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Mikoto Misaka is the third most powerful Esper in Academy City, a state-of-the-art city dedicated to the scientific study and development of PsychicPowers. With her [[ShockAndAwe electrical superpowers]], she works alongside her friends to protect the peace of Academy City as part of the "Public Moral Committee", Judgment. The story narrates the events of ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' from Misaka's perspective, as well as delving into her own conflict with the darker evils that lurk in the shadows of Academy City.
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Mikoto Misaka is the third most powerful Esper in Academy City, a state-of-the-art city dedicated to the scientific study and development of PsychicPowers. With her Every student in Academy City is given an "Esper Rank" to indicate their power, and Mikoto is a Rank 5: the best of the best, an [[ShockAndAwe electrical superpowers]], she works alongside electromaster]] with the nickname of "The Railgun".
Together with her friends in "Judgement" (the [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil student-run "Public Moral Committee"]]), she works to protect the peaceof in Academy City as part of the "Public Moral Committee", Judgment. from delinquents and hoodlums. The story narrates the events of ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' from Misaka's Mikoto's perspective, as well as delving into her own conflict with the darker evils that lurk in the shadows of Academy City.
Together with her friends in "Judgement" (the [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil student-run "Public Moral Committee"]]), she works to protect the peace
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Mikoto Misaka is the third most powerful Esper in Academy City, a state-of-the-art city dedicated to the scientific study and development of PsychicPowers. With her [[ShockAndAwe electrical superpowers]], she works alongside her friends to protect the peace of Academy City as part of the "Public Moral Committee", Judgement.Judgment. The story narrates the events of ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' from Misaka's perspective, as well as delving into her own conflict with the darker evils that lurk in the shadows of Academy City.
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Mikoto Misaka is the third most powerful Esper in Academy City, a state-of-the-art city dedicated to the scientific study and development of PsychicPowers. With her [[ShockAndAwe mastery of electricity]], electrical superpowers]], she works alongside her friends to protect the peace of Academy City as part of the "Public Moral Committee", Judgement. The story narrates the events of ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' from Misaka's perspective, as well as delving into her own conflict with the darker evils that lurk in the shadows of Academy City.
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A {{Spinoff}} of ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''.
Mikoto Misaka is the third most powerfulesper Esper in Academy City, a state-of-the-art city dedicated to the scientific study and development of superpowers. Along PsychicPowers. With her [[ShockAndAwe mastery of electricity]], she works alongside her friends to protect the peace of Academy City as part of the "Public Moral Committee", Judgement. The story narrates the events of ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' from Misaka's perspective, as well as delving into her own conflict with her friends, she protects the city from the daily threats which disturb the city's peace. However, behind this idyllic, advanced city lurks a darkness which even the third most powerful esper darker evils that lurk in the city can't take on her own.
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* ObliviouslyEvil: The researchers in charge of the Sisters program are implied to be fairly normal people who simply don't see the Sisters as being human. The analogy used is like sacrificing guinea pigs to cure cancer: You can do it because you don't believe you're committing murder, but rather making a small sacrifice for a greater good. A few of the researchers have better moral compasses, but they're outnumbered and powerless.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: We don't get to see Kongo Mitsuko's [[spoiler:rescue of Mikoto from the {{power armor}}ed [=MAR=] goon after Telestina knocks her out. But it's subverted in the next episode where we do see her powers and it was awesome!]]
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* MaleGaze: A perfect example in chapter 47 of the manga when Touma meets Shokohou Misaki, he can't help but stare at her assets.
-->Mikito:Just now...I felt his gaze dropping 30 centimeters for a moment!!
-->Mikito:Just now...I felt his gaze dropping 30 centimeters for a moment!!
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* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Accelerator. The manga explains that his appearance and physique are due to his power unconsciously reflecting UV rays, eliminating the need for pigmentation and making it difficult to produce certain hormones.
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* Meido: Episode 19 has several, including a rather uncomfortable looking Mikoto and reveals that Acadamy City has a school dedicated to training them.
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A second season, ''A Certain Scientific Railgun S'', has been greenlit for 2013. It's focus is on the ''Railgun'' version of the Sisters Arc.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: The Railgun manga and it's anime adaptation has characters from the later novels appearing much earlier.
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** For the Railgun [=DVDs=], the limited editions contains an 8-part Index side story mini novel staring Kaori Kanzaki, written by the author of the novels, Kazuma Kamachi and art drawn by Kiyotaka Haimura of A Certain Magical Index light novels in each DVD. So what's it's about?:
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** For the Railgun [=DVDs=], the limited editions contains an 8-part Index side story mini novel staring Kaori Kanzaki, written by the author of the novels, Kazuma Kamachi and art drawn by Kiyotaka Haimura of A Certain Magical Index light novels in each DVD. So what's it's it about?:
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** [[spoiler:Frenda in her own right is. She released a mist that she claimed was harmless to humans but would detonate with the tiniest spark, effectively making Mikoto a normal. The mist was actually a bluff and completely harmless, but it worked (until Frenda screwed up anyway).]]
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** Lampshaded in A Certain Scientific Railgun ch56.5, in regards to the movie and the Endymion Space Elevator.
--> '''Uiharu:''' The titular Endymion is the world's first space elevator! It has been under construction since 3 years ago without the city revealing what its purpose is! It is a bridge connecting Earth to space!
--> '''Saten:''' Oh... Hey, Uiharu. If it's been under construction for three years, then that ridiculously huge tower was already there when this manga began, right? Has it really been here all that time?
--> '''Uiharu:''' What are you saying, of course it has. Did Mental Out mess with your memories?
--> '''Saten:''' But it's never been drawn in the background before...
--> '''Uiharu:''' It just so happened to be outside the panel.
--> '''Saten:''' Don't you call this a retco--
--> '''Uiharu:''' IT JUST SO HAPPENED! TO BE OUTSIDE!! THE PANEL!!!
--> '''Saten:''' O-Okay.
--> '''Uiharu:''' The titular Endymion is the world's first space elevator! It has been under construction since 3 years ago without the city revealing what its purpose is! It is a bridge connecting Earth to space!
--> '''Saten:''' Oh... Hey, Uiharu. If it's been under construction for three years, then that ridiculously huge tower was already there when this manga began, right? Has it really been here all that time?
--> '''Uiharu:''' What are you saying, of course it has. Did Mental Out mess with your memories?
--> '''Saten:''' But it's never been drawn in the background before...
--> '''Uiharu:''' It just so happened to be outside the panel.
--> '''Saten:''' Don't you call this a retco--
--> '''Uiharu:''' IT JUST SO HAPPENED! TO BE OUTSIDE!! THE PANEL!!!
--> '''Saten:''' O-Okay.
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** Uiharu gets 2. The 1 being semi-{{Ill girl}} in the manga in which she wears a cough mask periodically. The 2 where she might be close to a treat (like a cake) but never get's to.
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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9Rp6_GzQLk Here's the audiofile itself]].
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* EldritchAbomination: The [[spoiler:AIM Burst creature after people have been shooting it, causing it to grow and deform, most notably [[{{Squick}} developing eyes in random places]]. [[NightmareFuel Oh My God.]]]]
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* EvilLaugh: [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil The opening credits already mark]] [[spoiler:Telestina]] out as an obvious bad guy but she invokes this trope in Episode 23 with such furious insanity that [[NightmareFuel it is utterly scary.]]
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* EvilLaugh: [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil The opening credits already mark]] [[spoiler:Telestina]] out as an obvious bad guy but she invokes this trope in Episode 23 with such furious insanity that [[NightmareFuel it is utterly scary.]]
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* ShutUpHannibal: Delivered by both Saten AND Mikoto to [[spoiler:Telestina]]'s hateful declaration of the worthlessness of human life. Saten [[spoiler:takes a firm grip of her aluminum baseball bat, shouts "Whatever Levels we are, we're not garbage. [[YouLeaveHimAlone YOU LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!!]]" and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome SMASHES the console controlling the Capacity-Down device that paralyze her superpowered friends.]] ]] Mikoto then shoves the rest of [[spoiler:Telestina's hatefully delivered HannibalLecture right back in her big ugly mouth... with her railgun.]]
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* ShutUpHannibal: Delivered by both Saten AND Mikoto to [[spoiler:Telestina]]'s hateful declaration of the worthlessness of human life. Saten [[spoiler:takes a firm grip of her aluminum baseball bat, shouts "Whatever Levels we are, we're not garbage. [[YouLeaveHimAlone YOU LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!!]]" and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome SMASHES the console controlling the Capacity-Down device that paralyze her superpowered friends.]] ]] Mikoto then shoves the rest of [[spoiler:Telestina's hatefully delivered HannibalLecture BreakingSpeech right back in her big ugly mouth... with her railgun.]]
