History YMMV / GirlsUndPanzer

** The Finnish BT-42 tank has caught somewhat of a MemeticBadass reputation following it’s moment of glory in the film, especially in regard for how the real life tank was one of the most poorly performing tanks in WWII. Japanese fans of the film have been reported to travel all the way to a finnish armory museum where the last remaining BT-42 is displayed with some even playing kantele to it. Some japanese fans even gave money to museum’s group founding campaign to help construct a roof for keeping it safe from rainy weather.

** Continuation High Schools student, especially Mika, usually referred as Hobos by fandom. This partly because the only representation of schools appear so far are Mika and her crews, who was shown camping outside many times and generally gives out this vagrant vibes from her, and also because their less-tan-formal outfits (wearing hoodies for school uniform and tracksuit for Senshado uniform).

* CrackPairing: Miho often gets paired with Erika, a {{Jerkass}} who spends much of the series mocking her and is practically [[NiceGirl Miho]]'s polar opposite. Phase: Erika ended up making this pairing a bit more popular, since the manga shows that Miho had known Erika since the start of middle school. Ribbon Warrior adds some fuel to the fire as well, with Erika' s motivation shown to be wanting to "walk beside" Miho once again. This has resulted in some doujins pairing the two during their time at Kuromorimine.

* CrackPairing: Miho often gets paired with Erika, a {{Jerkass}} who spends much of the series mocking her and is practically [[NiceGirl Miho]]'s polar opposite. Phase: Erika ended up making this pairing a bit more popular, since the manga shows that Miho had known Erika since the start of middle school, thus resulting in some doujins pairing the two during their time at Kuromorimine.

** Some doujin such as Lovey Dovey Panzer (which would win the mangaka the job of creating the ''Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu'' spinoff) posit that Miho was a BrokenBird long before the loss to Pravda due to the TrainingFromHell that is the Nishizumi style. This training extends to all facets of warfare (semi-canonical as Miho is quite a capable close quarters combatant) and when forced out of her vehicle in a "battle royale" match, Miho becomes a [[Anime/JinRohTheWolfBrigade Jinroh]] character.

* FanPreferredCouple: Kay and Darjeeling became a very popular pairing at the start of 2016, despite the fact that the two have [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight very little interaction with each other]]. Some fans think this was a byproduct of [[VideoGame/KantaiCollection another America/British pairing]] that got popular around the same time. Another possibility is the idea that OppositesAttract, and the loud, jolly, outspoken Kay is practically the polar opposite of the calm and refined Darjeeling. It also helps that both girls just happen to be beautiful blondes as well.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeat

** Averted with Anteater Team, who are almost immediately taken out in the final battle while accidentally saving the flag tank. One would think that they'd be flanderized into the laughingstock of the Sensha-do team, but most fan works tend to have portray them as being at least somewhat competent, even if they're not one of the better teams.

* TheScrappy: Downplayed with Emi from the ''Little Army'' manga. While she's too much of a {{Jerkass}} for her friends to deal with (even her friends admitted in-universe that she can be hard to put up with at times), she's clearly designed to be a {{Foil}} to Miho and has AllOfTheOtherReindeer issues. She [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap gets better]] later through CharacterDevelopment, partially though.

** The fansub group that first subtitled the movie referred to Kota (the MEXT guy) as [[spoiler:"glasses dick face"]] (spoilered because rude words) until his name was [[NoNameGiven finally revealed]].

** In a similar vein, Nonna is sometimes depicted the same way with Katyusha. Believe it not it's [[AscendedFanon confirmed]] (or at the very least [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar implied very]],''[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar very]]'' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar strongly]]) in the second episode recap, which indicates Nonna keeps a diary on Katyusha.

* {{Squee}}: An immediate reaction in the Russian-speaking fandom after hearing the "Katyusha" song in episode 8.

** Fanart and such that pair BC Freedom's combative duo, Andou and Oshida, are plentiful. Possibly another instance of OppositesAttract within the fandom.

** There's also Miho and Erika which has gotten some traction as a ship pairing as well, resulting in tons of fanart after [[http://i.imgur.com/SQJVZKS.jpg this edit]] and [[http://i.imgur.com/s59BgqZ.png this page]] from ''Motto Rabu Rabu Sakusen'' only added fuel to this ship

** After her tank fired the first shot, she said that it "felt kind of good" (something like [[TheModestOrgasm an PG-13 compliant panzer-induced orgasm]]).

