History YMMV / GirlsUndPanzer

*** "Wani" (Crocodile) for Erica, because of a typo in ''Phase Erica''.

** The overcompetitive characters' facial expressions delve into Main/NightmareFace territory, especially {{BloodKnight}}s Shizuka and Jajka.
** Shizuka is easily one of the most unhinged and disturbing characters in the Girls und Panzer franchise, a Bushido-fanatic LoonyFan of Miho to the point that she states that she'd be okay with Miho ''killing'' her in a match, as long as they got to battle first --and her friends take this statement seriously. She displays BlueAndOrangeMorality to the extent that she's willing to drive her tankette through the crowds of spectators,[[note]]In the "tankathalon" battles that she's competing in, spectators can enter the field, and it is understood that this is at their own risk. Most competitors do try to avoid them, though.[[/note]] use them as {{HumanShield}}s and ''burns down a neighbourhood'' to provide smoke cover. Even ''[[{{Jerkass}} Erika]]'' is shocked by the last one.

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Her obsession with Tanks and WWII history in general and initial difficulty to make friends is similar to high functioning autism. It is common for those in the fandom to diagnose her as such.

** Some fanfics portray Maho in a significantly more negative light, as well as more openly hostile to Miho, although it is in large part due to the authors not reading ''Little Army'' and not knowing that [[spoiler:she does what she does for Miho's sake]].
** Shiho, while largely devoid of sympathetic qualities in the anime, often comes off as even worse in fan works.

** This means "Yukari x Panzer" is the show's only {{ship|ping}} to be [[JustForPun canon]].

** "Operation ''Anime/{{Symphogear}}''".[[note]]From ''Der Film'' when Katyusha recommends the name of "Operation Beef Stroganoff".

* FaceOfTheBand:
** Erwin (the aforementioned Rommel Expy) for Team Hippo. To the point many fans don't know she's the tank's commander in battle, but not the club's leader out of battle (that's Caesar).
** [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Sodoko of the Discipline Committee is a complicated example]]. What is clear, however, is that Sodoko's the most frequently shown of the three, and the member of the committee Mako has encountered the most often.

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*** There's an internet joke about her being a ghost whisperer and chatting with Wittmann.

** The supplementary material stating that men were forbidden from entering Sensha-do has been interpreted by many fans to mean that men were forbidden to pilot tanks at all, even in war. This has led to ''[[EpilepticTrees lengthy]]'' debates about how to reconcile it with the fact that male tankers are depicted in canon and historically male tank commanders (with [[RatedMForManly unequivocally male names]]) are explicitly mentioned.

* FriendlyFandoms: Naturally, there's a lot of crossovers with ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'', and ''TabletopGame/FlamesOfWar'' players are at least vaguely aware of it.

** Erika loves alligators. [[note]]In the first chapter of ''Phase Erika'', a spin-off prequel manga focused on her, she was supposed to say "Yattekitamani," roughly "I'm finally here," upon first arriving at Kuromorimine. However, a typo resulted in her saying "Yattekita''wani''," with wani meaning alligator.[[/note]] Fan artists latched onto this instantly.

** Erika loves alligators. [[note]]In the first chapter of ''Phase Erika'', a spin-off prequel manga focused on her, she was supposed to say "Yattekitamani," roughly "I'm finally here," upon first arriving at Kuromorimine. However, a typo resulted in her saying "Yattekita''wani''," with wani meaning alligator. Fan artists latched onto this instantly.[[/note]]

** Shizuka's comments also hint that her favorite aunt committed suicide after she was disinherited and kept from participating in Tankathlon.

** And then there are Rin and Shizuka from ''Ribbon Warrior''. Oh where to start with these two. Practically from the first chapter, Rin is shown getting very excited when Shizuka directs her with her feet, and imagery of her as Shizuka's ponygirl abounds. For the most part this seems one-sided ... and yet, while the two are in a hot springs together, Shizuka observes that the moon is very beautiful tonight, a phrase recognized as having a secondary meaning like those three little words that are so hard to say.

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

** Their has also been a bit of amiable overlap and a few crossovers with ''Manga/StrikeWitches''.

* 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/KanColle 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.

** The series as a whole got the nickname ''Girls und [[PantyShot Pantsu]]'' or ''Girls Underpantsu'' (Apparently, this was denied by WordOfGod; the original series also has zero {{Panty Shot}}s). Alternative nicknames include ''[[Series/PimpMyRide Pimp My WWII Tank]]''[[note]]Thanks to the events of episodes 3 and 4[[/note]], ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'': The Anime, and ''Moe of Tanks''; the latter two became one heck of an example of HilariousInHindsight.

** Counting ''The Real Anzio Battle'' OVA, we have [[spoiler:Hippo Team's Caesar and Anzio Academy's Carpaccio]] (which also briefly counts as FoeYay of sorts). The former's crewmates in the [=StuG III=] teasing her with her EmbarrassingNickname, [[spoiler: and later on eavesdropping on their post-match talk]] (thus implying a ShipperOnDeck status) certainly helped. As did [[https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/girls_und_panzer_motto_love_love_sakusen_desu_ch16#11 this bit]] from ''Motto Love Love Sakusen'', which rather portrayed it as mutual between each other, and with a similar art style from ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles''

** The series as a whole got the nickname ''Girls und [[PantyShot Pantsu]]'' or ''Girls Underpantsu'' (Apparently, this was denied by WordOfGod). Alternative nicknames include ''[[Series/PimpMyRide Pimp My WWII Tank]]''[[note]]Thanks to the events of episodes 3 and 4[[/note]], ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'': The Anime, and ''Moe of Tanks''; the latter two became one heck of an example of HilariousInHindsight.

