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4	This page is only for character and character gameplay tropes that appear exclusively in ''VideoGame/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaPortable''. See [[Characters/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica here]] for character tropes from the original series.
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6	!!Magical Girls and Kyubey
7	[[foldercontrol]]
8	[[folder:Madoka Kaname]]
9	-->"It's like I met her in a dream..."
10	* AdaptationalBadass: Of sorts; we see more of her in action than we do in the anime.
11	* ChronicHeroSyndrome:
12	** Leaps to the aid of anyone in trouble, be it her friends, a new transfer student she's never met before, or Amy the cat. Prior to becoming a magical girl, however, she doesn't have the self-confidence to follow through on this all the time.
13	** In Mami's route, Madoka can even wind up coming on too strong and making Homura uncomfortable with all the attention she's getting.
14	* CombatMedic: She was known as archer, but a third of her active skills are healing techniques. She can even heal murky Soul Gems!
15	* CrutchCharacter: Employed rather interestingly. As long as she's been properly raised[[note]](given equal status doping and taught skills rather than ignored in favor of other party members)[[/note]], Madoka can eat Walpurgis Night and its familiars for breakfast. But because the story eventually progresses to Homura's wanting to keep her from contracting, Madoka isn't an available party member in the later routes, where the Walpurgis battle actually matters.
16	* OnlySaneMan: In the bonus route, as all the other girls eventually get drawn into Homura's wacky plans.
17	* PluckyGirl: Especially in early timelines, where she quickly bounces back from revelations of the true nature of magical girls and refuses to give in to despair.
18	[[/folder]]
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20	[[folder:Homura Akemi]]
21
22	-->"Fate can be changed."
23	* ACupAngst: [[spoiler:[[GoldenEnding In Homura's True Ending]], when Sayaka forces Kyoko into the old school uniform of the large-breasted Mami, Kyoko takes great offense at Sayaka's comments about the chest area being loose. Madoka and Homura's dialogue after this exchange implies that Homura is going through this, too.]]
24	* ATasteOfPower: In Madoka's (tutorial) route that follows the anime closely, Homura is at level 25 at the start of Charlotte's fight. Compared to Mami's level 10 (and she can be considered a veteran) and Sayaka's level 1, FridgeBrilliance plays here [[spoiler: when you remember just how much her accumulating experience from her time-loops affects this]].
25	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: InUniverse. Depending entirely on the player's choices, in Homura's own route she can be anything from TheParagon devoted to protecting the well-being of the whole cast to her anime characterization of only caring about Madoka. And somehow, she's still [[NoSocialSkills in-character]] no matter the choice.
26	** Paragon Homura is taken to the point of CharacterExaggeration in the bonus route, where she runs around being the other girls' extremely aggressive fairy godmother.
27	* CloudCuckooLander: She has some [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8m95wzlqP1qfw6qto1_1280.png strange lines]].
28	* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:And this time, it can turn her into a witch.]]
29	* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:In the bonus route, she spends so much time and effort making Mami, Sayaka, and Kyouko happy individually that there's no time for the five girls to learn to work together before fighting Walpurgis Night. When the others turn to her for advice, Homura gives up and resets the timeline right away.]]
30	* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:If she tries to solo Walpurgisnacht and wins, she still ends up dying in Madoka's arms. Finally in peace knowing that Madoka will never make a contract and with the Witch finally gone, she moves on without succumbing to her despair.]]
31	* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Check out Hitomi's behavior in the bonus route.
32	* FlowerMotifs: A Red Spider Lily. [[spoiler:Marking her continual loss and StarCrossedLovers [[LesYay motif]]. Hell, it's even in her witch name and witch kiss.]]
33	** Specifically, a Red Spider Lily means [[spoiler: that you [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanakotoba will never see someone ever again]].]]
34	*** Part of the name of flower (Higan) is also a homophone for [[spoiler: nirvana, contrasting with the type of witch hers is (Shigan, the Mortal World).]]
35	* TheGadfly: Bonus route, justified as she acts the way that she never was before to see a different outcome.
36	-->'''Homura:''' ''(In overly enthusiastic tone)'' Even though you're a magical girl, you've got the artistic sense to name your finishing move 'Tiro Finale'. A finishing move!! With a name!! And that name is 'Tiro Finale'!! How amazing!!