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''Toaru Kagaku no Railgun'' is a manga spin-off and [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary reading]] to the ''Anime/ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'' LightNovel series. Similar to the original, it has received an AnimatedAdaptation courtesy of JCStaff, which covers the first major arc of the manga as well as some anime-original material penned by the author. In addition, there are side-story novels which involve the protagonists with the Magic side.
This series shares a [[Characters/ToAruMajutsuNoIndex character sheet]] with ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''.
The anime is being licensed by FUNimation entertainment, along with the first season of ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex''.
This series shares a [[Characters/ToAruMajutsuNoIndex character sheet]] with ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''.
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* StockFootage: Averted, making it difficult to determine when events are occurring compared to [[Anime/ToAruMajutsuNoIndex Index]].
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*** Surprisingly [[spoiler:averted with Nayuta Kihara, aka [[FanNickname “Loli Kihara”]], who was introduced in the new Railgun mininovel and who ''maybe'' is the only good Kihara in the family. I emphasis ''maybe'' because even though she's good and not evil like her family, but she's still manipulative just like them when she easily manipulated both Mikoto and Gunha, two Level 5's to fight against each other! As she's a member of Judgment too! Then again the novel was written by [[LightNovel/{{Baccano}} Ryohgo]] [[{{Durarara}} Narita]] and anyone familiar with his work will know to BewareTheNiceOnes.]]
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*** Surprisingly [[spoiler:averted with Nayuta Kihara, aka [[FanNickname “Loli Kihara”]], who was introduced in the new Railgun mininovel and who ''maybe'' is the only good Kihara in the family. I emphasis ''maybe'' because even though she's good and not evil like her family, but she's still manipulative just like them when she easily manipulated both Mikoto and Gunha, two Level 5's to fight against each other! As she's a member of Judgment too! Then again the novel was written by [[LightNovel/{{Baccano}} Ryohgo]] [[{{Durarara}} [[LightNovel/{{Durarara}} Narita]] and anyone familiar with his work will know to BewareTheNiceOnes.]]
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* ModestyShorts: One of Misaka's signature traits. Much to her Kuroko's dismay.
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* ModestyShorts: One of Misaka's signature traits. Much to her Kuroko's dismay.
** Averted with Uiharu, despite [[RunningGag Saten constantly flipping her skirt up]].
** Averted with Uiharu, despite [[RunningGag Saten constantly flipping her skirt up]].
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Miho Jufuku shares the same voice as [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha]]
** Kurozuma Wataru is voiced by KatsuyukiKonishi, who has also voiced Kamina of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.
** Kurozuma Wataru is voiced by KatsuyukiKonishi, who has also voiced Kamina of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.
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* SleepCute: Edasaki on [[spoiler: Kiyama's]] couch.
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[[http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Toaru_Majutsu_no_Index_Wiki A Certain]] [[TheWikiRule Wiki]] may help in understanding various terminologies that may be found on ''this'' wiki.
[[http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Toaru_Majutsu_no_Index_Wiki A Certain]] [[TheWikiRule Wiki]] may help in understanding various terminologies that may be found on ''this'' wiki.
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Mikoto Misaka is the third most powerful esper in Academy City, a state-of-the-art city dedicated to the study and development of superpowers. Along with her friends, she protects the city from the daily threats which disturb the city's peace. However, behind this idyllic, advanced city lurks a darkness which even the third most powerful esper in the city can't take on her own.
''Toaru Kagaku no Railgun'' is a manga spin-off and [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary reading]] to the ''Anime/ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'' LightNovel series. Similar to the original, it has received an AnimatedAdaptation courtesy of JCStaff, which covers the first major arc of the manga as well as some anime-original material penned by the author. In addition, there are side-story novels which involve the protagonists with the Magic side.
This series shares a [[Characters/ToAruMajutsuNoIndex character sheet]] with ''Anime/ToAruMajutsuNoIndex''.
[[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-21/a-certain-scientific-railgun-anime-gets-2nd-season A second season was recently green lit.]]
[[http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Toaru_Majutsu_no_Index_Wiki A Certain]] [[TheWikiRule Wiki]] may help in understanding various terminologies that may be found on ''this'' wiki.
The anime is being licensed by FUNimation entertainment, along with the first season of ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex''.
'''A note on timelines:''' The manga's events begin two weeks before the ''Index'' novel and anime. The anime, however, violates this by adapting events from Volume 8 of the novels into the anime's first episode. As it stands, Chapters 18 to 39 occur around the time of Volume 3 in the novels, Chapter 40 is around volume 5, Chapters 41-42 and around volume 8 and Chapters 43-current take place around volume 9.
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* ACupAngst: Mikoto is ''very'' self conscious of the fact she is not as... "developed" as other girls her age, if not younger.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness In the manga, Saten was shorter than Mikoto and had a flat chest. In the anime her height is sometimes the same as Mikoto's. Her bust in some official art (when she is in a bikini) is increased to a C cup. JC Staff really likes her. [[http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/6195/1288321694241.jpg Exhibit A]], [[http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/6937/1288321722575.jpg Exhibit B]].
* AdaptationExpansion: The anime gives more character development to the cast from the ''Railgun'' manga and even explains more details about Academy City and the people who live there. Furthermore, [[spoiler:It continues where Level Upper arc left off and gives it a proper end.]]
** The entire series is essentially this, especially Railgun's version of the [[spoiler:Sisters]] arc, which explains Mikoto's struggles against [[spoiler:the Level 6 experiment]] in more detail compared to the Index version. It also shows a more introspective side of Accelerator, [[spoiler: which makes his FaceHeelTurn more understandable]].
* AdultFear: What made the tragedy of [[spoiler:Professor Kiyama Harumi]] so easy to relate to for adult audiences is the ''very'' human fear in every mother that society would hurt, betray and take their beloved children away from them. This [[spoiler:infuses her quest to save her students, extreme measures notwithstanding, with a sad and admirable nobility that you can't help but root for.]]
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Frenda, Mugino, Rikou and Saiai act like your normal everyday teenage girls except when they do mercenary work as Team ITEM, they are damn good.]]
* AlertnessBlink
* AllPartOfTheShow: In the Railgun Side Story: ''Liberal Arts City'', [[spoiler: a battle between Mikoto and a Mixcoatl piloted by Xochitl]] is passed off as a show to everyone else, [[spoiler: despite the danger being very real.]] Once things get completely out of hand later on, they couldn't keep it up.
* AllYourPowersCombined: [[spoiler:The "Level Upper" {{hivemind}} gives its instigator the free use of the powers of all of its members]], when an esper is only supposed to have ''one''. By the time of TheReveal, this count is literally 'OverNineThousand''.
* AlphaBitch: Mitsuko Kongo usually looks down on Kuroko or any "ruffians" who dare disrespect her but she is kind to children and her kohai's, Kinoho Wannai and Maaya Awatsuki.
** Surprisingly even Kuroko acts like the AlphaBitch towards those she see as below her and does it unintentionally sometimes.
** Considering they're both from Tokiwadai, a school for girls of the elite rich, there are bound to be some {{Alpha Bitch}}es at that school.
** Averted with Mikoto whom despite coming from a rich family, grew up like a normal girl thanks to her mother and acts kind and friendly to all people, no matter what social class they come from.
* AmusingInjuries: Kuroko would not have survived ''getting her darned neck '''broken''' '' by the dorm supervisor in Episode 2 if it wasn't ''so darned funny.''
* AntiMagic: Touma's right hand, the "[[GratuitousEnglish Imagine Breaker]]".
* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Professor Kiyama]], whose motivation of [[spoiler:saving children who were her students rendered comatose by a corrupt government experiment]] is noble enough to earn Mikoto's sympathy and offer to help her accomplish it.
* ArtMajorPhysics: In reality, lightning travels ''extremely'' fast (about 92,000 miles per second, or 148,000 kilometers per second) so dodging or blocking [[ShockAndAwe Misaka's attacks]] should probably be out of the question. That's just the ''first'' one. This series isn't about the clash of Magic and Science, but the clash of Magic and TechnoBabble. Given it opens with a acknowledged psychic powers, you should really expect that sort of thing.
** Misaka's odd ability to completely ignore the shockwave and recoil of firing her "Railgun" out of her hand, which should at the least rupture her eardrums(if not outright kill her) and shatter the bones of her arm every time she uses the power.
** Also, Misaka herself comments on the fact that she is limiting her power just so they can get a reading in the first episode. The people administering the test are probably too scared by her power to notice anything odd.
