History YMMV / RozenMaiden

** If you haven't already noticed, "[[http://web.archive.org/web/20080222224241/http://desudesudesu.net/ DESU!]]", ''desu.'' This page used to have [[OverusedRunningGag every trope ending with]] "''desu"'', after Suiseiseki's VerbalTic.

* MemeticMutation: If you haven't already noticed, "[[http://web.archive.org/web/20080222224241/http://desudesudesu.net/ DESU!]]", ''desu.'' This page used to have [[OverusedRunningGag every trope ending with]] "''desu"'', after Suiseiseki's VerbalTic.

* FoeYay: Shinku and Suigintou have this going on quite a bit. Special mention goes to the opening of ''Ouverture'' opening song with the lyrics "is this hatred or love", while showing their hair swirling and knotting together.
** Kirakishou and Suigintou in the manga, with Kirakishou showing signs of a sister complex and even offering Suigintou her Rosa Mystica. [[spoiler: Though it could just as easily have been a ploy to capture Megu.]]
** Kira even plants a kiss on Hina-Ichigo, [[spoiler: though it was more for the purpose of [[BodySnatcher gaining her body]].]]
** And then there's Kirakishou and [[spoiler:adult Jun]], to the point where she even shows textbook signs of {{yandere}} for him. She attempts to torture him into choosing to be her master instead of Shinku's or Suingintou's, and then tries yet another ForcedKiss on him in a way of physically forcing him to make a contract with her (her ring was ''on her tongue''). And as if that's not bad enough, just a few seconds before, she licks and sucks on his finger in a way that's clearly meant to simulate oral sex while saying she 'wants him.' And the clincher? [[spoiler:She goes into a complete VillainousBreakdown when Adult Jun says, in no uncertain terms, that he wants nothing to do with her, causing her usually cool and 'cute' demeanor to devolve into hysterical screaming with her vines flailing all over the place.]] And she wonders why everyone she actually ''does'' want to like her can't run away from her fast enough.

** Unwound!Jun's boss, Yamaguchi, is a meme within the Japanese fanbase specifically for the scene where he asks forgiveness from Jun. The pose he makes while saying this is often [[https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/60582213 redrawn and parodied]].

* MemeticMutation / FountainOfMemes: If you haven't already noticed, "[[http://web.archive.org/web/20080222224241/http://desudesudesu.net/ DESU!]]", ''desu.'' This page used to have [[OverusedRunningGag every trope ending with]] "''desu"'', after Suiseiseki's VerbalTic.

* DieForOurShip: Jun and Rozen, so much.

** Hinaichigo and Kanaria, for their whiny, childish personalities.

* DiscreditedMeme: Sueseiseki ending most statements with "desu" was interpreted by Western fans as a funny VerbalTic and there are a few {{Stupid Statement Dance Mix}}es of her just saying "DESU" over and over, but it is actually a standard Japanese copula that makes a statement more polite.[[note]]It is, however, usually pronounced with a silent U; pronouncing it as written and using it as much as she does is still unusual enough to qualify as a VerbalTic.[[/note]] As the OccidentalOtaku community became more familiar with Japanese grammar in general, the meme quickly fell out of favor.

* DiscreditedMeme: Sueseiseki ending most statements with "desu" was interpreted by Western fans as a VerbalTic and there are a few {{Stupid Statement Dance Mix}}es of her just saying "DESU" over and over, but it is actually a Japanese cupola that makes a statement more polite.[[note]]It is, however, usually pronounced with a silent U; pronouncing it as written and using it as much as she does still qualifies as a VerbalTic.[[/note]] As the OccidentalOtaku became more familiar with Japanese grammar in general, the meme quickly fell out of favor.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Rozen as an [[AbusiveParents terrible excuse for a father-figure]], rather than the figure of utter adoration he is to the Rozen Maidens. That further breaks down into two sub-interpretations.
** Rozen as a sadistic individual who takes cruel pleasure in watching his "daughters" fight each other to the death for his love, and only intervenes as neccessary to make the game more interesting, such as giving Suigintou her Rosa Mystica after she proves willing to claw and scratch her way to hell and back in search of him, or to ensure they don't decide it's pointless and simply stop it.
** Rozen as a callous, indifferently child-like individual who regards his creations as simply that; dolls, and so fit only to do whatever he wants them to do and for his own amusement. He never finished Suigintou because he decided she wasn't interesting enough, and he makes them fight the Alice Games because it's fun and, hey, they're only dolls, what does it matter if they kill each other?
** This attitude has more or less vanished, thanks to TheReveal from the manga that [[spoiler: Rozen basically went off the deep end before he set up the Alice Games, but has since regained his sanity and wants to stop them... but has lost so much power that he basically ''can't do so''.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Suiseiseki reached [[WatchItForTheMeme memetic status]] with her "desu" VerbalTic, and became one of the main reasons a lot of people even watched the show to begin with.

* NightmareFuel: How Kirakishou [[spoiler: takes Hina-Ichigo's body]] in the manga.

* ToyShip / CargoShip: Between [[LesYay the dolls]]. And sometimes, Jun ''and'' one of the dolls. Especially Shinku.

* DiscreditedMeme: Sueseiseki ending most statements with "desu" was interpreted by Western fans as a VerbalTic and there are a few {{Stupid Statement Dance Mix}}es of her just saying "DESU" over and over, but it is actually a Japanese cupola that makes a statement more polite.[[note]]It is, however, usually pronounced with a silent U; pronouncing it as written still qualifies as a VerbalTic.[[/note]] As the OccidentalOtaku became more familiar with Japanese grammar in general, the meme quickly fell out of favor.