37	-->'''Mami: '''Please stop saying 'finishing movie' and 'Tiro Finale'... You're definitely mocking me.
38	* HiddenDepths: [[LateArrivalSpoiler We all know that this girl is more than she seems]], but this game reveals more of her off-screen actions like how she [[spoiler: actually was hunting for Gertrud to present her Grief Seed to Mami as a token of friendship]] when she's shooting Kyubey in Episode 1, [[spoiler: trying to save [[ItWasHisSled Mami from her well-known demise and Sayaka from her Witch transformation]]]], or even offering Kyoko food and shelter.
39	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: In Madoka's route, she is forced to leave a bunch of witch-kissed humans to die because Madoka is in danger of contracting. She regretted abandoning them, but did so anyways.
40	* KleptomaniacHero: Actual skill in-game.
41	* PunnyName: The ''higan'' in ''higanbana'' (spider lily) can also be construed as a Buddhist euphemism for nirvana, which has a matching term for samsara [[spoiler:that is also Homulilly's "nature" as a witch]].
42	* SociallyAwkwardHero: From social anxiety in early timelines, and then out of apathy and BrutalHonesty in later ones.
43	* StuffBlowingUp: Of course, it's [[MoreDakka Homura]] we're talking about.
44	* TimeMaster: Not only stopping time [[spoiler: and leaping back to the beginning of the month after her sand runs out]], Homura is also capable of slowing down enemies and speeding up herself.
45	[[/folder]]
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47	[[folder:Sayaka Miki]]
48
49	-->"The miracle I wished for..."
50	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: She realizes that she's the weakest girl in the Mitakihara group, which really does wonders to her self-esteem. Kyubey says that she spends ten times the amount of magic in her familiar hunting than Kyouko's brutal frustration-fending massacre of the same familiars. [[spoiler:When Mami gets her head chomped off, Sayaka thinks that she's not worthy to be a magical girl and throws her Soul Gem inside Charlotte's barrier, triggering the already elaborated event of AndIMustScream below.]]
51	* AndIMustScream / BodyHorror: [[spoiler:There's another gem-throwing accident, but this time it isn't found for quite some time and [[BodyHorror her body starts to rot]]. She wanders around awhile, ignorant of her condition as Kyoko is unconscious when she awakes ([[ZombieGait though she describes that she has difficulty moving]]), until Kyousuke comes to and calls her a monster. For crying out loud, the girl has half of her face ''fall off'' and she doesn't realize it because of the FeelNoPain attribute of the magical girls!]]
52	* ButtMonkey: All the girls have at least one opportunity to become witches somewhere or other in the story, but Sayaka has more than anyone else. [[spoiler:In her own route, there are ''two'' points at which she might turn into a witch, and both involve her accidentally traumatizing Kyousuke into a FreakOut and calling her a monster.]]
53	* CatFight: With Hitomi in the bonus route. More of a screaming match, to be precise, but Hitomi still slaps Sayaka.
54	* ClingyJealousGirl: In her own route, she's not at all pleased to have to share Madoka with Mami and Homura, especially since Madoka has to go on witch patrol and can't hang out with her as much.
55	* CombatMedic
56	* CounterAttack: Only if the enemies are attacking in close range.
57	* DespairEventHorizon: Just like in the anime, but ''worse.'' [[spoiler:Kyosuke seeing her in her decomposed state after her Soul Gem's misplaced for a while, and called her a monster. She and her friends also get a full view of her Soul Gem turning into a Grief Seed.]]
58	* GenkiGirl: In the Extra Route.
59	* HeyYou: In most routes, she refuses to call Homura anything other than "Transfer Student".
60	* JustEatGilligan: [[spoiler: There's an option for her to simply confess to Kyousuke that she's a MagicalGirl, and [[EarnYourHappyEnding he will believe her and returns her feeling]].]]
61	* MagicMusic: Sings as part of her healing spells, as well as to inflict Sleep on targets.
62	* MusicalThemeNaming: Many of her skills' names.
63	* ObliviousToLove: Though she's usually the victim of this from Kyousuke, in the Tea Party ending, [[spoiler:Sayaka acts this way towards Kyouko, not understanding why her effusive praise of Mami's cleanliness hurts Kyouko's feelings]].
64	* PowerBornOfMadness: Can inflict the ''madness'' status on herself with ''Rhapsody''.