** [[spoiler: This is actually touched upon however briefly in the Accelerator vs Touma rematch. According to the former, the latter is able to block the blasts because he can subconsciously sense the minor changes in the AIM field, as well as in the magnetic field, and react accordingly.]]
* ArtificialRiverbank: Where Misaka and Touma have a duel.
* AscendedExtra: Saten and Uiharu. In the manga, while they were very prominent during the Level Upper arc, they have extremely minimal appearances in subsequent ones. Even Shirai doesn't have nearly as many appearances in the manga as she does in the anime.
* BackToBackBadasses: [[spoiler:Kongo and Kuroko, who are [[TheRival both rivals]] teaming up against the MAR mech troops!]]
* BadassAdorable: Mikoto and Kuroko both qualify.
* BadassNormal: A couple, including:
** Kurozuma Wataru, a former Skillout member whose fighting skills border on OneManArmy against the other Skillout members
** And the Dorm Supervisor of Tokiwadai Dormitories.
*** Just so you know, there's a couple of reason why she is very scary. She's in charge of a Girls Dormitory who students are mostly Level 3 or 4 psychics [[spoiler:including two Level 5]]'s, is quick enough to [[spoiler:[[OhCrap break Kuroko's neck before she can teleport]] [[UnexplainedRecovery (she was fine by the next scene somehow.)]]]], defeat [[spoiler:the [[EliteMooks Hound Dogs, a Black Ops team]] [[BadAss all by herself without any weapons]]]] and has ScaryShinyGlasses too. (Did i forget to mention she also voiced by HitomiNabatame too?) With the things she does, it's no wonder why Mikoto, Kuroko and the rest of Tokidwai are scared of her and [[MuggingTheMonster haven't been abusing their powers or breaking the rules]] in the first place. But what's more scary is the fact there's [[http://i.imagehost.org/view/0127/snapshotRailgun_Supervisor not one]] [[http://i.imagehost.org/view/0482/snapshotIndex_Supervisor but two of them!]] God help us if the other one is scary like her too.
*** In a special Railgun Light novel, Dorm Supervisor stopped a fight between Mikoto to and Gunha Sogiita(7th Lv5) by snapping Mikoto's neck before she could even respond. Gunha retreated immediately!!
* BaitTheDog: In the manga, two scientists are around when 9982 cleans up. They joke and laugh and 9982 criticizes the tea. All very friendly and affable. Oh, by the way 9982, don't forget to clean up the ''half dozen bloody corpses of your sisters'' before you change into the uniform, or you're just going to have to do it again. Toodles!
* BalloonBelly: Tsuduri
* BarelyThereSwimwear: Kuroko's in episode 13. Mikoto was ''not'' amused.
** Same in Liberal Arts City.
* BeachEpisode: Episode 13, with holograms.
* BigDamnHeroes: Touma [[spoiler:blocked the Graviton Bomber's power, saving Uiharu and a little girl, as well as Mikoto.]]
** Not to be outdone, previous ButtMonkey [[spoiler:Kongo Mitsuko]] pulls this off twice. The first time was, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome unfortunately]] off screen. The second time she [[spoiler:knocks two helicopters out of the sky by blasting a truck at them.]] Not bad.
* BigEater: Index's and Himegami's respective appetites haven't vanished even while cameoing over to this series.
* BigOlEyebrows: [[spoiler:The reason for Miho attacking Tokiwadai students in the first place.]]
* BlackBraAndPanties: Saten rummages through Kuroko's underwear drawer, pulling a progression of more and more racy items. It starts with a pair of these, and ends with [[spoiler:full-body fishnet stockings]].
* BlandNameProduct: A [[FreezeFrameBonus brief]] shot in episode 10 (when the characters are discussing [[spoiler:computer networks as an analogy for how Level Upper might work]]) reveals that Konori uses a "Macindows" laptop equipped with an "Outel" processor.
** And then averted when the Dorm Supervisor is seen going into a Pizza Hut.
* [[BloodBrothers Blood Sisters]]: Mikoto, Kuroko, Saten and Uiharu.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Much of the humor in Kuroko and Mikoto's friendship stems from this: the former says or does something spectacularly stupid/perverted, and the latter rewards it with a hard knock to the head.
* BookEnds: In the beginning of the first episode of Railgun, Mikoto is humming at a bridge. The last episode ends with Mikoto at the same bridge but now with her friends Kuroko, Saten and Uiharu watching a blimp [[spoiler:with a birthday message to Kiyama.]]
* BreatherEpisode: The BeachEpisode provides a much-needed break after the close of the Level Upper arc.
* BrownNote: The main plot in the first half of the anime centers around [[spoiler:a "[[UpgradeArtifact Level Upper]]", which turns out to be]] an audio file. It works by [[spoiler:synaesthesia, using sound alone to manipulate all of the senses at once]]--not, sadly, ThePowerOfRock--in order to [[spoiler:effect an increase in power by networking the users together and sharing their powers with each other.]]. Unfortunately, its users inevitably fall into comas...
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9Rp6_GzQLk Here's the audiofile itself]].
** The real file is on the second soundtrack of Railgun as the 12th track. It is not as harsh as the one on Website/YouTube.
** In the second half of the anime, there's some importance given to another BrownNote [[spoiler:"Capacity Down", which causes any power users to experience great pain and be incapable of calculating the necessary things to use their abilities. Good thing the resident level 0 brought a baseball bat to the last battle...]]
* ButtMonkey: Kongo Mitsuko.
* CallBack: In the beginning of episode 1, Mikoto is humming a particular tune. Later in the end of episode 7, Touma is humming the same tune.
* CallForward: In the Sister's arc, Mikoto has to fight [[spoiler:Frenda of ITEM. At one one point she almost loses her legs and comments that they're her pride as a woman. Guess what happens later on in the Index novels... If you guessed having her legs blown off, give yourself a pat on the back.]]
** The AIM Burst in episode 11/12 is a more subtle CallForward. Notice that halo on top of its head? Now fast forward to the Academy City Invasion arc. That's right, the AIM Burst is a forerunner of [[spoiler: Fuse Kazakiri]].
* CanonImmigrant: Anything from characters to plotlines in the Railgun manga/anime is canon in the main Index series as it was made by the [[WordOfGod author of the novels.]] This include Saten who makes a cameo appearance in the novels and [[spoiler:Capacity Down is used on Accelerator in Vol 19 of the novels.]] This also counts in the Railgun manga where anything that happens in the Railgun anime actually did happen in the manga hence why Erii is canon including [[spoiler:Harumi's students being cured.]]
** There's also Shinobu Nunotaba, a scientist formerly working on the Radio Noise project, and Nayuta Kihara, who has already ascended to canon through WordOfGod.
* CatchPhrase: Nearly everyone has one.
** Kuroko's catchphrase: "''Judgment desu no!''".
** Saten's catchphrase: "''UUU-III-HAAA-RRUUUU!!!''", [[RunningGag plus with a skirt flipping]].
** Kurozuma's catchphrase: "If it's milk, it has to be Musashino!"
* CatSmile: Komoe-Sensei, and other characters during the {{Furo Scene}}s in Railgun episode 17.
* ContinuityCameo: Index and Aisa appears in Railgun episode 17. And everyone in Index appears in the ending of episode 24.
** The Queen of Tokiwadai finally makes an appearance in Chapter 41 of the manga, complete with a reveal of her full name.
* ChainsawGood: Mikoto attacks Touma with a chainsword ''materialized from iron in the air and sand'', nearly lopping off a few limbs before she turns it into a WhipSword and he's able to dispel it.
* CharacterDevelopment: Mikoto started as an idealist but later becomes an understanding realist when she learns not everyone has the will and effort to become a higher level esper and learns to respect and be sensitive to other people's feelings especially [[spoiler:the Level Upper users like Saten.]] But [[spoiler:then it gets bad when she becomes a unbalance cynical, StepfordSmiler during the Sister arc. Things got [[DeathSeeker much worse]] and then she got better.]]
** Saten start as a cheerful GenkiGirl despite being a Level 0. As the series progress, [[spoiler:she gets jealous and envies her other friends who have powers which lead her to use [[BrownNote Level Upper]] to finally get one but at the price of getting into a coma. After waking up from her coma and realizing there are somethings more important than powers, she becomes proud of being who she is and resolves to work harder to get the powers she had under Level Upper, the right way.]]
* CharacterExaggeration: Yes J.C. Staff, we know Kuroko [[ClingyJealousGirl is madly in love]] with Mikoto, but was it necessary to make it over the top in the Railgun anime?
