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%%* RazorWire: Demonstrated in ''[[Manga/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheDifferentStory The Different Story]]''.

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%%* * RazorWire: Demonstrated As demonstrated in ''[[Manga/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheDifferentStory The Different Story]]''.Story]]'', she can sharpen her ribbons to act like these.



* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Her witch for, Candeloro, has minions named Du Polignac who are described as her precious friends. One has pink hair in pigtails like Madoka, while the other has red hair in a ponytail like Kyoko.]]

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* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Her witch for, form, Candeloro, has minions named Du Polignac who are described as her precious friends. One has pink hair in pigtails like Madoka, while the other has red hair in a ponytail like Kyoko.]]
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You can see Mami's body fall in the original series too.


* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Decapitated, eaten alive, then having your remains chewed on even more in front of two innocent, 14 year old girls. In the movie version, at least, you can see a shadow of what remains of her body land near Homura after Charlotte explodes.]]

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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Decapitated, eaten alive, then having your remains chewed on even more in front of two innocent, 14 year old girls. In the movie version, at least, you You can see a shadow of what remains of her body land near Homura after Charlotte explodes.]]
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* SwissArmySuperpower: Everything Mami can do comes from a simple starting power, the creation of ribbons.
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* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Homura's motivation to prevent Madoka from becoming a witch meant that she had to be LockedOutOfTheLoop. Madoka is able to save everyone once she gets ''in'' the loop and sees with fresh eyes the suffering of the other magical girls and learns how the Incubators have been doing this for a very long time.]]

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* AchillesHeel: [[https://wiki.puella-magi.net/Megami_Magazine_2011-07#Mami_vs_Charlotte As a magazine interview notes]], her focus on ribbons means she would be at a very serious disadvantage against a enemy that can't be restrained. [[spoiler: Like Charlotte, as noted by the same interview.]]

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* AbnormalAmmo: She uses her magic ribbons as ammo for her muskets.
* AchillesHeel: [[https://wiki.puella-magi.net/Megami_Magazine_2011-07#Mami_vs_Charlotte As a magazine interview notes]], her focus on ribbons means she would be at a very serious disadvantage against a enemy that can't be restrained. [[spoiler: Like [[spoiler:Like Charlotte, as noted by the same interview.]]



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* TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled: [[spoiler:A veteran magical girl and the first casuality.]]

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* TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled: [[spoiler:A veteran magical girl and the first casuality.casualty.]]
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* AbstractApotheosis: The former TropeNamer, "Becoming Hope", because she [[spoiler:AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence and becomes the incarnation of hope for magical girls by the end of the show.]]

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* AbstractApotheosis: The former TropeNamer, "Becoming Hope", because she [[spoiler:AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence and becomes became the incarnation of hope for magical girls by the end of the show.]]
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* AbstractApotheosis: The former TropeNamer, "Becoming Hope", because she [[spoiler:AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence as becomes the incarnation of hope for magical girls by the end of the show.]]

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* AbstractApotheosis: The former TropeNamer, "Becoming Hope", because she [[spoiler:AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence as and becomes the incarnation of hope for magical girls by the end of the show.]]
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* BadassAdorable: An interesting example of this considering she's a DarkActionGirl who starts out as very violent and aggressive, but she's also a very lively and cheerful person who is constantly eating cutesy-looking sweets and can often be found gleefully dancing at the arcade, she's rarely seen without a mischievous looking smile. Her cuteness doesn't make her any less deadly nor ruthless though. This trope becomes more clear [[spoiler: After her HeelFaceTurn, when she's a lot more friendly and endearing.]]
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* GoodIsNotNice: Becomes this [[spoiler: after her HeelFaceTurn, she's still very snarky and cynical but she really does try to genuinely help out Sayaka and do the right thing, and on the death of her death she's genuinely very sweet and considerate to Madoka.]]

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* GoodIsNotNice: Becomes this [[spoiler: after her HeelFaceTurn, she's still very snarky and cynical but she really does try to genuinely help out Sayaka and do the right thing, and on the death day of her death she's genuinely very sweet and considerate to Madoka.]]



** The red to Sayaka's blue. She's more feral and hedonistic and they are color coded.

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** The red to Sayaka's blue. She's more feral and hedonistic and they are color coded. Although ironically [[spoiler: as the show goes on, Sayaka becomes more aggressive and emotionally unstable whereas Kyoko becomes far more level headed.]]
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* GoodIsNotNice: Becomes this [[spoiler: after her HeelFaceTurn, she's still very snarky and cynical but she really does try to genuinely help out Sayaka and do the right thing, and on the death of her death she's genuinely very sweet and considerate to Madoka.]]
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* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Right before her explosive HeroicSacrifice, Kyoko gently smiles as she talks to Sayaka and explains the reasons why she wants to die alongside Sayaka so that she doesn't have to be alone anymore, it's a sharp contrast from her usual over the top smirk, and shows how at ease she was in her final moments as she prepared to go to a better place with the person she cares most about.]]


