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Fairy Tail provides examples of the following tropes:

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    J 
  • Jerkass: Laxus (pre-Character Development), as well as most of the villains, with special mention going to Raven Tail.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold:
    • Definitely Erza and eventually Gajeel.
    • The Edolas farmer that Happy and Carla run into. Screaming the entire time about how much trouble it is, he takes them in, feeds, and clothes them, and recognizes his son at first sight.
    • Laxus after his He's Back! moment.

    K 
  • Katanas Are Just Better:
    • In her battle during the Tower of Heaven arc, Erza has to fight Ikaruga using a katana. The woman destroys every one of her armors, and all her weapons except two. At the end, Erza wins using that pair of weapons. Which weapons did she use? You guessed it!
    • Ikaruga, as well as Totomaru and Yomazu, are villainous examples.
    • The similarly-named Kagura uses one to slice Ophiucus to pieces... without unsheathing it.
  • Keep the Reward: Occurs twice with technicalities being cited as justification.
  • Kick the Dog/Kick Them While They Are Down: Let's be safe and just say that everything Minerva does is this. (Until her Heel–Face Turn, at least.)
    • It turns out that Minerva herself was a victim of this due to her father, Jiemma.
  • Kill Sat: The Etherion essentially acts as one, essentially being a weapon of mass destruction that can be aimed almost anywhere.
  • Kissing Discretion Shot: After three whole pages of their lips getting closer, Jellal and Erza are silhouetted as the view zooms out, making it impossible to tell if they really do get their kiss or if they're still just very close before Jellal decides he actually shouldn't.
  • Kung-Fu Wizard: A large number of wizards, Natsu and Gajeel in particular.
    • This one is interesting, because the Vanish Brothers specifically mention in the early chapters that the main weakness of wizards is their body, a natural aversion of this trope. However, literally every noteworthy wizard we've seen has been quite capable in the physical department.
    • However, Natsu, Gajeel, Erza, and a few others are arguably more fighter than they are wizard. Just fill in "chi" with "magic". Possibly because the smart ones realize this and train their bodies as well as their magic. The wizards who live to see 40 are the ones who can dodge a sword.

    L 

    M 
  • Made of Iron: This is a shounen series. What do you expect?
  • The Magic Goes Away: The Edolas arc ends this way for the people of Edolas.
  • Magic Knight: Erza is hardcore about this and Gray has some elements of it.
  • Magic Skirt: Surprisingly, considering the massive amount of Fanservice in the manga.
  • Magitek: Any vehicle, and Hibiki's magic. Also Doroma Animu, Faust's Humongous Mecha.
  • Making a Splash: Juvia, Mirajane, and Aquarius all have at least some water-based magic.
  • Makeup Is Evil: Many of the female antagonists will be drawn with more prominent makeup. Notably, when Evergreen, Ultear, and Minerva have their Heel Face Turns, they're shown to not be wearing it anymore.
  • Male Gaze: We'd be here all day if we had to list individual examples. Per character. Needless to say the women are leered over at every opportunity.
  • The Man Behind the Man: Zeref, who is doing the manipulating to bring himself back to life (although he seems to not technically be dead). Ultear also plays this role both for Lyon and Jellal. Although in reality that was Ultear pretending to be Zeref. Zeref himself doesn't seem to be aware of any of this stuff happening. Also,Ultear's actions are actually based on Hades' commands.
  • Man, I Feel Like a Woman:
    • In the omake where everyone practices transforming, Natsu turns into Lucy. He immediately begins to marvel at how soft her breasts feel while Lucy tries to cover them with his vest, and can be seen continuing to grope them in the background for the rest of the story.
    • Also in the "Freaky Friday" Flip episode, where Happy of all people does it in Erza's body. Erza is not amused, but can't exactly do anything about it while she's transformed into a small, blue feline.
  • Manipulative Bitch:
    • No, not Jellal a.k.a. Siegrain. Ultear.
    • Angel of the Oración Seis is a pretty manipulative bitch too. Especially when she summons Aries, someone Loke is very close to, to fight him.
  • Marshmallow Hell:
    • An interesting twist. Erza tries to pull Natsu into one while apologizing, either forgetting or ignoring the fact that she's wearing steel armor. Complete with a sound effect and Natsu complaining about the pain. Erza does this to Lucy and Gray at least once as well. When we learn more about Erza's past, one may figure this is a part of her psychological dependence on armor and her difficulty actually letting others get close. The gag hasn't repeated itself since, so presumably the issue is resolved.
    • Taken to the extreme in Chapter 227. I wish I were Natsu...◊
    • Seen again in Chapter 297.
  • Mask Power: Mystogan is one of the strongest active members of the guild and of course wears a mask that hides his face.
  • Masochist's Meal: The Hanezakana (Winged Fish) is awful no matter how you prepare it. Despite this, it's apparently considered a legendary delicacy.
  • Mass "Oh, Crap!": A rather epic one occurs in the magic games. Ezra challenges an entire temple of demons, where some cannot be defeated by the Ten Saints. She wins.
  • Mathematician's Answer:
    Lucy: What the heck is that!?
    Virgo: An octopus tentacle.
  • Maybe Ever After: Despite the copious amounts of Ship Tease, the series doesn't offer a definitive answer on the matter of Natsu and Lucy's relationship. It concludes with Lucy tearfully embracing Natsu, thanking him for everything he did for her; at first, Natsu doesn't react, but then he grabs Lucy's hand, and pulling her out so they can go on their 100 Year Quest, saying they'll be together forever. note 
    • Gray and Juvia's relationship ends a little less ambiguously, but still without solid confirmation. After pulling Juvia away when she starts to strip in public, Gray criticizes her for showing her body like that, before sheepishly adding that it's "his", much to Juvia's joy.
  • McCloud Speech: Subverted, leading Master Makarov to give the following quote:
    Makarov: "Do whatever you think is right! That's the way of the Fairy Tail Mages!"