* ChekhovsGun: Episode 4: [[spoiler:in a list of "urban legends", the Level Upper is mentioned.]] Similarly, closeups of a pair of headphones playing some music, [[spoiler:eventually it is revealed that the Level Upper is actually a sound file that one can listen to.]]
** Episode 12: The camera focuses to a group of 4 girls at a restaurant and a mysterious lady who likes [[ShakuganNoShana Margery Daw]] at the nuclear power plant.
** Remember episode 17? The one featuring a mysterious girl whose pendant has a picture [[spoiler:of a certain scientist's student]] and the earthquake that happen in that episode? Guess who's the new transfer student at Uiharu's school and what the Anti-skills and Judgment are talking about in episode 20?
** Remember the [[AntiMagic Capacity Down]]? Yeah, we get to know who built it, and see it in use again.
** Chapter 44: Saten's urban legends strike again. She briefly mentions that there's a legend that the hundreds of clashing espers can create a kind of {{Unobtanium}} that can only be made during the Daihasei because that's the only time that so many espers are actively fighting against each other. Anyone want to place bets on what the conflict of the current arc is going to revolve around?
* ChekhovsGunman: Saten Ruiko is a Level Zero, so even with an aluminum baseball bat she can't do much in a battle [[spoiler:with a giant mech]], yet [[spoiler:she proves instrumental in the final battle in episode 24 as she was the only one Telestina didn't detect and the only girl in the group aside from Kiyama not being affected by [[BrownNote Capacity-Down]] and manages to destroy it!]]
* ContinuityNod: Railgun is filled with nods to the To Aru series if you look closely.
** Episode 20 shows Mii on the computer, and next to it is a bin, overflowing with milk cartons. Remember that?
** Episode 19 helps explain why the Tokiwadai Dorm supervisor in Index is different from the one in Railgun, explaining there are in fact 2 Tokiwadai dorms.
** Remember episode 18 when Uiharu's & Saten's teacher wanted to propose [[spoiler:to the teacher from Cypress Park?]] Guess what's on his hand in episode 20.
** In episode 15, everyone except Kuroko still haven't forgotten that [[spoiler:Saten used Level Upper.]]
** In episode 6, we see a girl who is suspected of being the Graviton bomber. [[spoiler:She isn't.]] We meet her again, [[spoiler:during the special classes for the Level Upper users.]]
** Several characters from the Railgun anime appeared in the manga like Erii and that female gangster Mikoto fought.
** A minor one. The Judgement member who saved a girl from the Graviton Bomb by knocking her down and protecting her with his own body was an instant hit with the fans. We later found out in the manga that he's dating her. Good job Hero!
** Chapter 43 references Misaka's experiences during the ''Someone's Watching'' incident of the OVA.
** The railgun manga has recently added many nods towards the side stories. In chapter 43 Mikoto is mentioned to have experience doing demonstations in Russia (Shopping Mall Demonstration SS), in chapter 44.5 a disguised Xochitl runs into and remember Saten from the Liberal Arts City SS, and even more subtly, in chapter 42 Saten makes an offhand comment about how the jeans she ordered from England haven't arrived yet (Norse Mythology SS).
* CoolAirship: The Mixcoatls in Railgun SS, made of obsidian, wood, and cloth, that can out fly fighter planes.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Esper powers affect reality based on their users' internal reality. According to the pseudoscience of the series, if a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schrodingers_cat Schrödinger's cat]] experiment was set up, espers would find the cat in the state that they believed it to be, because they believed strongly enough that the cat was that way. Hypnosis, brainwashing and drugs are used to throw the subjects internal reality out of whack. So, it might be argued that the strongest espers like Mikoto and Accelerator are the most stubbornly out of touch with the reality normal people live in.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Kuroko, who threatens Touma the moment she sees him out of suspicion over his relationship with Mikoto, telling him that if he wants to make a go at Mikoto he'll have to go through ''her'' first. Though despite her jealousy, she never tries to sabotage or otherwise impede Touma's conversations with Mikoto. While clingy and jealous, Kuroko has the best interest for Mikoto at heart.
* CryCute: Mikoto in Episode 4, and Kuroko in Episode 2.
* CoolCar: Kiyama's Lamborghini. Saten is also seen cross-stitching a different Lamborghini during the school festival.
* CuttingTheKnot: Averted with Touma. A lot of Railgun's plots could have been solved in about three seconds if he were there.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Mugino was smart enough to leave Saiai to defend one of the research centre's while she, Frenda and Rikou fought Mikoto at the other one in case Mikoto was just a diversion. She was right.]]
* DateCrepe: Kuroko gets the same flavor of crepe as Mikoto in an effort to get more intimate with her, and is horrified when Mikoto shares a bite with someone who got a different flavor.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 17 is about the teacher and Anti-skill officer Tsuzuri Tessou.
* DefrostingIceQueen: When it comes to orphans and love, [[spoiler:the Dorm Supervisor shows a nicer and kinder side]]. Too bad the love part didn't last.
* {{Delinquents}}: They sure like to [[TooDumbToLive hit on Misaka]].
* DesignatedGirlFight: When the scientist in charge of the [[spoiler:Sisters project]] learns that [[spoiler:Mikoto is [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge destroying their labs]]]], he decides to sent in a team of mercenaries. Said team is [[FourGirlEnsemble Team ITEM]], but it's a subversion as they hired not because they were girls, but because the team is composed of professional mercenaries and their leader is a Level 5.
* {{Eagleland}}: definitely flavor 2 in the Railgun SS: Liberal Arts City, almost to the point of being anvilicious; the author sees America (in a very stereotypically Japanese way) as the movie-obsessed land of women with huge breasts, overly large vehicles and people toting guns everywhere.
* EarlyBirdCameo: The Railgun manga and it's anime adaptation has characters from the later novels appearing much earlier.
** In manga Chapter 1, Aiho Yomikawa makes a cameo appearance after the crime scene.
** In Chapter 8, you can see Stiyl passing by Uiharu.
** In Chapter 11, Mikoto & Kuroko meets a certain Frog-face doctor.
** In Chapter 15, the [[spoiler:"Shonen Hero" in one of the Level Upper user's memories is none other than Gunha Sogiita, the seventh Level 5 esper]], and in the same chapter we have the appearance of a group of girls hanging out. Those girls [[spoiler:are none other than the members of ITEM]] led by [[spoiler:the fourth Level 5 esper, Shizuri Mugino.]]
* [[spoiler:EarnYourHappyEnding]]: [[spoiler:For all the obstacles, the setbacks, the pain and the suffering she went through and the way the city treated her beloved students, Kiyama finally got her happy ending where she is reunited with her now awakened and cured students. And it's one she truly deserves.]]
* EldritchAbomination: The [[spoiler:AIM Burst creature after people have been shooting it, causing it to grow and deform, most notably [[{{Squick}} developing eyes in random places]]. [[NightmareFuel Oh My God.]]]]
* EnsembleCast: In the anime, the core main characters consist of Misaka, Shirai, Saten and Uiharu and they all have ample turns in the spotlight. In the manga, the only real "main" character is Misaka. Shirai is a recurring secondary character while Saten and Uiharu aren't very important outside of the Level Upper arc.
* EurekaMoment: Episode 3: The girls are stumped over why a girl shows up on camera but isn't seen by her victims, since everyone with the power to turn invisible has an alibi. After Kuroko remarks that she "didn't notice" the pigeon Uiharu saw fly by, Mikoto realizes that the girl must have the power to erase her presence from the minds of people who see her directly.
* EpicFail: Episode 17 makes very clear Tessou is the resident ButtMonkey. ''In one-and-a-half minute''.
** Another was when Mikoto tries to blow away the graviton bomb with her railgun but drops her coin. [[spoiler:But thankfully Touma was able to protect everyone from the explosion]].
* EvilLaugh: [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil The opening credits already mark]] [[spoiler:Telestina]] out as an obvious bad guy but she invokes this trope in Episode 23 with such furious insanity that [[NightmareFuel it is utterly scary.]]
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: The students of Tokiwadai adore Mikoto. [[spoiler:Except [[BitchInSheepsClothing some don't like her and/or pretend to like her]] while others are part of the biggest faction within Tokiwadai who are followers of Tokiwadai's other Level 5, "The Queen".]]
* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: All the main characters have some form of hair decs, but Uiharu is definitely overdoing it with the flower bouquet on her head. The four main girls' are highlighted in the first ending.
* EvilAlbino: Accelerator. [[spoiler:Although he gets better in ''Index''.]]
* EvilOldFolks: [[spoiler:Kiyama's former boss, Gensei Kihara, is a heartless scientist who sees no problem with using children for his experiments. To him, they are "ingredients" to be use in [[ForScience the name of science]].]]
