'''Basic Trope''': An ordinary girl is approached by a MentorMascot, and given a TransformationTrinket which transforms her into a pretty-clothed superhero who uses her powers to fight evil.
* '''Straight''': Junko Watanabe is an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, until she is approached by a [[TalkingAnimal Cabbitsel]] ([[MixAndMatchCritters cat/rabbit/weasel hybrid]]) who gives her a magic ring which she uses to transform into Pretty Ronin Trope-Tan so that she may fight [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]] [[BigBad Evilover]][[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast lordia]] and her horde of MonsterOfTheWeek minions.
* '''Exaggerated''': Junko as Pretty Ronin Trope-Tan goes into an all out battle to defeat the bosses, which are evil {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, malign gods and goddesses, and even Death himself.
* '''Downplayed''': Junko's magic ring doesn't transform her into Pretty Ronin Trope-tan so much as lend some of the Pretty Ronin's powers. She can help in the fight against Queen Eviloverlordia and her horde, but not to the extent the pre-established Pretty Ronins can and do, and in any case eschews the elegant clothing costumes because she finds them to be embarrassing RainbowPimpGear. Overall, she is more akin to a reservist compared to the other Pretty Ronins.
* '''Justified''': Junko is a descendant of the one who originally defeated Eviloverlordia, so naturally only someone of her HeroicLineage can defeat the BigBad this time around.
* '''Inverted''':
** Instead of TheHero, Junko becomes a DarkMagicalGirl who fights an established ensemble of the actually heroic characters.
** Pretty Ronin Trope-tan is a seasoned soldier from a MagicalLand who acquires a magic ring that lets her temporarily [[BroughtDownToNormal seal away]] her magic powers, so that she can disguise herself as an ordinary girl named Junko Watanabe and help the other students with their extensive (but mundane) problems.
** Cabbitsel somehow manages to comically fuck up and select ''[[BarbaricBully Ryuji Wakamono]]'' instead (he saw Wakamono and Watanabe and mistook each other). Ryuji is a pretty crazy guy in general, [[TheIdiotFromOsaka naturally due to his Osakan Heritage]], but giving him ''cool powers''!? It's practically ''begging'' for mayhem to ensue!
* '''Subverted''': Junko is given a magic ring, which is said to transform the user into Pretty Ronin Trope-tan. She rubs the ring and chants the magic words... and nothing happens. Disappointed and denied, she throws the ring on the floor and leaves.
* '''Double Subverted''': The ring is activated due to a strong force being applied on it. Said ring teleports to Junko's finger and the transformation sequence begins.
* '''Parodied''':
** When not kicking ass, Junko is actually overweight, nerdy, male, and American.
** The Pretty Ronin costumes and "magical items" are just {{pink|IsFeminine}} sparkly versions of actual military uniforms and equipment, as the monsters are not ImmuneToBullets.
** Queen Overlordia and her Dark Empire are defeated by the end of the first episode, and Trope-tan has to find other uses for her Magical Girl Warrior abilities.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Junko's abilities, competence and chosen heroine status in general are brought into question many times due to the local RedshirtArmy being actually better suited for tackling the MonsterOfTheWeek.
* '''Averted''': Queen Overlordia and her ensemble of sparkly glam villains are quite surprised to see the prophesized heroine of justice Junko face them in a gritty DieselPunk HumongousMecha instead.
* '''Enforced''': The writers reboot a "standard" MagicalGirl story into this trope, in order to attract a PeripheryDemographic. Junko's star-tipped wand turns out to have a [[MorphWeapon secondary mode]] where it unfolds into a WaveMotionGun, and the situations she faces increasingly require its use.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Isn't that girl a bit too badass to be that magical?"
* '''Invoked''': Upon obtaining an array of remarkably effective, lethal and non-flashy powers, Junko tries to customize them to suit anime-inspired ideals due to being WrongGenreSavvy. HilarityEnsues.
* '''Exploited''':
** Trope-tan milks her newfound status for all it's worth to become a national celebrity and a pop figure icon who is being paid humongous sums for product endorsements and has her own [[ShowWithinAShow anime series]] with merchandise up the frilly pantaloons.
** Knowing where the Pretty Ronin ring is, Queen Eviloverlordia alters it to have a magical transformation and flashy outfit so she can easily identify who the new Pretty Ronin is.
** The [[ArmsDealer arms manufacturing industry]] is well aware of the existence and potential of magical girls, and they begin to abduct magical girls and [[HumanWeapon convert them into military weapons]].
