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them!"''[[labelnote:*]]Clockwise from the bottom right: Charlotte Yeager, Francesca Lucchini, Sanya Litvyak, Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen, Perrine Clostermann, Mio Sakamoto, Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke, Gertrud Barkhorn, Erica Hartmann, Lynette Bishop and Yoshika Miyafuji.[[/labelnote]]]]]]
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[[WhereItAllBegan The one that started it all.
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Character tropes should go on the ''Strike Witches'' [[Characters/StrikeWitches Character page]] and tropes from specific episodes and seasons should go on the [[Recap/StrikeWitches Recap page]].
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Originaly a {{Shonen}} manga created by Fumikane Shimada, then a series of LightNovels, ''Strike Witches'' became an anime series animated by {{Creator/GONZO}} and was broadcast [[http://www.hulu.com/strike-witches between July and September 2008]]. A second season was [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/strikewitches released in July 2010]] by Creator/{{AIC}}, following GONZO's bankruptcy. Both seasons contain [[TwelveEpisodeAnime 12 episodes]], with the first half centred around the titular Witches' backstories and livelihoods, while the remainder of each season unlocking more secrets about the nature of the war between humanity and the enigmatic Neuroi. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJXKTN5JXo A movie]] with an original story was released in March 2012. A new TV anime and an OVA were [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-13/strike-witches-gets-3rd-tv-anime-series-ova announced as having been greenlit in October 2013]]. It was later clarified that [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-14/strike-witches-new-tv-anime-ova-are-not-the-3rd-season neither are continuations of the existing story]]. The first episode of the new OVA, ''Strike Witches: [[FunWithAcronyms Operation Victory Arrow]]'', was released in December 2014, showing what happened to the various groups of witches between ''Strike Witches'' and ''The Movie''.
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Originally a {{Shonen}} manga created by Fumikane Shimada, then a series of LightNovels, ''Strike Witches'' became an anime series animated by {{Creator/GONZO}} and was broadcast [[http://www.hulu.com/strike-witches between July and September 2008]]. A second season was [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/strikewitches released in July 2010]] by Creator/{{AIC}}, following GONZO's bankruptcy. Both seasons contain [[TwelveEpisodeAnime 12 episodes]], with the first half centred around the titular Witches' backstories and livelihoods, while the remainder of each season unlocking more secrets about the nature of the war between humanity and the enigmatic Neuroi. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJXKTN5JXo A movie]] with an original story was released in March 2012. A new TV anime and an OVA were [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-13/strike-witches-gets-3rd-tv-anime-series-ova announced as having been greenlit in October 2013]]. It was later clarified that [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-14/strike-witches-new-tv-anime-ova-are-not-the-3rd-season neither are continuations of the existing story]]. The first episode of the new OVA, ''Strike Witches: [[FunWithAcronyms Operation Victory Arrow]]'', was released in December 2014, showing what happened to the various groups of witches between ''Strike Witches'' and ''The Movie''.
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* InconsistentDub: The English dub can never seem to make up its mind as to use American ranks for the pilots or British ranks, sometimes swapping between the two even in the same scene.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Barkhorn gets reckless by Yoshika's resemblance of her sister, she gets shot down by the Neuroi.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The series occasionally goes to lengths to point out the realities of a world where A) everyone is forced to set aside their differences to fight an AlienInvasion at a point in time where [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII they probably would have been fighting each other instead]], and B) their best defense against those aliens are [[ChildSoldiers pre-teen girls]] with magic powers.
** When Barkhorn gets recklessby due to Yoshika's resemblance of to her sister, she gets shot down by the Neuroi.Neuroi.
** Because witches with Striker Units so hopelessly outclass most existing fighting vehicles, the old guard who use those now-obsolete vehicles tends to look down on them, and two of the anime's three seasons end with a focus on some group or another within the military trying to push out another technology that will itself render witches unnecessary.