** What's worse is ItRunsInTheFamily, as his [[spoiler:son Amata Kihara]] is an evil bastard just [[spoiler:like his father as Amata was the one who [[TrainingFromHell "raised" Accelerator.]]]]
*** [[spoiler:Add Telestina Kihara Lifeline, Gensei's granddaughter to the list of evil (and mentally fucked up).]]
*** Surprisingly [[spoiler:averted with Nayuta Kihara, aka [[FanNickname “Loli Kihara”]], who was introduced in the new Railgun mininovel and who ''maybe'' is the only good Kihara in the family. I emphasis ''maybe'' because even though she's good and not evil like her family, but she's still manipulative just like them when she easily manipulated both Mikoto and Gunha, two Level 5's to fight against each other! As she's a member of Judgment too! Then again the novel was written by [[LightNovel/{{Baccano}} Ryohgo]] [[{{Durarara}} Narita]] and anyone familiar with his work will know to BewareTheNiceOnes.]]
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: For Mikoto in the Railgun Sisters Arc and when fighting Touma.
* FandomNod / SureWhyNot: A minor one. The Tokiwadai Dorm supervisor's appearance changes [[http://i.imagehost.org/view/0482/snapshotIndex_Supervisor from the Index anime]] to the [[http://i.imagehost.org/view/0127/snapshotRailgun_Supervisor Railgun anime]]. Some fans think it was change to match her looks in the manga while others think they are just two different people with the same job. Along came episode 19, which mentions there are two Tokiwadai Dorms, which suggest there are indeed two different dorm supervisors.
* {{Fanservice}}: With a huge female-only cast including at least one perverse loli and skirt-chaser, you can guess there is LOTS of it. Though it manages to be self-conscious, tongue-in-cheek and good-natured.
* FantasticRacism: Though everyone in Academy city is treated with equal rights ''in theory'', in ''practice'' your chances of getting passed over for jobs, universities and all other opportunities in life steadily increases the lower your PowerLevel gets. Well meaning Level 5's such as Mikoto try to reassure their "lesser" peers with ultimately hollow mantras of "Do your best!! Your power level doesn't matter!!" oblivious to the fact that certain people are simply ''born'' incapable of crossing certain hurdles no matter ''how'' hard they try. Naturally, this breeds '''intensely''' bitter resentment, especially amongst the Level 0's of the city's population; ripe for exploitation by people like [[spoiler:Professor Kiyama Harumi]] through schemes like the "Level Upper" incident... Scientists such as [[spoiler:Telestina and the rest of the Kihara family]] don't even treat ''espers'' as humans; merely test subjects for their experiments.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Episode 3 is about a culprit who sneaks up on girls, stuns them with a taser and while they are unconscious performs on them the depraved, heinous act of [[spoiler:drawing them huge eyebrows]].
** Because tasing someone to the point of unconsciousness is totally not bad on its own.
* FetusTerrible: [[spoiler:A flying psychic malformed embryo... ''thing''... formed from the negative emotions of thousands of espers. Not really conscious but damn good at blowing stuff up. [[NighInvulnerable Regenerates in a fraction of a second]]. Also, ''[[OhCrap tentacles]]''. Only ThePowerOfRock can save you now.]]
** [[spoiler:Nope, [[IncrediblyLamePun Only My Railgun]] can save you now.]]
* FighterMageThief: The 177th Branch of Judgment, excluding [[MissionControl Uiharu]], which consist of: [[XRayVision Mii Konori]], the [[BoobsOfSteel strongest physical fighter in the group]] despite being only a Level 3 esper (Fighter); [[ShockAndAwe Mikoto Misaka]], the third-ranked Level 5 who relies on her trusty [[WaveMotionGun Railgun]] and the [[LightningCanDoAnything versatility]] of her Electromaster powers (Mage); and Kuroko Shirai, a Level 4 {{Teleporter|sAndTransporters}} whose ability allows her to [[TeleportSpam outpace her opponents]] so she could [[WrestlerInAllOfUs grab them]] or [[TeleFrag stick her needles into them]] (Thief).
* {{Filler}}: Because there were only 4 manga volumes of Railgun at that time, with the current arc [[spoiler:The Sister arc]] still ongoing, filler episodes were created after the first arc in the Railgun anime to fill in its 24 episode slot. Thankfully, most of the filler episodes and the characters introduced in the anime were written by the author of the novels so it's {{Canon}}.
* FlipFlopOfGod: In the beginning of the Index novel and anime, Mikoto fires a railgun which passes by Touma but in the Railgun manga drawn by Motoi Fukuyama, she fires the Railgun at him which he stops using Imagine Breaker. Unfortunately, this caused some [[InternetBackdraft backlash with fans since it is contested by the fandom if this is possible]]. To avoid this contradiction, the Railgun anime has the events that lead to the Railgun incident {{Retcon}} to an earlier date before the time of the first Index arc.
* FlowerInHerHair: Uiharu practically wears a ''flowerbed'' on her head, while Saten wears a lone white flower. As Uiharu has both refused to answer Kiyama about what they are, and only answered "What are you talking about?" when someone pointed them out to her at the Tokiwadai Midsummer festival, they may be more than a headband.
** The novels state they are artificial flowers.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the manga [[spoiler:Kiyama]] gives a hint to Mikoto over where she got the idea to create [[spoiler:Level Upper]]. The origin of that idea? [[spoiler:The Sisters project.]] Skipped in Railgun anime which is switched to [[spoiler:Telestina telling Mikoto everyone in Academy City is a guinea pig to reach Level 6.]]
** Remember some of those Urban Legends the girls were talking at episode 4? [[spoiler:They hint about what's going to happen in the Index anime.]]
* ForGreatJustice: The Liberal Arts City [[spoiler: had been implied to have captured espers and experiment on them, as well as get rid of people who snoop using SecretPolice, control information, and other various things to create their own espers using a different method from Academy City, based off the magicians attacking them for this reason. They claim it's so they wouldn't be behind the times as the "World Police" since it's possible that espers would become common place in the future, but they were just as bad as Academy City's ForScience!]]
* ForScience!: We get a flashback of a previous incident in which orphaned children (complete with one girl talking about how grateful she was to the city for taking care of them) are used as research experiments (you see where this is going, right?) [[spoiler:and ultimately sent into comas when put through a treatment to test pushing psychic powers to their limits. As the experiment goes terribly wrong, the head researcher stops another from calling for ambulances, saying the results are much more interesting and no one will miss the children]].
** It doesn't help that the [[spoiler:Academy City's Board of Directors]] allows this kind of activity.
*** It doesn't help even more that [[spoiler:Academy City is just a testing ground for them to be able to get the god-like power of a Level 6. ''Everyone'' within are guinea pigs for many kinds of experiments]], at least that's what [[spoiler:Telestina '''Kihara''' Lifeline]] said.
**** [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Kihara]] Family as a whole takes the cake with this trope. Luckily, it's not without exceptions.
* FourGirlEnsemble: Mikoto, Kuroko, Uiharu and Saten... they complement each other well, don't they?
** [[spoiler:Frenda, Mugino, Rikou and Saiai]] can count too despite being, [[spoiler:well [[AffablyEvil villains?]] [[RuleOfCool Nah, who cares!]]]]
* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Mikoto's so fond of bunnies and frogs it's no wonder she wears shorts under her skirt... (nervous laugh)
** Some of what Uiharu wears may also qualify (though we don't actually see it).
* GratuitousEnglish: As partially explained in the main entry under AlternateCharacterReading, all the GratuitousEnglish skill names and terms are simply readings assigned to that name/term's kanji. eg. Anti-Skill (kanji reads Guardsmen), Dummy Check, Imagine Breaker (kanji reads Illusion/Fantasy Killer), Judgment (kanji reads Disciplinary Committee), Skill-out, AIM (kanji reads No Awareness), as well as the anime openings.
** Also the English terms "Level Zero", "Level One", etc. are used for the super power levels.
* GuiltyPleasure: In-universe example: Mikoto has a love for childish cute things like the Gekota franchise, but feels incredibly embarrassed about it and tries to hide it because [[LampShaded many characters point out]] how her likings are rather childish.