  • Meaningful Echo: Uttered by Natsu in Chapter 329, "I can hear it."
  • Meaningful Name: The name of the guild is actually a metaphor for endless adventuring. It's an eternally un-answerable question; Do fairies even have tails? Trying to find out should lead to some epic discoveries and memories made.
  • Meaningless Villain Victory: When the crew goes off on an S-Ranked mission to save an island from a curse that turns them into demons, they find that there is a demon on the island that was sealed away in ice and the villains are trying to resurrect it. The villains manage it, only to find that it was already dead.
  • Mega Manning: This is the power of the assassin Fukuro, who eats his opponent whole and "digests" their powers. He swallows Natsu and uses his Dragon Slayer techniques, but Gray comments that they don't really compare to the real thing.
  • Mêlée à Trois: The fight between Erza, Kagura, and Minerva starts out like this. It's quickly called off, though, in favor of a Let's You and Him Fight. Laxus, Orga, and Jura play it straighter—until Jura one-shots Orga and proceeds to fight Laxus one-on-one.
  • Miniature Senior Citizens:
    • Makarov. Inverted whenever he feels like it.
    • Also a few members of the council.
  • Mind Control: Vidaldus uses his "Rock of Succubus" to enslave Juvia and turn her against Lucy.
  • Mistaken for Transformed: when Future Lucy first reveals herself to the rescue team in the underground dungeon, she gets subjected to Mistaken Identity, with Yukino specifically thinking that Future Lucy is actually Gemini disguised as Lucy through transformation magic.
  • Mistaken Identity: The Edolas arc is essentially about parallel worlds, so when some of the Fairy Tail guild members come into Edolas they are frequently mistaken with their Edolas counterparts. Also, it's revealed that Jellal's amnesia isn't the reason he doesn't remember saving Wendy's life. He's never met her before; it was Mystogan who saved her.
  • The Mole: Mest is actually a member of the Magic Council infiltrating Fairy Tail for the S-Class exams.
    • Subverted at the end of the Tartaros arc when Makarov reveals he was a member of Fairy Tail all along; he erased his own memories to make it easier to infiltrate the Magic Council.
    • Gajeel, Ivan's mole in Fairy Tail, was actually a double agent.
    • Mest, who appears to be a mole for the Magic Council, turns out to actually be Fairy Tail's mole on the council pretending to be their mole inside Fairy Tail.
  • The Rival:
    • Gray and Natsu.
    • Gajeel and Natsu.
    • Erza and Mirajane in the backstory, in a way that directly parallels Gray and Natsu.
    • Lucy and Juvia... one-sided as it might be.
    • Gray and Lyon.
    • Lucy and Sherry (once again one-sided. Seriously, what is with Lucy attracting these kinda girls to her?)
    • Edolas!Levy and Edolas!Lucy
    • Laxus and Mystogan, before Laxus was excommunicated.
    • Makarov and Jose, although this one one-sided on Jose's part.
    • It could be argued that Natsu views basically everyone as this to some degree, no matter how one-sided it may be. Dude just loves to fight.
  • Monster Mash: The Monster Academy.
  • Mood Whiplash: Happens often to the point where characters lampshade it.
    • One notable example is Chapter 249. Most of the chapter is a mix of Heartwarming and Funny moments as Fairy Tail celebrates its victory, and ends with Zeref telling the remnants of Grimoire Heart that he will destroy the world.
    • Also occurs during some of the more serious episodes as an unfortunate side effect of the cute little animation in the middle of the episodes: Happy acting cute while a jaunty tune plays in the background. Not so adorable when it's interrupting a big serious fight.
    • Related to the above, this typically happens at the end of any given episode during a tense story arc. The villain or hero announces their intention to destroy their enemy, the big scary cliffhanger happens... and then we immediately launch into the invariably upbeat and happy credits music.
  • Mooks: Appear later in the series courtesy of the Sorting Algorithm of Evil being somewhat inverted: the early threats simply don't have enough manpower to field armies of Faceless Goons - unlike the Baram Alliance dark guilds and the kingdom of Edolas. As a result, mooks are treated as a reasonably credible threat and may sometimes overpower the heroes through sheer numbers.
  • Moonwalk Dance: One episode of the Eclipse Celestial Spirit Filler Arc involves Gray having a dance battle against a corrupted Cancer. Through Cancer's powers, Gray ends up channeling Michael Jackson complete with fedora and dance moves. One of said moves is the moonwalk.
  • Mondegreen Gag: Invoked in the fight with Vidaldus. He misheard Juvia's "Water Lock" as "Wanna Rock."
  • Mr. Exposition:
    • The whole reason for Klodoa's (Brain's sentient staff) existence, apparently, to the point that he is killed after there's nothing left for him to explain about the Oración Seis.
    • Happy often serves as this. Despite being, you know, six.
    • The Narrator, obviously.
  • Mr. Fanservice:
    • Gray. How bad has he got it? His magic training left him with a deep-seated habit of stripping naked for no reason whatsoever, without even noticing. Racer calls him a "lady killer" out of nowhere, if only to reinforce this trope.
    • There's also the handsome and extremely morally ambiguous Jellal, who gets to wear skin-tight outfits that subsequently get shredded and need to be replaced with a dashing Badass Longcoat. Not to mention the mangaka just loves filling up panel after panel with closeups of him.
    • Laxus and his fully-developed abs.
    • Pretty much any guy who's muscular and not out-and-out ugly tends to be this. We'd be here all day naming them.
  • Ms. Fanservice: Just like the guys, nearly every female character is this. Especially Lucy and Erza.
  • Mundane Made Awesome:
    • Pillow fights are taken a little bit too seriously by Natsu, Erza, and Gray.
    • Natsu and Lucy fixing their hair and Happy putting on his sack right before they fight Ultear and Kain.