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* StepfordSnarker: Although she's abrasive, Kyoko comes across as very cheery, confident and sarcastic most of the time, however in reality she's a deeply traumatized and sad young girl who is [[spoiler: dealing with the guilt of her wish backfiring to the point of it killing her family, and hides it behind a brash yet cheerful facade, even after Sayaka transforms into a witch she doesn't openly show her sadness and becomes more of a StepfordSmiler on the day of her death as she's genuinely nice to Madoka but clearly still heartbroken about Sayaka.]]
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* ArcherArchetype: A very skilled one to say the least.
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* DependingOnTheArtist: Depending on the artist drawing her, Kyoko's chest size varies from being fairly flat to being one of the largest in the core cast.
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* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Mami is well-mannered, maternal, and sweet, she becomes a beloved mentor to both Sayaka and Madoka, naturally she's the first out of the girls to die, and the way she does is horrific, heavily traumatizing her protégé's. It's undone as a result of Madoka's wish though.]]

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* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Mami is well-mannered, maternal, and sweet, she becomes a beloved mentor to both Sayaka and Madoka, naturally she's the first out of the girls to die, and the way she does is horrific, heavily traumatizing her protégé's.protégés. It's undone as a result of Madoka's wish though.]]
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* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Mami is well-mannered, maternal, and sweet, she becomes a beloved mentor to both Sayaka and Madoka, naturally she's the first out of the girls to die, and the way she does is horrific, heavily traumatizing her protégé's. It's undone as a result of Madoka's wish though.]]

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: It's extremely subtle but after nearly strangling Sayaka, her face goes from anger to an expression of shock and she briefly gasps as she lets go of Sayaka, while she never explicitly says it, it is implied she does feel bad for attacking her as at this point she's starting to genuinely like Sayaka deep down. A big contrast from their first meeting where Kyoko almost gleefully tried to kill Sayaka.



* TookALevelInKindness: After starting as a bitch, Sayaka's and Madoka's suffering soften her up little by little. This culminates in Episode 9 with her [[spoiler:''bonding'' with Madoka, then sacrificing herself to save Madoka from a bewitched Sayaka, and putting Sayaka out of her misery]].

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* TookALevelInKindness: After starting as a bitch, Sayaka's and Madoka's suffering soften her up little by little.little, and she genuinely warms towards Sayaka. This culminates in Episode 9 with her [[spoiler:''bonding'' with Madoka, then sacrificing herself to save Madoka from a bewitched Sayaka, and putting Sayaka out of her misery]].

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Misuse of Redheads Are Ravishing. That trope is about redheads having high sex appeal or being very desirable in-universe


* TrueCompanions:
** Averted. Along with other traditional MagicalGirl tropes, this one gets hurled straight out the window. [[spoiler:They have proven themselves of getting along on occasion. Kyoko and Mami were friends before the series started, Sayaka idolized Mami and eventually grew to sympathize somewhat with Kyoko, and Homura was once like Madoka. However, due to factors like their individual reactions to discovering the truth, mental trauma, and Homura's lonerism, as well as Kyubey's machinations, their relationships end abruptly, either when someone dies, or when two individuals simply can't trust each other.]]

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* TrueCompanions:
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** Averted.Mami (Femme) and her two apprentices Kyoko (Butch) and Sayaka (Neither). Mami is the most feminine of the three, playing the gentle TeamMom. Sayaka is brash and a bit tomboyish, but she's also an idealist who yearns for justice and romance. Kyoko is more aggressive and tomboyish than Mami and Sayaka.
** At the end of the series, there's Homura, Mami and Kyoko, [[spoiler:the three Magical Girls who are left alive]]. Homura is TheStoic Neither, Mami is the Femme older sempai-type who fights with elegance, and Kyoko as the Butch rough-talking street rat who eats a lot.
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** Subverted.
Along with other traditional MagicalGirl tropes, this one gets hurled straight out the window. [[spoiler:They have proven themselves of getting along on occasion. Kyoko and Mami were friends before the series started, Sayaka idolized Mami and eventually grew to sympathize somewhat with Kyoko, and Homura was once like Madoka. However, due to factors like their individual reactions to discovering the truth, mental trauma, and Homura's lonerism, as well as Kyubey's machinations, their relationships end abruptly, either when someone dies, or when two individuals simply can't trust each other.]]