65	* SparedByTheAdaptation: Possibly.
66	* ThrowTheDogABone: In the bonus route, [[spoiler:she finally manages to win Kyousuke, and he even accepts her identity as a magical girl as the coolest thing ever]].
67	[[/folder]]
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69	[[folder:Mami Tomoe]]
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71	-->"If you'll be by my side..."
72	* BarrierWarrior
73	* ButtMonkey: [[spoiler:Dies or at least has a chance of dying in every route but the bonus one. But then, given her fate in the anime, is it a surprise?]]
74	* ClingyJealousGirl / GreenEyedMonster: In her own route, she becomes insecure in her friendship with Madoka and resentful towards Homura when the latter enters the picture. Depending on the player, Mami can either discuss her feelings with Madoka or [[spoiler:isolate herself and become more and more miserable to the point where she breaks down after fighting Gisela alone and becomes a witch]].
75	* ClothingCombat: Mami's weapon is actually her ribbons, used as a whip. But until her encounter with Gisela, she decides that she can't fight at close range, making her muskets from the ribbons as her primary weapon.
76	* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Realizing that sometimes people don't appreciate her help, especially that suicidal mother who lost her son since she wasn't powerful enough to beat the Witch, making her question her work. Similar to Sayaka's in that she's found by someone, shows her tainted Soul Gem and has a few last words, but for different reasons and what turns her into Candeloro in her route:]]
77	---> [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEXxu2zdLpw ''I'm no longer a magical girl... I've turned... Into this...'']]]]
78	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:There's an option for Homura to tell her and Kyouko about the AwfulTruth. When Sayaka turns into Oktavia, if Homura kills her before Kyouko and Madoka do their IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight, she decides that all the crazy shit happening is too hot for her and shoots herself.]]
79	* IdolSinger: Bonus route.
80	* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:Candeloro.]]
81	* SparedByTheAdaptation: Possibly.
82	* SurvivorGuilt: She really takes the fact that she could have saved her parents along with herself, but didn't, hard. When she runs away and lets a child get eaten by Gisela, the guilt becomes twofold. [[spoiler:Later, depending on the RoadCone, she can save the child's mother, thinking that she can finally atone. But the mother is already suicidal to begin with because her child is dead, and demands to know why Mami didn't let her die. This is one of the factors that contributes to Mami turning into a witch.]]
83	* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Against Walpurgisnacht's attack so Madoka can deal the killing blow in her route, then doing the same to save Sayaka from Charlotte in Sayaka's route.]]
84	* TeamMom: Particularly in Sayaka's route, where she has to temporarily play peacekeeper between Sayaka and Madoka, then between Sayaka and Kyouko.
85	[[/folder]]
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87	[[folder:Kyouko Sakura]]
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89	-->"She's the only hope I had left."
90	* ACupAngst: When Sayaka makes her try on Mami's school uniform, she's rather put out by Sayaka's comments that it's loose in the chest.
91	* BarrierWarrior: She can create a lattice-like barrier of red diamond-shapes.
92	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: It turns out to be even worse than what the anime showed us. [[spoiler:After learning about her wish, Kyoko's father makes an intentionally ridiculous sermon where he claims God doesn't exist and despair is the only thing that guides humans. Kyoko and her father are horrified when the parishioners start agreeing with it. It soon becomes clear that Kyoko's father has a CompellingVoice, which drives him over the DespairEventHorizon because he thinks it makes him like the devil. He then calls Kyoko a witch ''and all the parishioners join in''.]]
93	* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:If Sayaka turned into a witch, and Homura finished her off before giving Kyoko and Madoka a chance to redeem her. She did not take losing the last of her 'family' well, let out a curse to the world, and turned into a Witch.]]
94	* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:She makes Mami a grave in day 10 of her route and gives it some flowers and teddy bear from the game center she often plays in.]] It's very simple, but the effect is [[TearJerker powerful]].
95	* DyingCurse: She delivers one if [[spoiler:Sayaka becomes a witch, Homura finishes her off before Kyoko can do so and having her own Soul Gem tainted. Having nothing left to care about, she curses everything on earth and [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie turns into a witch]].]]
96	* FaceHeelTurn: If she succumbs to her DespairEventHorizon, she outright gave a DyingCurse to the rest of the world, swearing to tear everything down.