  • Mundane Utility:
    • Erza can use her Requip magic to instantly change her outfit, in addition to summoning various magic armors, swords, spears, etc. Though, she needs to bring a huge stack of luggage bags with her when the team goes out on an adventure/job request.
      • The luggage bags are actually bags of cooking materials.
    • Also, Natsu can use his fire abilities to cook food and dry clothes.
    • Lucy gets more Mundane Utility out of some of her spirits, such as haircuts from Cancer and clothes from Virgo, than she does combat. Plue seems to entirely exist for her to hold and cuddle.
  • Murderous Mannequin: During the Fighting Festival arc, Bickslow moves his "babies" inside some mannequins. Though they don't become "alive", they can still float around, move, and shoot laser beams at Gray.
  • Muscles Are Meaningless: Since damn near every male character is ripped, muscles don't indicate actual power in this series. Shown best with Quatro Cerberus, which is filled with buff men who get kicked right and left at the Grand Magic Games.
  • Musical Theme Naming: A lot. For starters, we have Lucy, Jude, and Layla Heartfilia, Elfman Strauss, Gajeel's dragon Metallicana, Dragon Force...
    • Some of the guilds, too. The author has confirmed that Phantom Lord was named after the Metallica song.
  • My Greatest Failure: Lisanna, Elfman and Mirajane's younger sister, almost died while trying to calm Elfman down when his Take Over magic went awry. Though the exact details of the event are unknown, Elfman and Mirajane's lives were completely changed after the event.
  • My Kung-Fu Is Stronger Than Yours:
    • It is played straight a few times, however. Mirajane's victory over Fried is mostly because she just has more power than he does. Elfman has to get a new Take Over to beat Sol. Natsu gets a temporary power-up from Jellal in order to defeat Zero.
  • Myth Arc: We have yet to go a full arc (with the exception of the minor Lucy-centric arcs) without a reference to either the Dragons or Zeref (Dragons: Beginning of the story, Phantom Lord, Tower of Heaven, Fighting Festival, Oración Seis, Edolas, S-Class, Grand Magic Games, Tartaros; Zeref: Lullaby, Galuna Island, Tower of Heaven, Oración Seis, S-Class, Tartaros), and the Tartaros arc reveals they are connected to each other. Whatever is up with Jellal turns into one of these as well.
    • The Tartaros arc is the Myth Arc. The arc answers most of the questions brought up in the series, such as regarding the dragons, Zeref, and Lumen Histoire. It then sets the stage for the series' grand finale: the Alvarez Empire arc and the final confrontations with both Zeref and Acnologia.
  • My Friends... and Zoidberg: Happy gets this when people count the number of wizards on Natsu's team (he even does it to himself). Natsu seems to treat Lucy a little this way too.

    N 
  • Naked First Impression: When Lucy is first introduced to the Fairy Tail guild, Gray is already in his underwear, as is usual for him. This already shocks Lucy enough, but to top it off in the ensuing brawl, Natsu steals Gray's boxer shorts. So it's a stark-naked Gray who asks Lucy if she couldn't lend him her panties, making her scream.
  • Namedworld and Namedland: "Earthland", the "normal" world.
  • Names to Run Away from Really Fast:
    • Acnologia, the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse. It's every bit as terrifying as it sounds.
    • E.N.D. It's the most powerful demon from the Book of Zeref, and is the nominal guild master of Tartaros. While the true name is not that scary the very fact Zeref's most powerful demon is named Etherious Natsu Dragneel is horrifying.
  • Narrator:
    • Lucy becomes this from time to time, especially after every arc, as if she's writing the events of the story in a book, a diary, or a letter. Appropriate, as she's an aspiring novelist with a habit of writing letters to her deceased mother.
    • Hidekatsu Shibata, Igneel's VA, narrates the anime series.
  • Navel-Deep Neckline
    • Angel of the Oración Seis has a plunging neckline that goes down to her navel.
    • Ultear's Grimoire Heart Sexy Backless Outfit dress has a slit in her chest that just barely reaches her midsection.
    • Mirajane, when she activates Satan Soul gets an outfit who neckline goes past her navel.
    • A few of Erza's armor and clothing sets have plunging necklines, such as the Sea Empress Armor, the Nakagami Armor and the Thousand Arms Armor.
    • Raven Tail's Flare Corona also has a Sexy Backless Outfit whose neckline reaches her midriff.
    • Kyouka's second outfit and Etherious form are mostly open at the middle, leaving her cleavage, Underboobs and midriff all exposed.
  • Near Misses: Most of Sniper Drake's shots end up as this courtesy of Wendy's quick reflexes allowing her to Dodge the Bullet. He eventually takes out Sagittarius after a couple of Shoot the Bullet exchanges, though.
  • Never Found the Body: Acnologia destroys Sirius Island and all of the members of Fairy Tail on it with a single attack. No survivors are found, at least for the next seven years.
  • Never Gets Drunk: Cana drinks her alcohol by the barrel and is usually sober nonetheless. She is only shown drunk once.
  • Never Learned to Read: Natsu, in the anime, learned what the letters meant but not the actual words (except for food). There's a flashback of Erza helping him out.
  • Never Split the Party: During the S-Class Trial arc, Levy suggests that she, Lisanna, Elfman, and Evergreen stick together, in light of the circumstances. Meanwhile, Natsu, Gray, and Cana have all run off by themselves.
  • New Powers as the Plot Demands:
    • While fighting Erigor, Natsu is knocked off a bridge without Happy to save him, but manages to change the make-up of his fire to use it to as a sort of rope. He never uses or even mentions this technique again. In the anime, this is explained as him emulating a trick Macao showed him when he was a kid. Macao's bio states that he uses the same fire magic as Bora, the first villain, and the anime shows this, so it's not like there's no precedent for it.