** The manga centered around the African front has a story dedicated to the testing of a prototype Striker Unit that is the series' equivalent to the Tiger heavy tank. Its test pilot at one point asks the head mechanic how she's supposed to feel about risking her life constantly to defend humanity, eventually breaking down in tears from fear of dying. The mechanic is so saddened, both from that he was already asked the same question by another witch years before and still doesn't have a proper answer and that [[AdultFear young girls need to even consider such questions]], that when a Neuroi later attacks the testing grounds, he takes over the prototype himself and [[TakingYouWithMe self-destructs it near the Neuroi]] in an attempted HeroicSacrifice to protect the witches.
** Logistics are shown to be important, especially in ''Brave Witches'' where the 502nd is closer to the front and doesn't have as well-equipped of a supply chain. The loss of a simple warehouse is enough to noticeably affect them, especially the lost food, and they're already hurting for parts to keep Striker Units functioning even under the best of circumstances due to their ranks including the "Breaker Trio" of Nippa (who [[WalkingTechbane makes things go wrong just by her presence]]), Kanno (whose ability to [[PowerFist focus her shield around her fist]] leaves no protection against the debris of the Neuroi she's punching through clogging up her Strikers' intakes) and Waltrud (who prioritizes lining up shots over making sure she doesn't get hit in return).
** When Barkhorn gets reckless
** Because witches with Striker Units so hopelessly outclass most existing fighting vehicles, the old guard who use those now-obsolete vehicles tends to look down on them, and two of the anime's three seasons end with a focus on some group or another within the military trying to push out another technology that will itself render witches unnecessary.
** The manga centered around the African front has a story dedicated to the testing of a prototype Striker Unit that is the series' equivalent to the Tiger heavy tank. Its test pilot at one point asks the head mechanic how she's supposed to feel about risking her life constantly to defend humanity, eventually breaking down in tears from fear of dying. The mechanic is so saddened, both from that he was already asked the same question by another witch years before and still doesn't have a proper answer and that [[AdultFear young girls need to even consider such questions]], that when a Neuroi later attacks the testing grounds, he takes over the prototype himself and [[TakingYouWithMe self-destructs it near the Neuroi]] in an attempted HeroicSacrifice to protect the witches.
** Logistics are shown to be important, especially in ''Brave Witches'' where the 502nd is closer to the front and doesn't have as well-equipped of a supply chain. The loss of a simple warehouse is enough to noticeably affect them, especially the lost food, and they're already hurting for parts to keep Striker Units functioning even under the best of circumstances due to their ranks including the "Breaker Trio" of Nippa (who [[WalkingTechbane makes things go wrong just by her presence]]), Kanno (whose ability to [[PowerFist focus her shield around her fist]] leaves no protection against the debris of the Neuroi she's punching through clogging up her Strikers' intakes) and Waltrud (who prioritizes lining up shots over making sure she doesn't get hit in return).
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* AlternateHistory: According to [[http://strikewitches.wikia.com/wiki/Historical_Timeline official artbooks]], while history went normally in the BC era, the divergence began when UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar survived his assassination and went to become Emperor of the Roman Empire, ultimately leading to the series proper where several countries have different names and different borders and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII is replaced with fighting off an alien invasion, with all of the witches based on real WWII pilots, including General Chuck Yeager. More divergences in history included Chingiz Khan becoming the Mongol Emperor, a war between the Mongol Empire and the kingdoms of Karlsland (Germany), UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga escaping his assassination, unifying Fuso (Japan) and defeating the Spanish Armada, and the Britannia East India Company battling the Dutch and their Fuso Mercenary allies for the spice routes which later led to two Britannia-Fuso wars before both nations made peace and became allies.
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* AlternateHistory: According to [[http://strikewitches.wikia.com/wiki/Historical_Timeline official artbooks]], while history went normally in the BC era, the divergence began when UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar survived his assassination and went to become Emperor of the Roman Empire, ultimately leading to the series proper where several countries have different names and different borders and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII is replaced with fighting off an alien invasion, with all of the witches based on real WWII pilots, including General Chuck Yeager. More divergences in history included Chingiz Khan becoming the Mongol Emperor, a war between the Mongol Empire and the kingdoms of Karlsland (Germany), UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga escaping his assassination, assassination thanks to Mori Ranmaru being a witch, unifying Fuso (Japan) and defeating the Spanish Armada, and the Britannia East India Company battling the Dutch and their Fuso Mercenary mercenary allies for the spice routes which later led to two Britannia-Fuso wars before both nations made peace and became allies.
