Badass}} characters, who tend to hog the spotlight, only 10% of the Fairy Tail world's population can use magic. [[spoiler:But Grimoire Heart plans to use Zeref to create such a world, where only the badass can survive.]]
* WorldOfBuxom
* WorldOfMuscleMen: Even males otherwise lacking muscle mass will have a six-pack unless they're young, old or fat.
* WouldHitAGirl
** Gajeel, who spends a good few minutes just [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating Lucy silly]]. And he would have kept on doing it if [[BigDamnHeroes Natsu hadn't shown up, righteously pissed off]]. He's doing it [[BatmanGambit BECAUSE]] [[SuperDickery he knows Natsu is coming.]]
** This seems to be in effect for the entire world of Fairy Tail, actually. There doesn't seem to be a distinction made between genders at all, at least as far as fighting goes.
** Natsu actually invokes this when he suggests a round of fighting to find out who is the strongest wizard in Fairy Tail.
--->'''Happy:''' "Natsu... I don't think you should go picking battles with girls..."\\
'''Natsu:''' "Guys or girls has nothing to do with it!!"
[[/folder]]
[[folder:X]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: Brain in his plan to obtain Nirvana. [[spoiler:He originally intended to get it by himself, but when he realized that Wendy was with the group sent to stop him, he used her to make his plan move faster, having her heal Jellal, who would in turn fetch Nirvana for him. When Jellal attacked him, instead of going ThisCannotBe he ordered Cobra to follow him. His assumption was right, as Jellal restarted Nirvana... With the intent of destroying it. But, instead of breaking down or trying to force Jellal to obey him by any meaning, Brain simply deactivated the self-destruction spell Jellal cast on Nirvana, succeeding in his plan at last]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Y]]
* YearX: The story takes place in "X784". [[spoiler:X791 after the TimeSkip.]]
* YearInsideHourOutside: Inverted in the Celestial Realm, where one day in there is equal to three months outside.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Naturally, Jellal is the first that comes to mind here. Other people with unrealistic hair colors include Natsu, Levy, Juvia, Wendy, Bisca, Fried, Erza, and Cobra (you can have somewhat red hair, but not that red), and Mirajane, Lisanna, and Elfman, since their hair seems to have always been white.
* YouHaveFailedMe:
** Brain gives [[spoiler:Cobra]] this treatment after [[spoiler:Natsu ''nearly'' beat him with a single roar.]]
--->'''Brain:''' ''(after shooting [[spoiler:Cobra]] in the shoulder)'' "I don't need the six demons if such an average guild can defeat them so easily, you trash!!"
** [[spoiler: Yukino was forced to strip and erase her guild mark, therefore kicking her out of the guild after losing to Kagura.]]
** Subverted.[[spoiler: Sting and Rogue after losing to Natsu and Gajeel. They were beat up by their guild master and when Sting's Exceed tries to reason with their guild master, he was promptly killed (or so we thought).]]
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle
** [[spoiler:The Edolas arc: Team Natsu manages to keep the Lacrima from crashing into the Exceed homeland and Mystogan suddenly arrived to warp the Lacrima back to Earthland, back to their original forms. Everyone begins to celebrate and things seem peachy... then Erza Knightwalker fires a shot at Pantherlily and comes after the group with the Edolas army in tow!]]
** [[spoiler:End of the S-Class Trial arc: Fairy Tail manages to repeal Grimiore Heart despite taking some serious damage and wounds. All the members come out alive and are healed. Laxus is back even though no longer a member and Cana reveals to Gildarts that she is his daughter who then accepts her. All seems right with the world... wait whats that ominous evil looking dragon over the island?]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Z]]
* ZeroApprovalGambit: [[spoiler:Mystogan]] decides to unite Edolas... by draining it of its dwindling magic and offering himself up as the villain that [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Pantherlily]] will kill, thus making him the new king. Pantherlily has some '''complaints''' with that plan, and wants to turn it around so that ''he'll'' be the villain, and [[spoiler:Mystogan, who is Edolas' long-lost prince,]] will be the hero. Things hits a serious snag when both of them realize they can't bring themselves to kill the other. Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy manage to salvage the plan by posing as rampaging demons for [[spoiler:Mystogan]] to defeat, and the reverse anima conveniently sucking them back to Earthland makes it look like they "died" by his hand.
* ZettaiRyouiki
** Seems to be a theme with the female villains.
** Virgo.
** Also, Lucy as a maid and her Stellar Spirit outfits. Becomes permanent after the TimeSkip.
** Erza as a Goth girl, and a few of her other outfits.
** Even Wendy sports this in Edolas and onwards.
** Juvia as well.
** [[spoiler:Millianna]] of the [[AmazonBrigade Mermaid Heel]] guild sports these as well, combined with UnderBoobs and an [[BareYourMidriff exposed belly]].
[[/folder]]