    • Lucy's forced dismissal of Celestial Spirits, "learned" when fighting Sherry. It's not completely forgotten later on and is used a few more times (mostly as a joke, but to good effect when fighting Angel), but it comes completely out of nowhere. At least that power is a logical step up from her previous powers.
    • In order to defeat Zancrow, the Fire God Slayer, Natsu empties himself of magic so he can eat the previously inedible god flames, then somehow combines them with his own flames that were supposed to have run out. Later on against Master Hades, Natsu eats Laxus's lightning when it's stated that the last time he tried it made him sick. This time, it works, and the combination of powers gives Natsu a new Super Mode that he can use from then on.
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The guild can never complete a mission without pulling this off, mostly through collateral damage.
  • Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Laxus tricks Wall into saving his life. Laxus is dying from anti-magic particles in his system. Wall has a power that negates magic, but also negates the anti-magic particles. Laxus gets Wall to use it on him.
  • Nice Mean And In Between: Fairy Tail's First-Generation Dragon Slayers: Wendy Marvell is nice, Gajeel Redfox is mean (and even attacked the Fairy Tail members during his days as a part of Phantom Lord), and Natsu Dragneel, who is a good-hearted hero with a temper and a love of fighting, is in-between.
  • No Celebrities Were Harmed:
    • Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki seems to resemble a deformed version of Dustin Hoffman, with his powers being a reference to Hoffman's role in The Perfume.
    • Jacob Lessio, one of the Spriggan 12, bears significant resemblance to Jason Statham. Mashima even admitted that Jacob was heavily inspired by Jason.
  • No-Harm Requirement: Defied by Gajeel during the Phantom Lord arc. Jose, the Big Bad of the arc, leaves Gajeel to watch over Lucy who they kidnapped as requested by her father. Given that her father wanted her back to seal a wedding proposal with a rival company's son and that she's well, his DAUGHTER he must certainly have made it clear to Jose that he wanted her back in one piece, despite being an Abusive Parent. But despite that and Jose's orders, Gajeel takes sick pleasure in giving Lucy a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown just to get her to scream for his amusement. Had Natsu not arrived in the nick of time, he may have killed her.
  • No-Holds-Barred Beatdown:
    • The Oración Seis completely wipe the floor with Team Natsu and the guild representatives they've partnered up with.
    • Midnight did this to everyone he ever fought before Erza beats him.
    • Shortly afterward, the resurrected Zero delivers one to everyone else that requires a Gory Discretion Shot.
    • The first half of the fight against Yomazu and Kawazu is this for Gajeel. If Levy weren't there, it's entirely possible that he could have died.
    • After their fight with Rustyrose, Elfman and Evergreen are lucky to be alive.
    • Hades does this to both Makarov and Team Natsu.
    • The Black Dragon to everyone on Sirius Island and the island itself.
    • Lucy versus Minerva of Sabertooth during the Naval Battle of the Grand Magic Games.
  • No Ontological Inertia: Played with. Spells have been seen lasting long after a person's death, but this is usually considered an impressive feat.
  • No-Sell:
    • Attacking Dragon Slayers with their own element will result in this. (Unless you're a God Slayer.) Fire wizards usually go Oh, Crap! after having their first attack eaten by Natsu.
      • One interesting early twist: Dragon Slayers normally can't eat their own magic, but when one mage uses attempts to counter Natsu's magic with an Attack Reflector, this converted the magic to the opponent's, so when the reflected, enhanced fire magic comes back to Natsu, now he can eat it.
    • Dragons can No Sell anything that isn't another Dragon or Dragon Slayer.
  • Non-Human Sidekick: Happy, Carla, and Mickey Chickentiger's bird, Pii-chan. Later, Pantherlily as well.
  • Not Distracted by the Sexy: A Running Gag; it never works when Lucy tries distracting men with her "feminine wiles".
    • Finally averted with Dan Straight in the Key of the Starry Sky filler arc. Happy even lampshades this by tearfully proclaiming that that was the first time Lucy's seduction techniques had worked.
  • Not-So-Final Confession: Gajeel gives a tearful love confession to Levy as he's being dragged through a portal to the underworld. However, elsewhere someone casts a spell that scrambles the locations of everyone and everything in the kingdom, inadvertently saving him from death. He blushes madky when he realizes he's still alive and will have to face Levy again.
  • Not-So-Small Role: Siegrain first appears to be a minor character whose only role is to comment on the actual events of the story. Of course, he does look just like Sieg Hart so it isn't too surprising when he turns out to be important.
  • Not What It Looks Like: Now, I know what you're thinking...
  • Numerological Motif: There's one in the Nirvana arc that's so subtle it might not even be intentional. Oración Seis has six members. Sent to stop them are five wizards from Fairy Tail, four from Blue Pegasus, three from Lamia Scale, and two from Cait Shelter. After Oración Seis is defeated, one of them gets back up again and reveals his Superpowered Evil Side, Zero.
    • There's another one that starts in the same arc. The first major dark guild they face is Oracion Seis, with six members. Add one, and you get seven, as in the Seven Kin of Purgatory. Add two to that, and you get nine, as in the Nine Demon Gates. Add three to that, and you get twelve, as in the Spriggin Twelve.

    O 
  • Obliviously Evil: During the Tower of Heaven arc, Jellal seems to think he's doing the right thing in trying to revive Zeref. That he's torturing, enslaving, and even killing others (all of whom are his former friends) to do so is something he doesn't seem to notice. It's because he's Brainwashed and Crazy. Dammit, Ultear...
  • Official Couple: Aquarius and Scorpio, Edolas!Alzack and Edolas!Bisca, and later their Earthland counterparts after the Time Skip. Sherry and Ren after the Time Skip, as well.
    • Mavis and Zeref, in a Star-Crossed Lovers example. Their tragic backstory and attempt at Eternal Love is revealed in the Alvarez Empire arc, and they're even shown holding hands on the cover of volume 53, with a giant heart-shaped tree behind them. And in the Stone Age omake, it's shown that there's at least one universe where they're able to be happy together.