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* AlternateHistory: While the period of when history begins diverging is not known, the impact is clear, with some countries having different names and different borders. UsefulNotes/WorldWarII is replaced with fighting off an alien invasion. However, all of the witches are based on real WWII pilots, including General Chuck Yeager. By a curious turn of fate, screenshots of episode 5 have been posted on Yeager's Myspace page. According to [[http://strikewitches.wikia.com/wiki/Historical_Timeline official artbooks]], while history went normally in the BC era, the divergence began when UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar survived his assassination and went to become Emperor of the Roman Empire. More divergences in history included Chingiz Khan becoming the Mongol Emperor, a war between the Mongol Empire and the kingdoms of Karlsland (Germany), UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga escaping his assassination, unifying Fuso (Japan) and defeating the Spanish Armada, and the Britannia East India Company battling the Dutch and their Fuso Mercenary allies for the spice routes which later led to two Britannia-Fuso wars before both nations made peace and became allies. Read the link for more info of the history of the Strike Witches universe.
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* AlternateHistory: While the period of when history begins diverging is not known, the impact is clear, with some countries having different names and different borders. UsefulNotes/WorldWarII is replaced with fighting off an alien invasion. However, all of the witches are based on real WWII pilots, including General Chuck Yeager. By a curious turn of fate, screenshots of episode 5 have been posted on Yeager's Myspace page. According to [[http://strikewitches.wikia.com/wiki/Historical_Timeline official artbooks]], while history went normally in the BC era, the divergence began when UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar survived his assassination and went to become Emperor of the Roman Empire.Empire, ultimately leading to the series proper where several countries have different names and different borders and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII is replaced with fighting off an alien invasion, with all of the witches based on real WWII pilots, including General Chuck Yeager. More divergences in history included Chingiz Khan becoming the Mongol Emperor, a war between the Mongol Empire and the kingdoms of Karlsland (Germany), UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga escaping his assassination, unifying Fuso (Japan) and defeating the Spanish Armada, and the Britannia East India Company battling the Dutch and their Fuso Mercenary allies for the spice routes which later led to two Britannia-Fuso wars before both nations made peace and became allies. Read the link for more info of the history of the Strike Witches universe.
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* AnalogyBackfire: During a big rescue, Kunika compares the Noble Witches to the UsefulNotes/TheSeventhCavalry. Samantha Spade points out to her that the 7th Cavalry is most well-known for getting massacred.
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* AnalogyBackfire: During a big rescue, Kunika compares the Noble Witches to the UsefulNotes/TheSeventhCavalry. Samantha Spade points out to her that the 7th Cavalry is most well-known for getting massacred.
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* {{BFG}}: Most of the girls have heavy machine guns as their primary armament. In Episode 4 of ''Strike Witches 2'', Barkhorn gets new (temporary) weapons. A QUADRUPLE mounted MK 108 30mm autocannon and another MK 214A 50mm autocannon.
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* {{BFG}}: Most of the girls have heavy machine guns as their primary armament. In Episode 4 of ''Strike Witches 2'', Barkhorn gets new (temporary) weapons. A QUADRUPLE mounted weapons: a quadruple-mounted MK 108 30mm autocannon and another MK 214A 50mm autocannon.
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* BilingualBonus: In the 2nd season, the witches sent to training to the Venezian (counterpart of a part of RealLife's Italy) Anna Ferrara. The training is hard, an generations of witches left scribbles on the beds of what they think about her in different languages, e.g. Sakamoto left "old hag" in Fusoan resp. Japanese, and other witches have left other swearwords like "Merde!" (Gallian resp French for "shit").