* {{Headdesk}}: When given the idea that Mikoto could contract the stripper lady disease, Kuroko does [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4YIs4gcQ8U this]]
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: X-Ray vision may not seem to be that impressive on its own, but when that means Konori Mii can ''never'' be surprised by concealed weapons, coupled with her bone-breaking martial-arts skills, makes her more than a formidable match in battle.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Mikoto]] suffers a bad one after she failed to save [[spoiler:Misaka 9982]] from being [[spoiler:killed, and almost got killed herself by Accelerator]] and spends a night moping about it until she decides to [[spoiler:[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge destroy the Research Centers involve in the Level 6 Experiment]]]]. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:it was all in vain when she learns [[WeHaveReserves Academy City can replace those labs as many times they want]] making her return to her BSOD state. And it got worse when she finds her only lead to help stop the plan, the Tree Diagram satellite, was revealed to be destroyed.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The Anti-Skills, Academy City's real police force. Despite the fact that always seem to be 10 seconds too late to help Kuroko arrest criminals, or stop Misaka from using them as a lightening rod, they really are useful at times, and actually have a bit of a [[TheCavalry cavalry]] / TheRestShallPass moment when [[spoiler:they disobey orders and keep Telastina's mook army occupied during the highway duel.]]
** This can also be applied to Touma, who is literally the hero of the ''other' story. Most of the time he will show up just [[WheresWaldo walking in the background]], and a few times he encourages Misaka, or points out how [[SelfSacrificeScheme stupid she's being]], there are [[ChronicHeroSyndrome occasions]] when he becomes TheCavalry and saves her from various threats, ranging from [[spoiler:exploding balls of aluminum]], or just the [[StalkerWithACrush son]] of the head of her school.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Miho Jufuku shares the same voice as [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha]]
** Kurozuma Wataru is voiced by KatsuyukiKonishi, who has also voiced Kamina of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.
* {{Hivemind}}: The true purpose of the [[spoiler: "Level Upper" is simply to harness the combined mental power of 10,000 espers as a super-computer substitute; this has the side effects of temporarily increasing the participants' powers (through leaked experiences) and granting the mastermind AllYourPowersCombined but later [[PowerAtAPrice sends the users into a coma]]]].
** And of course, [[spoiler:the SISTERS' hivemind]] also makes an appearance here.
* HollywoodHacking: Misaka Mikoto herself. Granted, she's a master of electricity, but bypassing passcard locks, hijacking security robots, erasing herself from security footage, and breaking into a secure facility's network from a phone booth can't be THAT easy, even if you can control electricity.
** She IS a Level 5, one of the strongest and most skilled Espers there is. And then there's the RuleOfCool to consider.
* HotBlooded: Mikoto's battles, [[spoiler:especially those in Episode 12 and 24 qualify; In particular the second, her final battle atop a speeding vehicle to save Harumi's comatose students from the clutches of BigBad Telestina in a HumongousMecha. When she catches the mecha's RocketPunch, rips it off the and fires it like a giant missile BACK INTO the villainess to the heart-poundingly HotBlooded [[ThemeMusicPowerUp beat of "Level 5 Judgelight"]], ManlyTears '''will''' be shed. Quite an accomplishment considering the hero in question is a girl.]]
* HypocriticalHumor: Kuroko berates Kiyama for undressing in public as it's immoral yet Kuroko will do the same things to Mikoto.
** Also done by Mikoto chastising Kiyama's [[spoiler:heading off into danger, alone.]] This one's lampshaded immediately by Kuroko and Saten.
* TheHeartless: The FetusTerrible, above.
* {{Handwave}}: In the first Railgun DVD extra, Mikoto wonders why there are so many windmills in Academy City and wonders whether [[FridgeLogic there are really enough to power the city]] before the whole cast agrees that [[{{Handwave}} anything is possible in Academy City and they should stop talking about it.]]
* IAmNotLeftHanded: When [[spoiler:Telestina, in her giant robot,]] is chasing Mikoto, she says that her railgun has a range of 50 meters. Mikoto then tells her that [[spoiler:coins are not the only thing she can shoot]], and proves it by [[spoiler:shooting the robot's own detached claw, which must have weighed at least as much as her, at the robot.]] It could also count as a PowerLimiter.
** On a more general note, any time a Level 5 doesn't instantly vaporize their enemy, they were holding back.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: A large part of Ruiko's angst, as she has absolutely no potential in Esper ability, in a city full of people training to be Espers. [[spoiler:Then she gets her hands on the [[BrownNote Level]] [[PowerAtAPrice Upper]]...]]
* ILoveThisTown: For all the hardships, heartaches and ferocious battles fought throughout the series, Mikoto warmly muses that it was all worth it for the laughter, love and friendship made amongst the way, and quotes this as a summation of her happiness living in Academy City.
* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Aside from Touma, there is a conspicuous lack of male characters of any significance in this particular series.
** However, [[BadassNormal Kurozuma]], a badass guy is introduced in episode 15... just to be PutOnABus at the end of the next episode.
** Accelerator also makes an appearance as the main villain of the Sisters arc.
* IncompatibleOrientation: Poor Kuroko.
* IndirectKiss: [[SchoolgirlLesbians Kuroko]] becomes elated at the prospect of getting a bite of something after Mikoto and later freaks out when Mikoto and Saten innocently spoon-feed each other samples of their ice-cream. Kuroko desperately asks for equal treatment, but Mikoto refuses--[[IronicEcho after all, didn't they order the same thing?]].
* InverseLawOfComplexityToPower: The level 5's of the world seem to have very broad powers. Misaka boasts power over electricity, while Accelerator has control over all physical vectors. Lesser espers have abilities like Jufuku Miho's Dummy Check, which simply makes her less noticeable to those around her.
* {{Invisibility}}: The anime mentions offhand that there are 47 students with the power to turn completely invisible, and that count doesn't include more specific powers like the ability to not be noticed by direct sight.
* IronicEcho: During the Tokiwadai Midsummer festival, Uiharu berates Saten for eating a beautiful flower made of sugar. Later, Saten berates Uiharu for cutting and eating a beautiful cake.
* KidDetective: Our heroines' favourite pastime when together, the main source of their many adventures.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In the Manga. [[spoiler: Done to Uiharu, Saten, and Kuroko by the #5 Level 5, The Queen. They've forgotten their friendship with Mikoto.]]
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition - The Index [=DVDs=] contain an 8-part Railgun side story mini novel written by the author of the novels, Kazuma Kamachi and art drawn by Motoi Fuyukawa of the Railgun manga. Wanna have good reasons why you want to read this mini novel? Lets see:
*** The Railgun cast vacationing in the USA with a BeachEpisode too.
*** [[spoiler:The [[YanksWithTanks US forces]] versus the Aztec Organization.]]
*** [[spoiler:The [[OminousFloatingCastle Aztec's flying Fortress]] versus Xochitl, the Aztec magician who first appeared in volume 15 of the Index's light novels, flying on her [[AmplifierArtifact surfboard]] and teaming up with Mikoto who's is flying. Yes, Mikoto is flying and fighting a flying fortress!]] Get the Limited Edition [=DVDs=] now!
** For the Railgun [=DVDs=], the limited editions contains an 8-part Index side story mini novel staring Kaori Kanzaki, written by the author of the novels, Kazuma Kamachi and art drawn by Kiyotaka Haimura of Toaru Majutsu no Index light novels in each DVD. So what's it's about?:
*** [[spoiler:Kaori meeting Elves and facing one of Odin's Valkyrie in Europe.]]
*** [[spoiler:Yeah you read that right, [[CoolVersusAwesome A Saint versus a Valkyrie!]][[http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/3483/index2503.jpg Epic!.]]]]
*** [[http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/4582/index1663.jpg And also don't forget the BeachEpisode too!]]
* LimitedWardrobe: It's [[HandWave stated]] in Railgun that Tokiwadai requires its students to wear their uniforms at all times when out in public.
* LoveAtFirstPunch: Inverted. Mikoto first met and took an interest in Touma after he blocked her electric attack.
* LovePotion: Kuroko laces this in the sports drinks she gives Mikoto... which backfires on her...
* LuminescentBlush: [[{{Tsundere}} Misaka]] in some situations involving Touma where she isn't trying to kill him, and some where she is.
* MamaBear: ''' [[spoiler:Professor Kiyama Harumi]] : ''' "I will do ''anything'' to save those children! '' '''[[{{Tearjerker}} Even if it involves making this entire city my enemy, I WON'T STOP!!]]''' ''"
* MeaningfulName: Shirai Kuroko's name literally translates as "White-Well Black-Girl", a nice contrast that reflects her outwardly cute but inwardly perverted persona. Mikoto even [[LampshadeHanging points this out]] in Episode 2 before beating her senseless, shouting ''"I'm gonna fry you as black as your name!!"''
* MissionControl: Uiharu puts her computer skills to good use in episode 3, watching the action through an extensive web of surveillance cameras and giving directions to the other three girls through their earpieces.
* MoreDakka: Episode 24 is filled with this trope.