  • Offscreen Moment of Awesome:
    • In the Phantom Lord arc, Porlyusica thanks Mystogan for gathering Makarov's magic up to speed up his recovery, then berates him for sitting idly by as his guild fights Phantom Lord's current attack. He then brings out dozens of Phantom Lord flags, indicating that he'd toppled all of their regional branches all by himself.
    • In the Edolas arc, Gajeel, despite being a Dragon Slayer, didn't show up with Natsu and Wendy in Edolas for some reason. Must be because he is waiting to pull a Big Damn Heroes moment, right? Right, and he pulls a really big one, probably turning the tide of the whole Edolas saga... and all of it happens off-screen. Fortunately, the anime pulls an Adaptation Expansion and includes an entire sub-plot covering Gajeel's actions.
    • The other S-Class Trial fights.
    • Jellal's prison break. Considering all the parties involved, it's probably awesome.
  • Oh, Crap!:
    • A comedic one when Makarov, after dismissing the idea of anyone in his guild demolishing a city in overzealousness, gets word that Erza, Gray, and Natsu have all teamed up.
    • When Fried gets owned very hard, it happens three times in a row.
    • "Black Wizard Zeref". The entire Magic Council (those that aren't in on the scheme anyway) have a collective Oh, Crap! after hearing the name of the one Jellal wants to resurrect using the R-System.
    • Klodoa gets one when it realizes that Brain's other personality is about to wake up.
    • Natsu, Wendy, Happy, and Carla upon realizing Edolas!Erza is hunting them.
    • Evergreen when Erza pulls off the ultimate bluff during the Fighting Festival arc, which like Fried, shows three panels of increasing "Oh, Crap! I'm fucked."
    • During the announcement of the S-Class Trial, everybody minus Natsu gets this when they are told that the eight competitors will face the S-Class wizards a.k.a. Erza, Mirajane, and Gildarts.
    • Lucy and Cana when they see that their first opponents in the exam are Fried and Bickslow.
    • Elfman and Evergreen when they see that their first opponent is Mirajane.
    • Makarov, when he realizes the former guild master of Fairy Tail is the guild master of Grimoire Heart. Not that he backs down.
    • Natsu has a couple of these moments in the S-Class Trial arc. The first is when he realizes that Gildarts is exponentially stronger than him and he is brought down to his knees by pure fear. It happens again when he realizes that he can't No-Sell Zancrow's God Slayer flames. Worse yet: Zancrow can No-Sell him.
    • Natsu's and Gajeel's reaction to Laxus revealing he's a Dragon Slayer.
    • In Chapter 240, Ultear is shocked when Gray freezes his own blood to counter her time magic. Gray gets his turn when Ultear resorts to Ice Make magic instead—magic that is exactly like Ur's.
    • Master Hades has a huge one when he realizes that the source of his magic, the "Devil's Heart", was destroyed.
    • When a pissed off Zeref appears in front of them in Chapter 250, Rustyrose and Kain Hikaru are so terrified they can't even move. Kain is even crying Tears of Fear.
    • Erza's first appearance gets a collective Oh, Crap! from everybody except Lucy and Mirajane.
    • The entire guild gets one when Acnologia shows up and starts wrecking Sirius Island. Makarov is the exception, and that's because he's fighting the damn thing.
    • The leader of the Twilight Ogre guild has this reaction when faced with a pissed off Makarov, Erza, and Mirajane.
    • Surely in the Celestial Spirit World, one year is one day on earth! Wrong! One day in the Celestial Spirit World is three months on earth. Made all the funnier by the fact that many readers were fooled on that one.
  • Old Magic: "Lost Magic" refers to ancient forms of magic that have been almost entirely lost to the modern day, making users exceedingly rare. Lost Magic, such as Natsu's Fire Dragon Slayer tends to be extremely powerful relative to the typical forms used by the average wizard, and are often only learned from incredibly old tomes or practitioners (i.e. dragons).
  • Omnicidal Maniac: Brain's other personality Zero doesn't care for scheming or plans. He's just a powerful nutcase that wants to destroy everything for the sheer hell of it.
    Gray: You asshole! You're going to attack a man who can't move?
    Zero: It matters little if he can move or otherwise. AS LONG AS HE HAS A PHYSICAL FORM, DESTROYING HIM IS WORTH ENJOYING!
  • The Omniscient Council of Vagueness: The Magic Council, especially the new one.
  • Onee-sama: Kagura considers Erza this after the Grand Magic Games arc.
  • One Extra Member: One of the villainous guilds is the Oracion Seis (six prayers), made up of six very powerful mages. There is also the seventh member, Klodoa, who is Brain's talking staff. Also, depending on how you see it, Brain's Superpowered Even More Evil Side Zero may count as the eighth member.
  • One-Winged Angel: The whole point of "Take Over" magic performed on oneself. Erza's Purgatory Armor is implied to turn the user into a demon somewhat; but we never get to see what it truly does despite her doing the usual "None have lived" boast that comes with a One-Winged Angel.
  • Only Sane Man: Lucy. (Also, Max and Warren.)
  • Only Six Faces: Zig-zagged. Unlike contemporary shonen series with large casts, Fairy Tail manages to make even one-shot background characters look unique without resorting to gonk.... much. That said, the female characters show signs of this—ironically—after the Art Evolution. You know it's bad when four important characters—Lucy, Yukino, Hisui, and Lucy's future self—are in the same room in a black-and-white manga and they all look alike. One of those resemblances is justified, but the others? Not so much. The anime at least tried to make Yukino look slightly different from Lucy.
  • O.O.C. Is Serious Business: It took a while for Gray to realize that Hard-Drinking Party Girl Cana hadn't touched a drop since coming to Sirius Island for the S-Class Trial. This makes him realize that the trial means much more to her than he previously thought.