** Some doujin such as Lovey Dovey Panzer (which would win the mangaka the job of creating the ''Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu'' spinoff) posit that Miho was a BrokenBird long before the loss the Pravda due to the TrainingFromHell that is the Nishizumi style. This training extends to all facets of warfare (semi-canonical as Miho is quite a capable close quarters combatant) and when forced out of her vehicle in a "battle royale" match, Miho becomes a [[Anime/JinRohTheWolfBrigade Jinroh]] character.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: [[ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon Blending aside]], take a good long look at the detail of each tank.

* InkSuitActor: Nonna might be based on her voice actress Creator/SumireUesaka, who majors in Russian studies and was interested in Soviet warfare in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII well before playing this role ([[http://i53.fastpic.ru/big/2013/0211/3e/b3df1e24f2ea13ce7746f1d1744c0c3e.png proof pic - note the 2011 date]]). The character also seems to look somewhat like the voice actress, and both are relatively tall (Sumire's 160 cm is tallish for a Japanese young women).

* MagnificentBastard: Maho. She is the only one to consistently guess what the rivals (including ''[[GuileHero Miho]]'') are planning, and always has contingency plans ready for them. She's ''utterly'' determined to both her open (upholding the Nishizumi-style's honor) and hidden ([[spoiler:allowing Miho to be free from having to do the same]]) goals. She might not be a walking show of charismatic joy, but she does command the admiration/respect of almost all other tankers. And she leads from the front, in a UsefulNotes/{{W|orldWarII}}WII tank. She is a GenderBender and an SuddenNameChange away from becoming an {{Expy}} of the [[UsefulNotes/ErwinRommel original]] {{Trope Namer|s}}...

* ConspicuousCG: Mostly avoided gloriously, although at the cost of having to downsample the CG tanks to the low frames per second of the traditionally animated characters so that the latter won't look jittery in comparison to the former. The only noticeable issue besides that is when a character's cel remains mostly static atop a tank that makes small swerves.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: [[ConspicuousCG Blending aside]], take a good long look at the detail of each tank.

* EarWorm:
** The opening and ending songs, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES06Fkkl8ac DreamRiser]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeLUt5xAzxc Enter, Enter Mission]], respectively, are pretty catchy, especially the latter.
** Pravda's performance of [[http://youtu.be/ehhitnnB22k Katyusha was so adorable and ear-catching]], that someone made an ''80 minute looped version'', which can be found [[http:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQuxF3EZUxY here]]. And then someone upped the ante with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QN1IzA8eGA 600 minute version]] - '''ten hours''' of Katyusha, people!
** The infamous ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6Ek3h4HTRE Anglerfish Song]]'' would induce this trope even more. Just be ready with the dance outfit...

* DracoInLeatherPants: Erika, Maho's {{Jerkass}} lieutenant, has picked up a [[JerkassDissonance fan following]] despite often [[AlphaBitch mocking]] Miho, [[TheProudElite looking down]] on other schools, [[KickTheDog complaining]] about Maho's decision to PetTheDog by [[spoiler:letting Mako take her helicopter to visit her grandmother in the hospital]], and even shooting a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking nasty glare]] at [[spoiler:the teammate who walked over to thank and encourage Miho for saving her, which, combined with her attitude as Miho refuses to abandon Rabbit Team even as Kuromorimine closes in, indicates that she strongly prioritizes victory even over the safety of her troops]].

** Yukari seems to be interested in Miho for more than just her tank skills. She's far too happy about getting to hear that ''she correctly guessed'' Miho's measurements and obviously jealous when Kay hugs Miho. In Episode 10, where Miho says she "loves" all her friends, Yukari's response is "Nishizumi-dono confessed to me!" In Chapter 10 of the manga, Yukari, in response to seeing Miho with "a beauty in traditional Japanese clothes" (Kikuyo, Miho's maid and ParentalSubstitute), is to follow them into the restaurant and eavesdrop on their conversation. While Yukari's worried about Miho, it's not hard to see her as checking out her possible competition, or possibly being attracted to Kikuyo. Becomes more explicit in ''Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu'' - in one chapter she thinks of going to see a movie with Miho as a ''date'' and is very disappointed when the rest of the crew comes along as well.