History PuellaMagiMadokaMagica / TropesTToZ

** [[spoiler:The plot is a reference to Episode 10, said WholeEpisodeFlashback. Since Episode 10 is considered the beginning of the AlternateTimelines, this plotline shows how some of the timelines Homura performed in is similar to the last. Cue IronicEcho.]]

* UnstablePoweredWoman: Exploited. Kyubey's species makes contracts with teenage girls and turns them into powerful witchhunting {{Magical Girl}}s, knowing that teenage girls will [[spoiler:eventually dramatically fall into despair and become powerful witches themselves. All this to prevent the inevitable heat death of the universe!]]

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: After TheReveal, it becomes clear that [[spoiler:Witches]] fall into this category. [[spoiler:They're former [[MagicalGirl Magical Girls]] who fell so far into despair that they lost their sanity and underwent a violent FaceHeelTurn]]. Special mention goes to [[spoiler:Kriemhild Gretchen, the end result of the [[AllLovingHero All Loving Heroine]] going so far downhill that she will ''literally'' destroy the world to create her own version of Heaven]].

* UnflinchingWalk: Due to a combination of her [[ThrowDownTheBomblet weapon]] [[WeaponOfChoice of choice]] and her [[TimeStandsStill ability]], Homura is a master of this and demonstrates exactly how it's done in Episode 10.

* WhatOtherGalaxies: The two times the universe is rewritten, its rules are bent in a way that only truly affects Earth's inhabitants. Not even the Milky Way, just our planet. The fact the universe is losing entropy remains, what changes is that it no longer needs to be harvested from [[spoiler: the magical girls, who are from Earth]].

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Mitakihara has a German shopping mall, the school building is an Austrian [[EnvironmentalSymbolism prison(!)]], and the tallest man-made structure is ''the'' Burj Khalifa; there is even an oil refinery. [[Creator/StudioShaft Yeah]].
* WhiteAndGreyMorality: Madoka is the only 100% good character. Everyone else in this series has a little good and bad in them. Even [[spoiler: Kyubey]] has an understandable reason for what he does, and [[spoiler: the witches are [[FallenHero fallen heroines]]]].

* {{Troperiffic}}: Welcome to ''page four'' of the tropes; take note of the lovely scroll bar to your right. %%* TwoFirstNames: See ThemeNaming above.

* {{Troperiffic}}: Welcome to ''page four'' of the tropes; take note of the lovely scroll bar to your right.
%%* TwoFirstNames: See ThemeNaming above.

** While identifiable technology is fairly rare in the series, what does appear suggests the very near-future. In the battle with Walpurgisnacht, [[spoiler:Homura used an M249 and some type-88 surface-to-ship missiles]], and a car that looks similar to a 2010-2015 model year Prius (a more widespread car in Japan than in most countries where it's an import) appears on the highway before [[spoiler:Sayaka and Kyouko's fight revealing the true nature of Soul Gems]]. Without more details, it's hard to know when exactly the series is set, but its futuristic appearance may reflect [[spoiler:the impact of the Incubators more than the passage of time]].

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture:
** There isn't anything in terms of technology that isn't possible in this day and age, but things like motion-activated lamps, the architecture, and [[http://images.puella-magi.net/a/a4/Ep04_CD_Player.jpg an extremely stylized (and somewhat unsafe) CD player]] lend things a futuristic vibe.

* WorldOfMulticoloredHair: The show features characters with pink (Madoka), blue (Sayaka), green (Hitomi), bright yellow (Mami), and red (Kyouko) hair, as well as a character with grey hair at a young age (Kyousuke, bonus points for his parents having normal (dark brown) hair). Homura is the notable exception among the main cast, and is considered a RavenHairIvorySkin-type of beauty.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: There's characters with pink hair (Madoka), blue hair (Sayaka), and green hair (Hitomi). It's treated as normal as having black, blonde and red hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The colors span the rainbow.

* TropeOverdosed: Likewise. This show takes all MagicalGirl tropes, combines them with CosmicHorror and covers the glorious mess with action that wouldn't look out of place in a ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'' game.

* TroperCriticalMass: The main entry first became scroll-worthy back when ''Episode 3'' aired.

* ThemeTuneCameo: Madoka listens to "Connect", the opening theme, at the record store in the mall in Episode 1. Episode 6 also features Kyoko dancing to a techno version of the song on a DDR stand-in.

-->'''Kyoko:''' {{You bastard}}! What have you done!? You scumbag! [[spoiler:You've turned us into zombies!]] Is that what happened!?

* ZettaiRyouiki: Mami, Sayaka and Kyoko in their magical girl outfits, and Madoka in the school uniform due to her thigh-high stockings.