  • Opposites Attract: As stated here, Gajeel and Levy are complete opposites of each other but they are the closest thing to being a couple among the main cast, since Erza and Jellal's situation is complicated.
  • Orcus on His Throne:
    • Jellal is quite happy to send out minions to attack the Tower of Heaven's intruders, rather than fight himself.
    • Laxus sits in Caldia Cathedral while everyone gets trapped in Fried's runes because no matter how much he hates Fairy Tail's reputation, he doesn't have the stomach to directly kill anyone.
    • Hades, after defeating Makarov, just sits in his ship and lets the Seven Kin of Purgatory ravage Fairy Tail.
  • Orphanage of Love: Though not the guild's primary purpose, Fairy Tail also shelters a lot of orphans. Among the current members who grew up as essentially wards of the guild are Natsu, Gray, Erza, Cana, and the three Strauss siblings.
    • Cana takes Wendy to visit one in an omake so Wendy can interact with kids her own age.
    • Meanwhile, many of the later members came to Fairy Tail as more-or-less orphans. Lucy lost her mother and ran away from an abusive father (who later dies); Juvia, Gajeel, and Wendy lost their previous guilds and have no other family. All of them now come to view Fairy Tail as their family as well.
  • Outliving One's Offspring:
    • It's revealed that Ur had been told by some researchers that her Delicate and Sickly daughter Ultear had died, when in reality, they kidnapped and experimented on the girl because of her magical power. Ultear is one of the villains, and for worse, she hates her mother Ur because she has been led to believe that she hated and abandoned her.
    • Makarov, guild master of Fairy Tail, was forced to exile both his son, Ivan, and his grandson, Laxus, from his guild. Later on, he finds out that Ivan is planning to lure Laxus to his own guild so he can steal the dragon lacrima in his body, and it's heavily implied that doing so might kill Laxus. Seeing as how Ivan only wants the lacrima for money and doesn't care what removing it will do to his son, it's not hard to see why Makarov looked so horrified upon finding out about this plan.
    • Jude Heartfilia. A few weeks after he reconciles with his estranged daughter, Lucy, and manages to get over the sudden death of his wife Layla, who Lucy is the spitting image of, she and her friends are attacked by a monster and seemingly killed.
    • Makarov, guild master of Fairy Tail, was forced to exile both his son, Ivan, and his grandson, Laxus, from his guild. Later on, he finds out that Ivan is planning to lure Laxus to his own guild so he can steal the dragon lacrima in his body, and it's heavily implied that doing so might kill Laxus. Seeing as how Ivan only wants the lacrima for money and doesn't care what removing it will do to his son, it's not hard to see why Makarov looked so horrified upon finding out about this plan.
  • Overshadowed by Awesome:
    • Remember Lucy taking out that whole dark guild on her own? Or Vidaldus? Duke Everlue? No? Well, maybe if she took a few steps away from Natsu and Erza you would.
    • She also beats Sherry (who had a powerset custom tailored to beating Lucy's), Bickslow (who has already wiped out Gray at the time) and Angel (one of the Oración Seis who has already outsmarted and defeated Ichiya, Jura, Natsu, and Hibiki, and like Sherry just happens to have the power to steal control of Lucy's spirits). For that matter, by this point in the story she apparently possesses over half of all the powerful Celestial Spirits in the world (ten of the twelve golden keys of the zodiac—which, she explains, are unique). A person with three such spirits qualified for the Oración Seis. Possibly, her lack of recognition has something to do with the fact that she uses Summon Magic rather than beating things up directly, and because if she loses her keys she's mostly powerless.
    • The one time someone acknowledges her accomplishments, she gets modest and points out how inaccurate his list of her exploits is.
    • Her tendency towards Heroic Self-Deprecation probably does not help either.
  • Our Demons Are Different: The series has two kinds of demons. One is the Galuna Islanders, who have human size and shape, can sprout bat wings, and are a peaceful race overall. The other consists of demons from the Book of Zeref, who are generally massive, have unique and deadly magic, and are extremely hostile to humanity.
    • The latter group has been distinguished by the name "Etherius".
  • Our Gods Are Different: The gods are an extremely powerful class of magical beings and the namesake of God Slayer magic.

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  • Pants-Pulling Prank: In OVA 5, Mirajane has her top ripped off by Jenny Realight, and in retaliation, Mirajane pulls off Jenny's panties.
  • Papa Wolf: Gildarts, already one of the most powerful characters, is normally a rather nice guy. When Bluenote nearly kills Cana, however, he gets angry...
    • This is more of a subversion because at that point in the arc Gildarts doesn't know yet that Cana's his daughter.
    • It's later lampshaded in Chapter 275 when someone straight out of Jackie Chan's Drunken Master outdrinks Cana and takes her bikini top as a prize and some members point this out. If you thought Gildarts with the lack of knowledge that he's her father was scary when he saved Cana from Bluenote... there's no telling what he'll do to the poor bastard, however strong he is by Erza's standards.
  • Paper-Thin Disguise: In the third OVA, Natsu, Gray, and Happy avert this by putting on really convincing disguises while Erza and Lucy play it straight.
  • Parental Abandonment: Nobody in Fairy Tail seems to have any (living and non-absent) parents except Romeo, whose dad is in the guild, and Lucy (at least, until the timeskip), but Lucy's dad is an ass. Somewhat justified by Makarov mentioning that one role of the Guild is to shelter orphans. At least the Fairy Tail members themselves (those who do have children/grandchildren) seem to be caring parents.
    • For Natsu, Parental Abandonment serves as a source of motivation whenever the subject of dragons is brought up: Gajeel and Wendy went through it, as well.
    • And Happy and Carla weren't so much abandoned by their parents as much as kidnapped from them so that those Exceed children could escape the prophesied collapse of their homeland.