* '''Defied''': Junko is a Japanese schoolgirl with mystical powers and a secret identity who fights evil. She is also a world-weary KnightInSourArmor CombatPragmatist who flat out tells her MentorMascot: "SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids". Anyone who refers to her as anything else but a SuperHero gets his ass kicked in decidedly unladylike ways.
* '''Discussed''': "Think making a magic ring with a transformation sequence and pretty outfit would make Junko good enough to fight Queen Eviloverlordia?" "Adding in a transformation sequence and pretty outfit seems really unnecessary." "Well it makes her seem stronger, in case that you don't realize that's just part of the ring."
* '''Conversed''': "Why don't Magical Girls use their powers to solve social problems instead?" "Because flashy battles with evil monsters and megalomaniac villains is [[RuleOfCool cooler to watch]]."
* '''Deconstructed''':
** No matter what she's called, Trope-Tan is little more than a ChildSoldier; the battles she fights are extremely dangerous (maybe even traumatizing); she can't tell if her mascot mentor is telling the truth; the villains seem more like sympathetic {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s than monsters greedy for power; she can't tell if her allies are actually her friends; and she's so cut off from the ordinary world by her constant battles that she's slowly becoming more and more unstable.
** Trope-tan realizes that the combat powers of a magical girl are explicitly dependent on seemingly superficial attributes. No matter what, the powers that be can't allow her to grow past mid-teens, change the silly incantation, skip the TransformationSequence or modify her EmbarrassingButEmpoweringOutfit in any way other than adding even more FrillsOfJustice.
** [[FromBadToWorse To top it all off]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica it then turns out that]] Eviloverlodia and her monsters ''[[WasOnceAMan were once magical girls themselves]]'' who were turned monstrous via DespairEventHorizon. This is the fate that will befall ''all'' Pretty Ronins; including Trope-tan, who is fated to become a monster ''even more powerful'' than Eviloverlordia herself! And the Cabbitsel ''[[ManBehindTheMan intended]]'' [[EvilAllAlong for this to happen]], [[CuteIsEvil as they are actually]] a HiveMind alien race who are harnessing the power of despair to [[TotalitarianUtilitarian save the universe from heat death]]- [[MoralSociopathy no matter who suffers or dies in the process]]. The queen and her monsters want to destroy Cabby's system and free humanity- by {{Mercy Kill}}ing [[DarkMessiah every last human they can find]]. And [[Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica many]] [[Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica other]] [[Manga/PuellaMagiSuzuneMagica Pretty]] [[VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory Ronins]] are also resorting to extreme means to stop Cabby. Even Trope-tan's own friends, ''especially'' the DarkMagicalGirl, are willing to do some dark things in order to "protect" her. As a result, Junko [[AchillesInHisTent stops]] [[HeroicBSOD fighting]] because [[GreyAndGreyMorality she can't tell who the good guys]] [[EvilVersusEvil and bad guys are anymore]].
* '''Reconstructed''':
** [[EarnYourHappyEnding Trope-Tan manages to overcome all of the above and triumph regardless]].
** Junko is a [[TheWoobie clinically depressed]] girl abused by her [[AbusiveParents parents]] and/or [[TeensAreMonsters classmates]]. The MentorMascot finds her and told her she could have a [[RecruitedFromTheGutter more meaningful life as Pretty Ronin Trope-Tan]]. [[JumpedAtTheCall She agrees]], and on the next day, she finds a new home, with the other [[TrueCompanions Pretty Ronins]], who scare off the bullies, and with whom she starts to fight opponents pretty much on equal terms, rather than the one-sided fights she got into. They [[FireForgedFriends form a bond that cannot be broken]]. The BigBadEnsemble might be more misguided than evil, but their plans would still doom the Earth, so they need to be stopped. Fortunately, Pretty Ronins are skilled at [[NonLethalKO non-lethal combat]], so the opponents don't even need to be killed. And even better: the MentorMascot (or one of the other [[MagicalGirlWarrior Pretty Ronins]]) is a therapist!
** Finally, Junko is able to [[AbstractApotheosis become a godlike being]] and [[EleventhHourSuperpower use her powers]] to [[CosmicRetcon save all Pretty Ronins before they turn into monsters]], replacing the old system with a new one that allows the girls to live better lives. And when Cabby [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion tries to bring the old system back]], Trope-tan, with the help of her TrueCompanions and the DarkMagicalGirl she has plenty of LesYay with, [[OutGambitted defeats the alien menace]]- for good this time.
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InTheNameOfTheMoon -- back to MagicalGirlWarrior.
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