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* BilingualBonus: In the 2nd season, the witches are sent to for training to with the Venezian (counterpart of a part of RealLife's Italy) Anna Ferrara. The training is hard, an and generations of witches left scribbles on the beds of what they think about her in different languages, e.g. Sakamoto left "old hag" in Fusoan resp. Japanese, and other witches have left other swearwords like "Merde!" (Gallian resp French (French for "shit").
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** A literal example in ''Brave Witches''. Hikari comes across a tiny FP-45 Liberator pistol that isn't much practical use, and keeps it as a good luck charm. [[spoiler: It is pulled twice. First, she gives it to Waltrud for a dangerous mission. Waltrud is shot, but survives when it hits the pistol. Finally, in the season finale, Hikari uses it to take down [[BigBad Grigori]]]]
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** A literal example in ''Brave Witches''. Hikari comes across a tiny FP-45 Liberator pistol that isn't much practical use, and keeps it as a good luck charm. [[spoiler: It is pulled twice. First, she gives it to Waltrud for a dangerous mission. Waltrud is shot, but survives when it hits the pistol. Finally, in the season finale, Hikari uses it to take down [[BigBad Grigori]]]]
Grigori]].]]
%% * ChildSoldiers:As Witches are invariably younger than 18 or so, since by the time they reach adult age [[GrowingUpSucks they lose their magical powers]]. Some, like Lucchini, start fighting as young as 12. Justified though as GrowingUpSucks.12 years old.
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** The Africa Doujinshi series are also fairly darker and more serious in tone and subject matter as we see witches and their conventional allies of several nations from Liberion, Karlsand, Britannia, Romagna, local forces of Africa (Egypt in particular) and some Fuso troops, face and fight neuroi on the African Front. Despite the theater being easier for humanity to fight in due to the terrine and the long engagement distances provided to human artillery units; it's still shown to be very serious and terrifying for the soldiers to fight in; with displays of Neruoi hoards swarming allied positions, soldiers getting brutally cut down in graphic manner (one Britannian solider is even shown being cut in half by a Neruoi beam attack early in the series), witches fighting desperately and massive ultraheavy neuroi units pounding allied forces and such ultra heavy Nerioi being hard to take down. And that's not counting the [[RiddlingSphinx Sphinx]] [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Neruoi]], considered to be an in universe living myth [[TheDreaded and a feared Neruoi of ancient legend.]]
** The Fuso Sea incident is as serious and dark if not somewhat more so at times; with the Fuso Army and Fuso Navy facing the Neruoi's adaptations and evolution into the terrifying and powerful race they have grown to become in the season 1 anime proper and the many losses of military and civilian life and destruction neuroi were and still are capable of. Some implications hint that some of the military casualties (wounded and KIA) includes witches themselves...
** The Fuso Sea incident is as serious and dark if not somewhat more so at times; with the Fuso Army and Fuso Navy facing the Neruoi's adaptations and evolution into the terrifying and powerful race they have grown to become in the season 1 anime proper and the many losses of military and civilian life and destruction neuroi were and still are capable of. Some implications hint that some of the military casualties (wounded and KIA) includes witches themselves...
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** The Africa Doujinshi series are also fairly darker and more serious in tone and subject matter as we see witches and their conventional allies of several nations from Liberion, Karlsand, Britannia, Romagna, local forces of Africa (Egypt in particular) and some Fuso troops, face and fight neuroi Neuroi on the African Front. Despite the theater being easier for humanity to fight in due to the terrine terrain and the long engagement distances provided to human artillery units; units, it's still shown to be very serious and terrifying for the soldiers to fight in; in, with displays of Neruoi hoards Neuroi hordes swarming allied positions, soldiers getting brutally cut down in graphic manner (one Britannian solider is even shown being cut in half by a Neruoi Neuroi beam attack early in the series), witches fighting desperately and massive ultraheavy neuroi units pounding allied forces and such ultra heavy Nerioi being hard to take down. And that's not counting the [[RiddlingSphinx Sphinx]] [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Neruoi]], Neuroi]], considered to be an in universe in-universe living myth [[TheDreaded and a feared Neruoi Neuroi of ancient legend.]]