!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AoiYuuki (Japanese), Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos (English)[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Creator/CarmenAmbros (Spanish), Creator/JoySaltarelli (Italian), Creator/CarolineCombes (French), Lydia Morgenstern (German)[[/labelnote]]

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AoiYuuki Creator/AoiYuki (Japanese), Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos (English)[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Creator/CarmenAmbros (Spanish), Creator/JoySaltarelli (Italian), Creator/CarolineCombes (French), Lydia Morgenstern (German)[[/labelnote]]



* ClothingReflectsPersonality: She's a rough ActionGirl and TheLadette. In contrast with the girlier female characters, Kyoko's civilian garb is a green hoodie and short shorts instead of a school uniform.



* RedheadsAreRavishing: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]; she seems to be after Sayaka, but not the other way around.



* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Initially she is a (sort of) villain and her magical girl outfit is red with a bit of black.

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* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Initially she is a (sort of) villain and her magical girl outfit is red with a bit of black. Subverted when she becomes more heroic towards the end.



* RedOniBlueOni

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* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:With Sayaka via SuicideAttack.]]

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* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:With [[spoiler:To put witch-turned Sayaka out of her misery, Kyoko kills her via SuicideAttack.SuicideAttack so Sayaka doesn't have to die alone.]]



* {{Tomboy}}: She's even more tomboyish than Sayaka with her aggressive personality and masculine manner of speaking, but despite that, she still refers to herself with a feminine pronoun.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Mami's and [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Sayaka's]] girly girl, having a much rougher speech pattern and being more aggressive and masculine than both of them.
* TomboyishPonytail: She wears her hair in a unkempt high ponytail. Not only she's a rough ActionGirl and TheLadette, but also her civilian garb is a green hoodie and short shorts instead of a school uniform.

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* {{Tomboy}}: She's even more tomboyish than Sayaka with her aggressive personality and masculine manner of speaking, but despite that, she still refers to herself with a feminine pronoun.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Mami's and [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Sayaka's]] girly girl, having a much rougher speech pattern and being more aggressive and masculine than both of them.
* TomboyishPonytail: She wears her hair in a unkempt high ponytail. Not only she's a rough ActionGirl ponytail, fitting her aggressive personality and TheLadette, but also her civilian garb is a green hoodie and short shorts instead masculine manner of a school uniform.speaking.



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%%* TroubledButCute* TroubledButCute: Kyoko is the very definition of a bad girl with a troubled past, but still cute.



* TsurimeEyes: Befitting her harsh and confident nature.

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* TsurimeEyes: Befitting Her eyes end in a distinct sharp point, befitting her harsh and confident nature.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]; she seems to be after Sayaka, but not the other way around.

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* HeroesWantRedheads: RedheadsAreRavishing: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]; she seems to be after Sayaka, but not the other way around.



* SelfDuplication: [[spoiler: This used to be what her ability Rosso Fantasma was all about]].

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* SelfDuplication: [[spoiler: This [[spoiler:This used to be what her ability Rosso Fantasma was all about]].
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AoiYuuki (Japanese), Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos (English), Creator/CarmenAmbros (Spanish), Creator/JoySaltarelli (Italian), Creator/CarolineCombes (French), Lydia Morgenstern (German)

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AoiYuuki (Japanese), Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos (English), (English)[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Creator/CarmenAmbros (Spanish), Creator/JoySaltarelli (Italian), Creator/CarolineCombes (French), Lydia Morgenstern (German)(German)[[/labelnote]]



!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaoriMizuhashi (Japanese), Creator/CarrieKeranen (English), Violeta Bibiloni (Spanish)

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaoriMizuhashi (Japanese), Creator/CarrieKeranen (English), (English)[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Violeta Bibiloni (Spanish)(Spanish), Creator/LetiziaScifoni (Italian), Creator/JuliaMeynen (German)[[/labelnote]]



!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AiNonaka (Japanese), Creator/LaurenLanda (English), Marga López (Spanish)

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* DecoyProtagonist: Subverted. Although she holds off on becoming a MagicalGirl, her actions and reactions (including the ones she had in different timelines) are what drive much of the current plot.

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* DecoyProtagonist: Subverted. Although she holds off on becoming a MagicalGirl, her actions Despite being the titular character and reactions (including the ones she had in different timelines) are what drive focus for much of the current plot.plot, Madoka mostly takes a back seat in terms of actually ''doing'' anything first to Sayaka, and then to Homura. It's only in the last few episodes that Madoka steps up and takes the role as main character.