97	* FieryRedhead: Taken to horrifying extreme [[spoiler:in that her Witch form has a candle for a head.]]
98	* FireForgedFriends: With Sayaka in Sayaka's route, eventually, [[spoiler:if Sayaka doesn't wind up turning into a witch first]].
99	%%* FriendToAllChildren: Surprisingly, or unsurprisingly.
100	* GottaCatchThemAll: Her reason for fighting witches so she can collect more, if not all of the Grief Seeds.
101	* TheHedonist: In the Extra Route.
102	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: To the point of WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer.
103	* KleptomaniacHero: Just like Homura, an actual skill in-game.
104	* KnightInSourArmor: Beats up bullies, gives Tatsuya candy, rescues other magical girls, and grumbles about it the entire time.
105	%%* MasterOfIllusion
106	* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:To Ophelia, if she becomes a witch.]]
107	* PaterFamilicide: And this time, we witness it from Kyoko's eyes.
108	** And it's ''[[TearJerker far worse]]'' than you could have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynYUpJJ774k imagined]].
109	* PooledFunds: There's a scene of her sitting on top of countless Grief Seeds in her church like some kind of mafia boss.
110	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:After Mami's suicide.]]
111	* SparedByTheAdaptation: Possibly.
112	* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler:In Homura's route, if she and Homura survive the Walpurgisnacht battle, Madoka and Sayaka don't make their contract, and Mami gets mogu-mogu'd.]]
113	[[/folder]]
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115	[[folder:Kyubey]]
116	%%* BlueAndOrangeMorality
117	* DemotedToExtra: In the Extra Route.
118	* ManipulativeBastard: A main game mechanic of the VisualNovel part of the game is for Kyubey to manipulate the girls' emotions depending on his choices.
119	** HoistByHisOwnPetard: All of Kyubey's actions are geared towards his energy collection goals, but because he doesn't understand how emotions work, his dialogue choices [[NiceJobFixingItVillain can serve to calm the girls down instead]] and [[spoiler:prevent their turning into witches]].
120	* OutOfFocus: In Homura and Bonus Route, mostly because she no longer has reservations of not shooting him in public after exposing his eating his own corpses habit.
121	[[/folder]]
122
123	!!Witches
124	[[folder:General]]
125	* AllThereInTheManual: Albertine, a witch first mentioned on the anime's website, is revealed in the game. Gisela might also count, given that she is only seen for about two seconds in the anime during a flashback sequence.
126	* CanonForeigner: The game has several original witches, such as Candeloro and Ophelia, [[spoiler:the witch forms of Mami and Kyoko, respectively. It also marked the first appearance of Homulilly, Homura's witch form.]] There's also Quitterie, a witch that has Kyubey's head and uses giant stuffed Kyubeys as familiars, and [[spoiler:Itzli, another witch that resembles a BrainInAJar and is said to be from another planet.]]
127	* MookMaker: All witches can create familiars to fight for them.
128	* OptionalBoss: Albertine's familiars, the Anjas, are fought as part of the story. Albertine herself as well as Quitterie and Itzli are only fought at the end of various {{Bonus Dungeon}}s.
129	[[/folder]]
130
131	[[folder:Albertine]]
132	* CreepyDoll: She looks like a doll in a colorful jumper and her barrier seems to be based on the trappings of a young girl's childhood.
133	* DeathOfAChild: By definition all witches come from young girls, but it is implied that Albertine was young even by magical girl standards when she became a witch, judging by the childlike aesthetic of her witch's barrier (colorful stars and notebook paper), her love of hide-and-seek, and her familiar Anja looking like a crayon scribble.
134	* FashionableAsymmetry: One of her stockings has a stripe pattern, while the other has a star pattern.
135	* HideAndNoSeek: She loves to play hide-and-seek with her minions. However, because they're not very intelligent, they don't look for her.
136	* LivingDrawing: Albertine is a giant drawing of a girl, combined with a CreepyDoll aesthetic. She actually scribbles her familiars into existence.
137	[[/folder]]
138
139	[[folder:Candeloro]]
140	* BattleButler: Her minions are maids whose job is to escort visitors to her tea party. They also fight for her, like all familiars.
141	* CreepyDoll: Her familiars, [[spoiler:which resemble Madoka and Kyoko as maids]].