    • There is Laxus, grandson of guild master Makarov and son of Raven Tail guild master Ivan, but they are not a happy family, since Ivan turned evil and schemes against his own father, and Laxus initially resented Makarov and rebelled against the guild. It turns out that Makarov also lost both of his parents- his mother died as a result of Mavis' "Instant Death" Radius on the day Makarov was born, and Yuriy died a few years later.
    • Macao is Romeo's dad, and their touching and close relationship is basically the entire reason they are introduced in the first place.
    • Gildarts is Cana's father, but doesn't know it. To be fair, she knows he's her father, and has known him for the past 12 years and never told him, so it's not really his fault.
    • Backtracked in Chapters 390-391 with Gray's father, Silver Fullbuster. He somehow survived Deliora's attack, though not by becoming Deliora's vessel, since he admits that he made that claim just to mess with Gray.
      • He actually did die but was resurrected by Keith of Tartarus to serve as a test subject eventually becoming one of the 9 Demon Gates of Tartarus.
  • Parents Suck at Matchmaking: When Lucy returns home to confront Jude over his involvement with the guild war between Phantom Lord and the Fairy Tail guild, Jude reveals that he hired Phantom Lord to retrieve Lucy unharmed for an arranged marriage with Duke Sawarr Junnelle. Lucy, putting it mildly, is not interested in the slightest in marrying Sawarr, in fact she is understandably furious with Jude for setting her up in an arranged marriage in the first place without her consent. It certainly doesn't help that the one time Lucy does think about Sawarr in a flashback she is shown to feel uncomfortable in regard to his interest in her to say the least.
  • Passing the Torch: Beautifully subverted in Chapter 259 after multiple chapters of set-up. Makarov chooses Gildarts as the fifth guild master of Fairy Tail, only to have Gildarts choose him as the sixth.
  • Percussive Shutdown: Happens from time to time. Just to name a few instance...
  • Perpetual Poverty: Despite taking on some very high-paying jobs, Lucy is always worried about whether she'll be able to afford the month's rent, because most of the reward money gets swallowed up by her teammates' destructive habits.
  • Perpetual Storm: Because of her water powers, Juvia would see it rain wherever she went no matter what. Because these powers are actually empathic, this changed after her defeat by Gray and subsequent joining of Fairy Tail, where she is truly happy.
  • Personality Powers: Natsu is Hot-Blooded, with Gray often used as a contrast. Laxus is a Psycho Electro. Makarov uses this trope as well.
  • Person of Mass Destruction: There are quite a lot of them in this series full of badasses, such as Zeref, Gildarts, and Makarov to name a few. Special mention goes to the Wizard Saints in particular, as it seems to be a general requirement to become one. It's even lampshaded by Jose that should at least 2 Wizard Saints face each other, a calamity would happen. Judging by what we've seen so far of the Saints, he's not kidding.
    • Special mention goes to "The Strongest Team" of Erza, Natsu, Gray, and Lucy - they can't even have a pillow fight without a wall getting knocked down.
  • Pet the Dog: After boasting that he and Sting killed the dragons that raised them, Rogue then shows a more sympathetic side of himself by protesting Yukino being kicked out of the guild, and comforting his Exceed by saying that he won't let anything like that happen to Frosch, while Sting continues to make an ass of himself.
  • Physical God: Zigzagged. Played straight with Ikusa-Tsunagi, who is a towering, sword-carrying monster, and is promptly destroyed by Natsu. Then we have Ankhseram, who is described as an all-powerufl, all-seeing god who governs life and death, and is indirectly responsible for most of the events in the series.
    • Considering what the dragons are shown to be capable of, they may also count.
  • Playboy Bunny: When Erza is asked by a reporter what's her favorite "armor", she answers: The Bunny Suit. And then Lucy, starving for attention by the same reporter, dresses in turn as a Playboy Bunny.
  • Playing with Fire: Natsu with his Dragon Slayer magic, as well as Totomaru (who can make fire with weird properties like freezing instead of burning and smelling bad), Bora, and off-screen (until the anime), Macao. Romeo, after the timeskip.
  • Plot-Triggering Death: Four hundred years prior to the current storyline, a child Natsu Dragneel and his parents died in a dragon attack. His older brother Zeref, in return, researched forbidden and taboo magic to revive him. Everything went downhill after that.
  • Pose of Supplication: Natsu and Happy to Lucy on their first encounter. Then twice after they meet again after the one-year time skip following Fairy Tail's dissolution. Invoked on Erza by Mirajane after the former loses a bet.
  • Power Creep, Power Seep: In the Crossover with Rave Master, Mashima was really smart about how to even the characters' powers given that they are all created by him. Those in touch with Rave will notice that Haru Glory seems to be about only one-third of the way through his original adventure, and the Fairy Tail cast seem to be early versions as well; it was the right thing to do since Haru Glory, Elie, Musica, and others at the end of their adventure could prove too much of a task to the then-young Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Erza who didn't have a Grand Finale to establish their maximum power level yet.
  • Power Crystal: Lacrima crystals, which are used to power almost every kind of magic item. Also, Etherion.
  • Power Equals Rarity: Both subverted and played straight by the Golden Zodiac Keys. Although they are all unique, their power levels fluctuate wildly. Aries and Cancer, for example, are only useful for everyday tasks, and certain spirits like Virgo have highly specialized skills. Some of the spirits, however, can mimic a mage's entire power set, like Aquarius, Gemini, or Libra.
  • Power Makes Your Hair Grow: Well, Juvia and Fried's hair had to grow back somehow.
  • Power of Friendship: And how. Fairy Tail could easily be renamed Power of Friendship: The Series, especially when juxtaposed against the We Have Reserves mentality their rival guilds are shown to have.
    • It's explicitly a style of powerup, even. "Magical Fusion", or "Unison Raid".
    • It also played a key part in helping Mavis Vermilion cast Fairy Sphere.