** The Fuso Sea incident is as serious and dark if notsomewhat more so at times; times, with the Fuso Army and Fuso Navy facing the Neruoi's Neuroi's adaptations and evolution into the terrifying and powerful race they have grown to become in the season 1 anime proper proper, and the many losses of military and civilian life and the destruction neuroi Neuroi were and still are capable of. Some implications hint that some of the military casualties (wounded and KIA) includes witches themselves...themselves.
** The Fuso Sea incident is as serious and dark if not
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* LoveAtFirstSight: Strongly implied to be the case between Eila and Sanya, with Sanya being the first witch Eila met after arriving at the airfield in Dover after she was first transferred to the 501st.
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** Barkhorn to Hartmann pretty much every morning as she has to wake up Hartmann who sleeps in the nude often.
** Sanya wanders outside in underwear in one episode because Eila stole her clothes to put on a dummy so she could makeout with it while pretending it is Sanya. Sanya is quickly reminded that there are many men on base and to put something on.
** Perrine frantically tries to cover Sakamoto in one episode when she is training outside in the nude.
** Barkhorn to Hartmann pretty much every morning as she has to wake up Hartmann who sleeps in the nude often.
** Sanya wanders outside in underwear in one episode because Eila stole her clothes to put on a dummy so she could makeout with it while pretending it is Sanya. Sanya is quickly reminded that there are many men on base and to put something on.
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* GayGroomInAWhiteTux: In an ImagineSpot, Eila dreams of marrying Sanya. Eila is wearing a black tuxedo while Sanya is in a white bridal gown.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: The English dub of the series never bother giving the foreigners in the MultinationalTeam any accents (which is a surprise from Creator/{{Funimation}} which they love to avert this trope with many of their anime). This is most likely due to the fact that NationalStereotypes isn't the plot point of the series and the fact that the characters speaking here are cute teenage girls.
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** ''Brave Witches'' is this to the original ''Strike Witches''. The situation on the frontlines in Orussia is grim with Neuroi surrounding and encroaching on the titular 502nd JFW who are barely holding on in an otherwise abandoned St. Petersburg. The usual antics are nowhere near as common, mostly occuring in the OVA.
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** ''Brave Witches'' is this to the original ''Strike Witches''. The situation on the frontlines in Orussia is grim with Neuroi surrounding and encroaching on the titular 502nd JFW who are barely holding on in an otherwise abandoned St. Petersburg. The usual antics are nowhere near as common, mostly occuring occurring in the OVA.
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* RealityEnsues: When Barkhorn gets reckless by Yoshika's resemblance of her sister, she gets shot down by the Neuroi.
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* SpoilerTitle: Subverted. [[spoiler:The title of the last episode of ''Strike Witches 2'' is “Beyond the skies to eternity”, which heavily implies Mio is going to peform a [[HeroicSacrifice heroic sacrifice]]. Yoshika saves her in the end.]]
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'''Charlotte:''' "Major, I did it! I exceeded the speed of sound!"\\
'''Mio:''' "Emergency Stop! You're going to crash into the enemy!!"\\
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'''Mio:''' "Emergency Stop! You're going to crash into the enemy!!"\\
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* RammingAlwaysWorks: When Charlette loses control of her Striker unit due to Francesca's tampering, she accidentally crashes straight into a Neuroi and kills it instantly, the fastest any Neuroi unit is killed on screen.
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* RammingAlwaysWorks: When In episode 5, resident speed demon Charlette loses control of her Striker unit due is called upon to Francesca's tampering, she accidentally crashes straight into a Neuroi and kills it instantly, deal with the fastest Neuroi ever seen. After some accidental tampering from Francesca earlier in the episode allows Charlette's striker to go supersonic, she gets too caught up in the high to realize she's about to collide with the aforementioned Neuroi, and just barely manages to get her shield up before gutting the damn thing [[AssShove stern]]-to-stem. Incidentally, this also marks the fastest time any Neuroi unit is killed on screen.screen, lasting about 10 seconds from first-contact to core destruction.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Yoshika's attempt [[spoiler:to make peaceful contact with a Neuroi]] prompted the high command to [[spoiler:perform their coup on the Witches]] prematurely.