** [[spoiler:Kongo shoots down two armed helicopters by blasting a truck into them!]]
** [[spoiler:Kuroko arms herself with an ammo belt of Needles and spams them into the MAR mechs Grenade launchers!]]
** [[spoiler:Mikoto fights against Telestina [[HumongousMecha Giant Mech]]. When coins can't penetrate the mech's armor, she summons Kuroko to send one of the mech's fist to her and use it to blow the mech to smithereens!]]
** [[spoiler:Mikoto's Railgun versus Telestina's portable Railgun. When both blast their railguns which are equal in power, Mikoto overcomes Telestina by firing in full power and blasting Telestian to a wall!]]
* MundaneUtility: Mikoto using her electric powers to cook rice and curry.
** And Kuroko uses hers to [[TheGlomp tele-hug Mikoto]], not to mention [[StalkerWithACrush take sexier photos of her]] and [[SkinshipGrope grope her]] in the shower.
** In the Episode 13, when they are transported to a Mountain during blizzard scenery Saten hugs Uiharu. Normally it would be just a show of protectiveness but considering how Uiharu's power is keeping objects' at the same temperature all the time, Saten is simply taking advantage of Uiharu's power not to freeze like the other girls.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Mikoto led Telestina '''Kihara''' Lifeline straight to Harumi's lab and the Child Errors who are indirectly responsible for the Poltergeist incidents. As luck would have it, she takes after her grandfather just like his son did.]]
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Kiyama and Mikoto. Both of them are good people who became cynical due to the fact those they care and loved were screwed by the corrupt Academy City administration (for Kiyama is was her students, for Mikoto her clone sisters) and both of them could not fight them as they were powerless against the administration. Though as shown in the "sequel" ''Index'', Mikoto eventually grows out of said-bitterness. And thankfully both of them [[EarnYourHappyEnding got their Happy Ending]]]].
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Yoshikawa berates her fellow scientists over wasting their time figuring out what type of panties Mikoto wear so they could make [[spoiler:the Sister clones]] wear the same panties when they only need the cheap discount panties she bought for them. Even the Supercomputer Tree Diagram thought their idea was stupid too.
** On a similar note chapter 43 of the Railgun manga {{Lampshades}} Mikoto as "the only sane level 5".
* {{Ojou}}: Most, if not all, of the Tokiwadai students are Ojous.
* PantyShot: Subverted with Saten and Uiharu. Despite Saten always flipping Uiharu's skirt, it's always away from the camera.
** Played with when we are shown Kuroko's collection of erm...[[BlatantLies tasteful underwear]]. Does it still count if no one is wearing them?.
*** Earlier in that episode it blurs this line by showing Kuroko ''putting on panties''.
* PowerPerversionPotential: Kuroko has used her ability to spy on, take pictures of, cop a feel of, and even strip Misaka of her underwear. Yeah, the potential for teleportation's misuse has been touched upon.
** There is also Kuroko's reaction to being electrocuted by Misaka, but that is more to do with [[TooKinkyToTorture Kuroko]] than [[PowerPerversionPotential some of the uses]] of electricity.
* PsychoLesbian: Fondling Mikoto in the shower? Yup. Taking stalker picture albums of her? Sure. Lacing her drinks with [[strike: [[LovePotion aphrodisiacs]]]] "[[UnusualEuphemism Computer parts]]?" You bet!
* RapeIsLove: Kuroko's idea of her "first meeting of fate with her beloved Onee-sama" is forcing herself into her room and onto her...
* RelationshipVoiceActor: Definitely NOT easy to spot unless you've been doing your research. KanaeIto, who is the seiyuu of Amu in ShugoChara is the skirt flipping Ruiko Saten. AkiToyosaki, who is [[ShugoChara Su,]] is Kazari Uiharu.
** They also play [[ToLoveRu Nana and Momo]] respectively, twin sisters.
** Also Atsushi Abe(Touma's seiyuu) is Amu's friend, Kuukai in ShugoChara.
** Speaking of AkiToyosaki, her fellow seiyuus, Satomi Satou and Minako Kotobuki who played as Ritsu and Mugi respectively in {{K-ON}}! (which Aki also voiced in), with the former voiced Edasaki Anri, [[spoiler:one of Kiyama's students]] in Railgun, who looks like a mini Ritsu and the later voiced Mitsuko Kongo;, who is not like Mugi in anyway except being rich.
** The Tokiwadai Dorm Supervisor in Railgun (the one who always break Kuroko's neck) is voiced by HitomiNabatame while 'her wife' ShizukaIto voiced Kaori Kanzaki in Index.
* RequiredSpinoffCrossover: Mikoto running into Touma, which happens time to time before and during the events of the first and third novels.
** Since the Sisters arc is included in the manga, Accelerator also makes an appearance.
* RescueRomance: Subverted. Touma's and Mikoto's first meeting has Touma trying to safely lead her away from another gang and unintentionally pissing her off with repeated references to her being just a brat while talking to the guys. [[ShockAndAwe Electricity ensues]].
* {{Retcon}}: The events of the Level Upper arc in the anime took place two weeks before the 1st Index novel which the latest manga chapters confirms it.
** In the 12th novel of Index Mikoto greets Uiharu with "You are Uiharu Kazari, right?" as if they had only met once or twice before. Odd considering that they spent the whole summer solving cases together. This was of course before the Railgun manga (and their adventures together) was published. In an omake in the 4th Volume of Railgun this is explained as Mikoto just having forgotten Uiharu's first name. The omake is even called "Matching consistency"
* {{Revision}}: More details are given about certain people in the novels without changing the plot much like [[spoiler:how did Last Order gain human emotions, what lead to Amai bankruptcy in the first place, the rivalry between Mugino and Mikoto, where Amata's behavior came from and the original creator of Capacity Down]].
* RunningGag: Several including:
** Kuroko trying to get kinky with Mikoto and getting a beating by her.
** Saten flipping Uiharu's skirt to show her panties.
** Kuroko's punishments from the Dorm supervisor.
** Mitsuko trying to be serious only to get [[ButtMonkey Butt Monkeyed]].
** Dr. Kiyama stripping in public.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: The Dorm Supervisor of Tokiwadai Dormitories. Also Mii Konori in the manga, [[http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/798/lolkonori.jpg especially around Kuroko]].
* ScissorsCutsRock: During the Sisters Arc, Frenda Seivelun makes the mistake of underestimating Level 5 Electromaster Mikoto by using ceramic, the strongest insulator of electricity, against her. Unfortunately, however, ceramic doesn't take heat very well.
* SchoolFestival: Episode 19.
* SchoolIdol: Mikoto at Tokiwadai Middle School. Almost all the other girls at the school address her as "Misaka-sama", and she's known as "Tokiwadai's Ace".
* SchoolgirlLesbians: Kuroko, who gets concerned at how much [[FoeYay fun]] [[{{Tsundere}} Mikoto]] seems to be having in her [[UnknownRival rivalry]] with Touma. ClingyJealousGirl, too.
* UsefulNotes/SchrodingersCat: Used to explain why Espers are able to use their abilities.
** YourMindMakesItReal: Or a variation of it.
** RealityWarper
* SenselessViolins: Played straight by one of the Misaka clones in the manga.
* SeriousBusiness: In Railgun, a team of top scientists spending an entire omake chapter speculating on what kind of panties Mikoto wears under her shorts, even sending a special ops team in a (thwarted) attempt to steal them.
* ShockAndAwe: Mikoto has power over electricity, which she exploits in her signature railgun attack, accelerating a coin to multiple times the speed of sound. She also uses it to materialize a ''[[ChainsawGood chainsaw ]][[WhipSword whip]]'' out of nearby iron particles in ''Railgun''. Whatever else you say about her, she certainly is creative as a Level 5.
* ShoutOut: A ShoutOut to the 1942 classic {{Casablanca}} appears in Kuroko's imagination in Episode 2, with Mikoto playing Humphrey Bogart's Rick and Kuroko as Ingrid Bergman's Ilsa on the mist-filled runway in the finale; right down to Mikoto/Rick lovingly caressing Kuroko/Isla's cheek saying ''"Here's looking at you, kid!"''
** Another one to StanleyKubrick's A Space Odyssey featuring TheMonolith (and bone) [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q78mwlIKMeE appearing in episode 13 of Railgun.]]
** Episode 14 has Kuroko referring to an ''exact'' replica of the "Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable kissing 1939 poster for ''GoneWithTheWind'' in a supposed ''21st-century teens'' pop-culture magazine.