** Kirakishou. She is, as much as the other dolls, a victim of Rozen's blind desire for Alice and maybe she had it worse; Rozen just made her as an astral doll without body, unable to ever get a master or even get out of the N-Field and abandoned her as he did with the others, but she was completely alone and that make her insane, to the point of ''not even caring about her own Rosa Mystica and the Alice Game at all''. This troper almost [[SympathyForTheDevil wanted to hug the little crazy bitch]] when she cried about how badly she wants a body.
-->'''Kirakishou:''' I want a body. Hinaichigo's purity, Kanaria's loveliness, Shinku's nobility, Suigintou's elegance, Suiseiseki's passion, Souseiseki's pain...
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* JustForFun/XMeetsY: Literature/{{Pinocchio}} + Franchise/{{Highlander}}, ''[[MemeticMutation desu]]'' (like [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/highlander_chibi2_1700.jpg this]]).

** Kirakishou. She is, as much as the other dolls, a victim of Rozen's blind desire for Alice and maybe she had it worse; Rozen just make her as an astral doll without body, unable to ever get a master or even get out of the N-Field and abandoned her as he did with the others, but she was completely alone and that make her insane, to the point of ''not even caring about her own Rosa Mystica and the Alice Game at all''. This troper almost [[SympathyForTheDevil wanted to hug the little crazy bitch]] when she cried about how badly she wants a body.

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* TheScrappy: Hinaichigo and Kanaria, for those who [[ChildHater don't like kids]].
** Shinku sometimes gets this, due to her largely Tsun {{Tsundere}} personality, and her treatment of Suigintou.
** And contrary to the above, Suigintou for those who don't find her to be an EnsembleDarkhorse and/or see her as an abusive bitch whose FreudianExcuse doesn't quite cut it.
** Suiseiseki for some, particularly those who are sick of her catchphrase.
** Also Jun and Rozen.

* AlasPoorScrappy: Even if you're a ChildHater and considered [[spoiler:Hinaichigo]] TheScrappy, you'll cry in the anime and drop the manga in shock.

** The sentiment that Rozen Maiden is in any way colourful, bright and a kind of MagicalGirl series is also completely off-mark. This is a series where 7 sisters fight across the entire multiverse in a free for all battle to kill each other, just to appeal to a god-like father figure. How could that end in anything but bloodshed and tears?

*** Kira even plants a kiss on Hina-Ichigo, [[spoiler: though it was more for the purpose of [[BodySnatcher gaining her body]].]]
*** And then there's Kirakishou and [[spoiler:Adult Jun]], to the point where she even shows textbook signs of {{yandere}} for him. She attempts to torture him into choosing to be her master instead of Shinku's or Suingintou's, and then tries yet another ForcedKiss on him in a way of physically forcing him to make a contract with her (her ring was ''on her tongue''). And as if that's not bad enough, just a few seconds before, she licks and sucks on his finger in a way that's clearly meant to simulate oral sex while saying she 'wants him.' And the clincher? [[spoiler:She goes into a complete VillainousBreakdown when Adult Jun says, in no uncertain terms, that he wants nothing to do with her, causing her usually cool and 'cute' demeanor to devolve into hysterical screaming with her vines flailing all over the place.]] And she wonders why everyone she actually ''does'' want to like her can't run away from her fast enough.

* EvilIsSexy: Suigintou.

* TheWoobie: Suigintou in ''Ouverture'', Suiseiseki in ''Träumend''.
** This troper can't stop feeling bad for Kirakishou. She is, as much as the other dolls, a victim of Rozen's blind desire for Alice and maybe she had it worse; Rozen just make her as an astral doll without body, unable to ever get a master or even get out of the N-Field and abandoned her as he did with the others, but she was completely alone and that make her insane, to the point of ''not even caring about her own Rosa Mystica and the Alice Game at all''. This troper almost [[SympathyForTheDevil wanted to hug the little crazy bitch]] when she cried about how badly she wants a body.

** This is partially caused by the fact that Zurückspulen is produced by StudioDEEN instead of Nomad, who made the original anime. Detractors of the new anime hate the fact that what is widely regarded as TheScrappy studio of the entire anime industry took over the show, while supporters firmly believe [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap that Zurückspulen in itself has managed to redeem Studio DEEN]]. This in addition to the style differences mentioned above.

* HilariousInHindsight: Suiseiseki was voiced by Creator/NanaMizuki in the Drama [=CDs=]. NatsukoKuwatani is TheOtherDarrin and better known for playing her. Both of them plays characters from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. Creator/NanaMizuki is Fate Testarossa who has [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Arf/Alph]], played by NatsukoKuwatani, as her familiar (a beast guardian).

* FanFavorite: Suiseiseki and Suigintou.

** No longer as of the most recent arc of Tales [[spoiler:with Rozen seemingly coming back and finally selecting a doll to be Alice: Kirakishou]].

* HilariousInHindsight: Suiseiseki was voiced by NanaMizuki in the Drama [=CDs=]. NatsukoKuwatani is TheOtherDarrin and better known for playing her. Both of them plays characters from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. NanaMizuki is Fate Testarossa who has [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Arf/Alph]], played by NatsukoKuwatani, as her familiar (a beast guardian).

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Suiseiseki and Suigintou.