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* InconsistentSpelling: "Kyoko" versus "Kyouko". Both are officially endorsed, with the anime materials using Kyoko and manga materials using Kyouko.



* SpellMyNameWithAnS: "Kyoko" versus "Kyouko". Both are officially endorsed, with the anime materials using Kyoko and manga materials using Kyouko.
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* BerserkButton: Wasting food. When Sayaka deliberately drops the apple Kyoko tosses to her, she grabs her by the throat and threatens to kill her before collecting herself and picking the apple back up. [[spoiler:Justified, since her tragic backstory involved her family enduring starvation after her father was excommunicated]].


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* PostStressOvereating: She's shown to absolutely scarf down food when upset. After her argument with Sayaka, she practically inhales the apple she's holding out of anger. [[spoiler:And when she's desperately trying to figure out if Sayaka can be recovered after witching out, she rapidly pigs out on a huge variety of food]].

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* GoodIsNotSoft: [[spoiler:She loves Homura deeply (after regaining her memories, if not before), but she doesn't let Homura's obsession with preserving her life stop her from accomplishing something great. Their last interaction before Madoka ascends is Homura screaming, thrashing, pleading for her to stop- and her basically saying, "No, this has to happen."]]



** Her favorite food in every seasons is cream stew.

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** Her favorite food in every seasons season is cream stew.



* WeaponBasedCharacterization: Madoka's bow helps her to pinpoint problems and take them out without collateral damage, which is more or less what she does with [[spoiler:her final wish]]. It also indicates that her solution to things is going to upset Homura, a shield-user who [[spoiler:isn't okay with her loved one dying for ''any'' reason, ever]].



->''"Oh, look at this. It isn't the sort of behavior you'd expect from a role model, is it? I'm not very good at this sort of things, am I?"''

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->''"Oh, look at this. It isn't the sort of behavior you'd expect from a role model, is it? I'm not very good at this sort of things, thing, am I?"''

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Click [[caption-width-right:350:''"It's still really hard to figure out what I'd wish for. It's not something I could put my finger on that easily..."'']]
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png[softreturn]''"I've never been good at school and I've never had any talents...I'm scared that this is the way my life's gonna stay. Always asking for help and not being able to help when people need it..."''[[/labelnote]]]]

->''"If someone ever tells me it's a mistake to have hope, well then, I'll just tell them they're wrong and I'll keep telling them until they believe; no matter how many times it takes."''



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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Click [[caption-width-right:350:''"This isn't supposed to be fun. What we're doing is very dangerous. Don't forget that, okay?"'']]
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png[softreturn]''"If you use your wish to grant someone else's, you should be careful you know exactly '''why''' you're doing it."''[[/labelnote]]]]

->''"Oh, look at this. It isn't the sort of behavior you'd expect from a role model, is it? I'm not very good at this sort of things, am I?"''



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png[softreturn]''"We can go all out up here if we want! Come on, give me your best shot!"''[[/labelnote]]]]

->''"You thinking about becoming a magical girl on some stupid whim? I'd never allow that to happen. Hell, I'd kick your ass before you could. If you do this, then you're putting your life in danger. The only people who should do this are the ones who've got no other choice. Anybody else who sticks their nose in it is just messing around. And that's dumb."''

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* ForeverWar: [[spoiler:According to Mami, as a consequence of her wish to erase all witches from existence, Madoka will be fighting and defeating witches for all of eternity.]]



* ForeverWar: [[spoiler:According to Mami, as a consequence of her wish to erase all witches from existence, Madoka will be fighting and defeating witches for all of eternity.]]
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Her room is filled with various stuffed animals.


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* BigFancyHouse:
** Her penthouse is huge, especially for someone who lives alone [[spoiler:after her parents died in the same accident that Kyubey uses to make her a MagicalGirl]].
** In the manga, her apartment is a little cozier but much smaller and [[http://twitpic.com/4q3mal/full later versions make it even cozier.]]

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* BigFancyHouse:
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BigFancyHouse: Its exact size varies across the franchise, but Mami's penthouse apartment is huge, especially certainly large for someone who lives alone, let alone [[spoiler:after her a teenager [[spoiler:whose parents died in the same accident that Kyubey uses to make her a MagicalGirl]].
** In the manga, her apartment is a little cozier but much smaller and [[http://twitpic.com/4q3mal/full later versions make it even cozier.]]
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* CatchPhrase: "You want some?"


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