** A screamingly funny one occurs in an Extra of the First Railgun DVD, wherein the Dorm Supervisor breaks Kuroko's neck ''thrice in a row'', and the poor [[PsychoLesbian Kuroko]] screams "Abeshi!! Hidebu!! Tawaba!!" each time like the [[YourHeadASplode villains whose heads Kenshiro detonates with Hokuto Shinken]] in ''FistOfTheNorthStar.''
** In Chapter 25 of the manga, as Mikoto resolves to [[spoiler: stop Project: Radio Noise via terrorist attacks]], she says "[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Just who do you think I am?]]" This is a more-than-likely ShoutOut, as she is attempting to touch the untouchable and break the unbreakable.
* ShutUpHannibal: Delivered by both Saten AND Mikoto to [[spoiler:Telestina]]'s hateful declaration of the worthlessness of human life. Saten [[spoiler:takes a firm grip of her aluminum baseball bat, shouts "Whatever Levels we are, we're not garbage. [[YouLeaveHimAlone YOU LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!!]]" and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome SMASHES the console controlling the Capacity-Down device that paralyze her superpowered friends.]] ]] Mikoto then shoves the rest of [[spoiler:Telestina's hatefully delivered HannibalLecture right back in her big ugly mouth... with her railgun.]]
* SingleTargetSexuality: Kuroko towards Misaka, obviously, but also Saten towards Uiharu. At one point she's warned not to flip the new girl's skirt, and she can't understand why she would ''want'' to.
* SkirtOverSlacks: Misaka.
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: Misaka uses electromagnetism on the sand and dirt around her to create a WhipSword out of iron sand.
* StalkerWithACrush: Misaka chases Touma around the city, once for a whole night.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Misaka to Kuroko.
* StockFootage: Averted, making it difficult to determine when events are occurring compared to [[Anime/ToAruMajutsuNoIndex Index]].
** Misaka kicking the vending machine at the end of the 7th episode is reused from the 10th episode of Index, down to which can comes out. The only difference is that Touma is not in the background.
* StupidSexyFlanders: During episode 13, most of the girls are just talking or bickering before posing for photos. Then comes Mii in her swimsuit. ''All the girls immediately shut up and just stare in awe at her''. Hell, ''even a'' female ''snake''! This is history in the making, when a trope surpasses the boundaries of species!
* {{Technopath}}: Mikoto can directly control security computers, cameras, robots and read the circuitry of computers directly as an extension of her electricity powers. Truly a Level 5 indeed.
* TeleFrag: Kuroko's teleportation ability displaces anything in the target area, so she can use it to stick metal needles directly into a person's body...or use plate glass windows to topple a building by slicing all the support beams.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: Kuroko can teleport herself or anything she comes in contact with as long as it weighs 137kg. The higher concentration required relative to other types of powers prevents her from using it if she can't stay focused.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:We finally learn what Uiharu's power is in episode 22 and it's...."''temperature regulation of objects she touches''". [[FlatWhat Wait...What?]] [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway What kind of power is that?]]]]
** [[spoiler:Consider Uiharu is only Level 1. Now, consider the deeper physical implications of keeping an object's temperature "at will". Put in other words, this is "negation of entropy". This might be what allows her to keep the flowerbed on her head always fresh, and if she had as much creative spirit as Mikoto with electricity, [[PlayingWithFire think of]] [[AnIcePerson the possibilities]].]]
** [[spoiler: Of course, that's only looking at the most obvious uses. Picture sending her to the sun(which she can do, because temperature control, remember?) and then she takes a plastic ball out, and fills it up with sun(which she can do because she controls temperature, remember?) and then return her to earth. Suddenly she has a 10 million degree bomb sitting in her pocket. Kill her, the power stops, the bomb goes off. Hmm.]]
** There's also the Queen of Tokiwadai's name and face, finally revealed after being in hiding for 20+ volumes in the novels.
** The United States is fully aware of Academy City's true technological prowess, including the fact that it has a military.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: During the final part of the fight with the [[spoiler:AIM Burst]].
** Happens twice in Episode 24, when [[spoiler:Mikoto takes down Telestina's HumongousMecha with a ''huge'' Railgun attack and then when she defeats Telestina herself after Saten destroys [[PowerNullifier Capacity Down]]]].
* ThemeTuneCameo: Mikoto singing "Only My Railgun", the first OP theme in episode 13 and her violin solo of "Real Force", the second ED theme in episode 19 .
* TooKinkyToTorture: Kuruko seems to enjoy the electric shocks Misaka gives her.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Loosely with Misaka and Kuroko, but definitely present with Saten and Uiharu.
* {{Tsundere}}: Misaka, so much that it is lampshaded.
--->'''Harumi:''' [[UnknownRival You]] uh... You like [[TheDulcineaEffect him]]?
--->'''Mikoto:''' W-What?
--->'''Harumi:''' You know, when a girl behaves all cold towards the guy she likes. It was popular a while back... Tsun... Tsun... Tsundara? No... Tsunjire?
--->'''Mikoto:''' '''''[[ShockAndAwe Not a chance!]]'''''
* UnknownRival: Misaka to Touma, as she thinks his [[AntiMagic Imagine Breaker]] is the sign of immense power. It isn't helped by the fact that his nonchalant attitude towards her and her power hurts her pride.
** Kuroko also considers herself Touma's rival for Misaka's affections, not that he would ever [[ObliviousToLove notice]].
* UrbanLegends: Episode 4 shows us that there are a few of these around. The Undressing Woman and The ability to nullify other abilities are... well the former is shown in the episode and the other is obviously Touma, so those two are confirmed. There are others though.
** Goes further than that. Heck, the ''entire plot'' of the ''Railgun'' anime is based on these. From the [[spoiler:Level Upper]] to [[spoiler:Someone's Watching]] in the OVA.
* GoingCommando: When Dr. Kiyama takes off her skirt, she doesn't appear to be wearing panties.
** Don't forget the time that Kuroko [[PowerPerversionPotential teleports off Mikoto's underwear!]]
* WaifFu: Kuroko.
* WhamLine: Many suspected that [[spoiler: Therestina]] would be the BigBad of the first season's last arc, but the following exchange puts everything in a different, more horrifying light.
--->'''Random Doctor:''' It's just about time, Doctor Kihara.
---> [[spoiler:'''Therestina:''']] I'll be right there.
--->'''Harumi:''' [[OhCrap Kihara...?]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Therestina:''']] Oh, didn’t you know? My middle name is [[EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily Kihara]]. [[spoiler:[[EvilAllAlong Therestina]]]] [[DaddysLittleVillain Kihara]] [[spoiler:[[FourEyesZeroSoul Lifeline]]]].
* WhatTheHellHero: Uiharu calls out to Kuroko when she learns [[spoiler:the latter had Mikoto illegally hacked into the student database to check Erii's background to see if she's a suspect in the Poltergeist incidents]].
** Of course, fans said the same thing [[spoiler:about Mikoto when she allowed Telestina to take Harumi's students away What's jarring is the fact Mikoto knows Harumi very well [[LawfulStupid but still thinks she really is the bad guy despite what she's doing wasn't on purpose]]. Guess what happens to the students?]]
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Accelerator. The manga explains that his appearance and physique are due to his power unconsciously reflecting UV rays, eliminating the need for pigmentation and making it difficult to produce certain hormones.
* WeHaveReserves: The Sisters. See For Science for details.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Kiyama-sensei and her Level Upper plot. A little less extreme than most, since she does have a way to reverse the effects of the Level Upper-induced comas once she's done.]]
* WisdomFromTheGutter: Subverted horribly. Mikoto gives some advice to [[spoiler:Saten]] telling her Level's aren't important in life yet she is quietly offended by this since Mikoto's a Level 5 while she's a Level 0. Mikoto realizes the consequence of what she said when she learns [[spoiler:Saten fell into a coma using Level Upper and the AIM Burst begins broadcasting the collective thoughts of all 10,000 Level Upper users: IJustWantToBeSpecial.]]
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: This was the fan's immediate reaction to Uiharu's power. Then a little bit of FridgeLogic kicks in - she is only a Level 1, her power was never going to be very impressive. Give it time to grow though, [[WildMassGuessing and depending on how it works]], it could be a very useful power indeed.
** Episode 20 [[spoiler:reveals that her power lets her [[BlessedWithSuck keep things at a constant temperature]]. [[IncrediblyLamePun Cool.]]]]
*** [[spoiler:Negating one of the most basic and important laws of thermodynamics at will is "blessed with suck?" Wow. I'd hate to see the uber powerful in THAT handbook.]]
* [[YouLeaveHimAlone You Leave Them Alone]]: Invoked by Saten [[spoiler:in the Final Episode as she smashes the device that paralyzed her superpowered friends and left them at the mercy of Telestina, the BigBad]].
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