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** A rare positive example: Francesca accidentally tampering with Charlette's striker allows the latter to finally reach supersonic speeds, [[TooFastToStop much to the detriment of the Neuroi she was sent to dispatch.]]
** Yoshika's attempt [[spoiler:to make peaceful contact with a Neuroi]] prompted the high command to [[spoiler:perform their coup on the Witches]] prematurely.
** A rare positive example: Francesca accidentally tampering with Charlette's striker allows the latter to finally reach supersonic speeds, [[TooFastToStop much to the detriment of the Neuroi she was sent to dispatch.]]
** Yoshika's attempt [[spoiler:to make peaceful contact with a Neuroi]] prompted the high command to [[spoiler:perform their coup on the Witches]] prematurely.
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* GunshipRescue: Towards the end of the film, [[spoiler:the Yamato arrives to assist the witches, having been able to navigate up the Rhine thanks to special flotation devices]]
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* {{Hammerspace}}: When a Witch puts on a Striker Unit, their legs are actually transported into a subspace, leaving more room for the different parts of the engine.
* {{Hammerspace}}: When a Witch puts on a Striker Unit, their legs are actually transported into a subspace, leaving more room for the different parts of the engine.
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* ReassignedToAntartica: Laura Toth of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing was reassigned to the Isle of Wight Detachment Group (a far more out of the way and less prestigious post) due to her inability to get along with anybody. Minna was actually very reluctant to do so, but felt like she had no choice after the other Strike Witches (particularly Barkhorn) insisted upon it.
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** Kunika Kuroda from the 506th is another heavy eater.
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* GirlsWithGuns: The entire main cast carries heavy firearms of some sort.
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* MinorInjuryOverreaction: After their hanger is bombed, Kunika Kuroda is discovered unconcious and is rushed to the hospital where she spends a long time recovering with her teary squadmates looking after her and praying for her recover. [[spoiler: It turns out she ate too much and passed out from indigestion.]]
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** The manga ''Noble Witches'' has references to several films including ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon, Film/AnAmericanInParis, Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk, Film/StageCoach, and Film/TheFrenchConnection.''
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* DrinkingContest: Samantha Spade has one with The Boss of Marseille in order to get some needed information. [[spoiler: Spade wins.]]
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* DrinkingContest: In ''Noble Witches,'' Samantha Spade has one with The Boss of Marseille in order to get some needed information. [[spoiler: Spade wins.]]
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* DrinkingContest: Samantha Spade has one with The Boss of Marseille in order to get some needed information. [[spoiler: Spade wins.]]
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* FalseFlagOperation: In ''Noble Witches'', a noble extremist faction bombs the bases at Sedan and Dijon and take Jennifer DeBlanc so that her disappearance will make her look like the culprit, allowing them to blame the United States of Liberion and use it to undermine Liberion/Gallian relations.
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* IllGirl: Anne de Gaulle was born with Down syndrome and makes her appearances in a wheelchair. She serves as an inspiration for the Noble Witches and even designed their mascot.
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* AdaptationInducedPlothole: The ''Noble Witches'' manga is said to take place in March 1944, after the liberation of Gallia, something that was established in ''Strike Witches'' as taking place in September 1944. The light novels get it right and has the events of ''Noble Witches'' taking place in March 1945.
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* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Humanity. The Allies are constantly bickering, arguing with, and scheming against each other. It is suggested multiple times that if not for the existential threat of the Neuroi, the various nations of the world would be at war with each other.
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* AnalogyBackfire: During a big rescue, Kunika compares the Noble Witches to the UsefulNotes/TheSeventhCavalry. Samantha Spade points out to her that the 7th Cavalry is most well-known for getting massacred.