* FanNickname: TankGoodness: [[TheMovie The Anime]] [[VideoGame/WorldOfTanks of the Game]].
* {{Fanon}}:
** The supplementary material stating that men were forbidden from entering Sensha-do has been interpreted by many fans to mean that men were forbidden to pilot tanks at all, even in war. This has led to ''[[EpilepticTrees lengthy]]'' debates about how to reconcile it with the fact that male tankers are depicted in canon and historically male tank commanders (with [[RatedMForManly unequivocally male names]]) are explicitly mentioned.
** The argument is augmented by the historical information included in every booklet that accompanies the Blu-Ray releases, which seem to openly contradict each other about UsefulNotes/WorldWarII (sometimes in the ''same booklet''). In general there seems to be two separate schools of thought among the writers of the booklets: that the war happened, and had a lasting influence post-facto, or it ''didn't'', and it's just a sports competition that got too heated.
** This has also led to a FandomSpecificPlot in which, under various circumstances, boys start getting involved in Sensha-do, sometimes flying World War II-era fighter planes (and unfortunately, often being Marty Stus). There's some double-irony in this, as it shows a hilarious lack of research from information found in said Blu-Ray booklets, which ''specify'' the major reason for the declining popularity of Sensha-do: '''attack helicopters'''. Not vintage planes, ''helicopters''.[[note]]For those who aren't touched up on Cold War history, when the attack helicopter was first introduced in the 1970s many people were convinced that they would make tanks obsolete. Even though they did not, ever since tanks have no longer been the uncontested rulers of land warfare. It makes sense that the decline in popularity of tanks in the military would carry over to Sensha-do.[[/note]]. Then again, with the way the booklets flip-flop on a regular basis, who wouldn't blame those fans for not trusting/ignoring the booklets, and what's not to say that this particular point would itself get flip-flopped in later released material?
** Another bit of fanon that occasionally pops up in fan fiction is that Darjeeling and Orange Pekoe (as well as Assam, sometimes) are sisters.
** Another common piece of fanon is that Shiho Nishizumi is not only head of the Nishizumi school, but also headmistress of Kuromorimine, the school where her elder daughter commands, and where her younger daughter used to attend, despite this not being said at any point. Ditto with Shiho's tie with Kuromorimine in fanon, her once being leader of their Sensha-do team, is confirmed in the Maginot spinoff. No mention of her being anything else, however.
** Then there's the ''tank line-ups'' of each School. Tanks like the Cromwell, Comet, Pershing, IS-3, and the Super Pershing get thrown around quite a bit during online discussions, but in-universe the acquisition of tanks is limited by two factors: the school's budget, and the availability of tank parts. It's noted that even a relatively well-off school like St. Gloriana has had trouble getting the tanks it wanted in the past, to the point of considering converting it's only Cromwell into a Challenger. The same goes for Saunders, which actually ''has'' a Super Pershing, but can't field it due to lack of parts.
** Appearing in various fan art and dojinshi is an individual usually named Nishizumi Tsuneo, Miho and Maho's father. The only piece of evidence for his canonical existence is a piece of official art showing the sisters as children with their mother and with an unidentified male figure, with only the back of his head and shoulders shown, off to one side.
* 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/KanColle 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.
** 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.
** Fanart and such that pair BC Freedom's combative duo, Andou and Oshida, are plentiful. In this case, the OppositesAttract spice is made even more enticing by the fact that they are designed to resemble the protagonist StarCrossedLovers of ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles''.
** Among Chi-Ha-Tan fans, both Tamada with Hosomi and Hamada with Ikeda are typically the most popular.

** The introduction of the [[spoiler:Karl-Mörser Siege Mortar]] in ''der Film'' becomes amusing considering what Wargaming introduced on the game's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0F6QJkYNvg 2014 April Fools' Day fun mode.]]

** While some people are [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap starting to warm up to Shiho]] after the events of ''Der Film'', a large number of fans mainly remember her for 1) scolding her daughter for sacrificing a victory to save lives, 2) announcing that she's going to disown said daughter (quite a few fanfics have Miho's disownment as a plot point), and 3) calling any way of tankery besides hers "heresy."

** To put into context, as of ''der Film'' the only tank in TheMovie that is not yet available (or was not introduced at all) in the game would be [[spoiler:the Finnish BT-42 Assault Gun; the Karl-Mörser Siege Mortar was briefly made available in one of the game's AprilFoolsDay specials]]
** In the movie it makes a LawyerFriendlyCameo as World of [=SPGs=].

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

* {{Fanon}}: The supplementary material stating that men were forbidden from entering Sensha-do has been interpreted by many fans to mean that men were forbidden to pilot tanks at all, even in war. This has led to ''[[EpilepticTrees lengthy]]'' debates about how to reconcile it with the fact that male tankers are depicted in canon and historically male tank commanders (with [[RatedMForManly unequivocally male names]]) are explicitly mentioned.