142	* FunSize: Candeloro is the tiniest witch yet, even smaller than Charlotte--she's little enough to fit into [[spoiler:one of her own teacups]].
143	** VisualPun: That's small enough to be [[spoiler:''[[OnceDoneNeverForgotten bite-sized]]''.]]
144	* HappyPlace: [[spoiler:She is said to dream of ideal things. Her witch barrier seems to be a representation of an imaginary world where Mami would be happy -- a tea party that never ends and friends who will never leave her. But sadly, it's all a delusion.]]
145	* HatesBeingAlone: She can't stand being lonely, and never lets visitors to her barrier escape.
146	* LethalChef: Don't eat the food at her tea party, or you'll lose your soul.
147	* MeaningfulName: She is apparently named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlemas Candlemas]], which may be a StealthPun -- it's on [[GroundhogDayLoop Groundhog Day]].
148	* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Her familiars look like Madoka and Kyoko, and are referred to as her precious friends]].
149	* TokenGoodTeammate: Candeloro is stated to be a kindhearted and inviting witch who only attacks whenever intruders in her barrier when they try to leave.
150	* YourSoulIsMine: She hosts a tea party every day in her labyrinth, but eating the food she serves will remove your soul.
151	[[/folder]]
152
153	[[folder:Charlotte]]
154	* MookMaker: Charlotte's first form has no other attack except for spawning unlimited Pyotr until her lifebar is drained.
155	[[/folder]]
156
157	[[folder:Gisela]]
158	* BerserkButton: Her minion Dora hates magnets.
159	* MechanicalMonster: She is a transforming robot made of motorcycle parts that can cloak herself in a whirlwind.
160	* TransformingMecha: She can shapeshift into a motorcycle-like form.
161	[[/folder]]
162
163	[[folder:Homulilly]]
164	* TheUnfought: She is never fought in the game itself and only appears at the end of Homura's route if the player loses to Walpurgisnacht.
165	[[/folder]]
166
167	[[folder:Itzli]]
168	* MyBrainIsBig: This is a giant, oversized brain.
169	* OptionalBoss: You’ll find Itzli at the end of the bonus dungeon- if you can survive the other witches, of course.
170	[[/folder]]
171
172	[[folder:Ophelia]]
173	* DopplegangerAttack: She attacks by creating clones of herself. [[spoiler:This alludes to a drama CD where it's revealed Kyoko had this power, too, but lost it when her family died.]]
174	* DyingCurse: [[spoiler:If Kyoko and Madoka try to save Sayaka after she turns into Oktavia, but fail because Homura has already killed her, Kyoko can turn into Ophelia at that moment if her Soul Gem is dark enough. She realizes her life is meaningless and [[LaughingMad laughs.]] With her last words, she says that if she can't save those she loves, she will curse the world instead.]]
175	* FlamingHair: Of sorts -- her head is literally a lit candle.
176	* HeadlessHorseman: Her design evokes this trope. From a distance, it looks like her head is the fire itself. Looking closely, it becomes clear that the "neck" has an eye on it, and it is her actual head.
177	* MeaningfulName: Her name is a reference to ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.
178	* VisualPun: Her head has a flame on it, so you could call her a ''hothead''. Considering how HotBlooded Kyoko was...
179	* {{Youkai}}: Ophelia's familiars are based on the ''rokurokubi'', a type of Japanese supernatural creature that look like normal humans by day, but gain the ability to elongate their necks at night.
180	[[/folder]]
181
182	[[folder:Quitterie]]
183	* AffablyEvil: Her nature is described as respectful.
184	* CutenessProximity: Her minions are handcrafted costume mascots that people can't help but love. They're so cute that it's impossible to bring oneself to threaten them. Fittingly, they’re all dressed as Kyubey.
185	* FallenHero: All witches by nature are this trope, but Quitterie is said to be what remains of a magical girl who gave up everything to fight for the universe, and believes that she is saving the universe even now.
186	* ShoutOut: Her real form may be based on the Pincushion Man from the 1935 American cartoon, ''WesternAnimation/BalloonLand,'' and also bears some resemblance to the true form of [[{{WesternAnimation/Coraline}} the Other Mother]].
187	* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Quitterie's design implies that she was some kind of seamstress or tailor in her previous life. Her real form has a pincushion for a body and sewing needles for arms, and her minions are handcrafted costume mascots.

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