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** [[spoiler: Homura and Madoka]] play this somewhat straighter

** When Kyubey explains entropy, he says it involves the net loss of energy, [[PhysicsGoof which is not possible in physics]]. What the term actually describes is the decay of energy into internal energy (associated to its temperature) and its subsequent scattering through space, until the system reaches equilibrium, at which point all energy conversion ceases until further external energy input.
*** Although it's possible he described it this way because he's learned that most 14 year olds don't have a solid grasp of thermodynamics and got sick of trying to explain it properly.

** Subverted ''hard'' in Episode 3. When Mami gets hyped up on the PowerOfFriendship during the battle with Charlotte, [[spoiler:it leads to her fighting recklessly against the witch, as opposed to the cool, careful and methodical style of witch-killing she employed in the second episode, resulting in her freezing up when Charlotte goes OneWingedAngel, leading directly to her CruelAndUnusualDeath]].

* OlderThanTheyLook: You can blame this one on the {{Moe}} art style. All of the girls look to be about 10-12 years old. Madoka, Homura, and Sayaka are about 13-14 years old while Mami and Kyoko are about 14-15 years old.

* PowerUpgradingDeformation: Falling into a DespairEventHorizon can trigger one.

* PostModernism: The witch barriers include many references to both {{Faust}} with the runes and writing, and classical artwork. Meanwhile the plot bears many similarities and even several {{Shout Out}}s to other anime such as "{{Evangelion}}", "{{Utena}}", and "{{Bokurano}}".

** And last, but not least, Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe's ''{{Faust}}'', which this show references, has two parts.

* SilentConversation: Happens a couple times throughout the series. [[spoiler: Mami's first encounter with Kyubey is shown without dialog, and Sayaka's reaction tells us she can hear what Hitomi and Kamijou are talking about,]] but it's never revealed to the audience.

** ''[[CompiltationMovie Eternal]]'' has a trailer for the third movie after the second set of credits.

* StylisticSuck: [[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_Official_Guidebook_%22You_Are_Not_Alone%22 An interview with some of the production staff]] indicates that Madoka's notebook sketches of herself as a magical girl were actually drawn by AoiYuki, who voiced Madoka, and were intentionally drawn somewhat badly in order to seem authentic. (The same interview also indicates that the first pass at those sketches were actually too far in the "suck" direction.)

* {{Plot-Based Voice Cancellation}}: Homura yells some things to Madoka in the prologue scene in episode 1, but we don't hear it -- and neither, apparently, does Madoka. We learn in episode 10 that [[spoiler:she was begging her not to make the contract again]].

* ReadTheFinePrint: [[spoiler: Kyubey's contract. He actually doesn't let them know there's a fine print in the first place]].
** [[spoiler: That's because YouDidntAsk.]]

*** [[spoiler:From [[TheLoad "faltering]] [[TheWoobie girl"]] to [[AbstractApotheoshis "girl who]] [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem abolishes"]], I said it fits perfectly.]]

* SuicidePact: The one in Chapter 4.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Kyoko, for Sayaka.]] Although [[spoiler:it's debatable whether she thought she couldn't beat Sayaka without a suicide attack, or was just [[YouAreNotAlone following her]] [[DyingAlone into the dark]].]]