  • The Power of Hate:
    • Curses, a power different from and distinct from magic and wielded by the Ehterious of Tartaros, can be considered the antithesis of magic as it is powered by the baser emotions of humanity: greed, envy, and especially hatred.
  • Power of Love:
    • Elfman wishing to save Mirajane makes him able to finally use his Full Body Take Over magic. Sadly, it wasn't enough to save Lisanna when he lost control. Except it turns out she's still alive.
    • Again in Chapter 230, when Meredy's sensation-sharing power backfires on her, as Juvia unintentionally uses it to talk her down, with a combination of a Cooldown Hug and Meredy feeling Juvia's feelings for Gray (and relating them to her own feelings for Ultear).
    • Love in general is one of the major themes of the series. According to Lucy, Layla, and Mavis, Love is the "One Magic", the source from which all magic descends from. Either way, love is a powerful force that drives the actions of many wizards throughout the series and empowers their magic to unbelievable heights. Most notably, it is because of their love for each other that Zeref and Mavis are finally able to lift their curses and die together.
  • Power-Up Food: Dragon Slayers are powerful fighters on their own, but they gain a massive temporary boost when they eat something of their respective elements, some of which can be very common.
  • Powered by a Forsaken Child: The magic in the parallel world, Edolas, comes from absorbing people from Earthland and turning them into raw energy.
  • Powers via Possession: Jellal displays no magic abilities whatsoever until brainwashed, though he retains said magic afterward.
  • Powers via Weapon: Wizards in Edolas cannot store magic in their bodies like wizards in Earthland. As a result, they rely on weapons imbued with Lacrima to grant them specific magical powers. They include Mystogan's illusory magic staves and Erza Knightwalker's magic spear which has ten different magical forms.
  • Pregnant Hostage: Jackal gives Lucy a Sadistic Choice over whose life she should save—an old councilor she's been assigned to bodyguard, or a pregnant bystander—or else both will die. The panicking councilor rants that of course his own life is more important since killing him might trigger a dangerous superweapon. Thankfully, Natsu manages to save both hostages (and giving the councilor a well-deserved clobbering for good measure).
  • Production Throwback:
    • Aquarius and Undine, from the oneshot Fairy Tale, although it's only the upper body.
    • Rave Master:
      • Whole-Plot Reference: The entire Tower of Heaven arc is full of parallels to the Etherion arc from Rave Master, the least subtle of which being that the villains of both look almost exactly the same. Other similarities include the casino beginning, the way Jellal is completely dismissive of Natsu, how he believes he's in the right, the way Natsu sets down an unconscious Erza and talks about what she's supposed to be like-but isn't thanks to the villain, and even the fireworks ending.
      • This is not the first time Hiro Mashima introduced Etherion.
      • Elie and Julia make a cameo in Chapter 102.
      • Erza's Edolas countpart's spear, Ten Commandments, is an expy of the magic sword of the same name, wielded by the main character of Rave Master.
      • At one point, Natsu/Wendy and Lucy/Erza dressed up like Haru and Elie respectively. Even better, Carla wound up playing the role of Plue.
      • Jellal to Sieg Hart another uber-wizards from Mashima's previous work Rave Master, in what is probably the most obvious example of Expy-ing ever. In short: They look exactly the same! And his familiar alias, Siegrain, and his use of Altairis, one of Sieg Hart's spells. The author claims that it's done in the name of fanservice, though.
      • Also Bisca looks a little bit like Reina◊.
      • Natsu is basically a Hot-Blooded Haru with fire powers instead of a sword, Lucy is basically Elie without the amnesia, and Gray is basically Musica with... no, that's right all on it's own.
      • Laxus looks a lot like Captain Hardner, at least in his original appearances when he's chomping on a cigar. Less so during the Fighting Festival arc, but the resemblance is still there. Both of them start out calm and get more and moreAxCrazy as the arc progresses, and both of them are defeated by the combined efforts of The Hero and a dragon who's Made of Iron.
      • Plue is a summon that Lucy uses who originated from Rave Master.
      • Griff showed up on the cover of Volume 6. He also pops up when Wendy is being welcomed into Fairy Tail and in Episode 21 (Happy is eating him while they're at Lucy's house).
      • A character from Plue's Dog Diaries is in the trash can in one of the omake.
      • Elie is amidst the crowd fleeing the train station in the Lullaby arc. She even has her weapon out.
      • In Yajima's restaurant, there's a man dressed like Ruby who has his same verbal tic: poyo!
      • The anime sees the return of the Jiggle Butt Gang (a.k.a., the Big Butt Bandits).
      • The beach omake not only has Elie and Julia in it, but Ship Tease for Belnika/Musica, which was quickly shoved aside in Rave Master in order to deal with the final battle.
      • Aside from characters from Rave Master making cameos in Fairy Tail, several names are used in both series. Etherion, Oración Seis, and the Ten Commandments just to name a few...
      • In addition to all the Fake Crossovers, the play that that characters do in one chapter is riddled with Rave Master references.
      • The day all the dragons disappeared and Lucy's mom died is Haru and Lucia's birthday.
      • The large penguin in the casino at the beginning of the Tower of Heaven arc looks suspiciously like Ruby.
      • Not to mention that it says Rave on every single slot machine in there.
      • The outfit Erza dons during the Fantasia Parade in the Fighting Festival arc in the anime and in an extended chapter is an outfit Resha is wearing on occasion during Rave Master.
      • Gray has a necklace that looks like the first Rave.
      • After knocking out Erza, Natsu turns and gives Jellal a pissed off look, letting him know he's going down. Haru has this exact same expression with the exact same background when threatening Sieg in Rave Master.
      • It just so happens that Haru gave Sieg Hart that same face and threat just after setting down an unconscious Elie, and that in both manga series, the guy with the blue hair and tattoo across the right half of his face ended up using a spell with the same name which would have killed the hero, had the girl not regained consciousness and tried to save him (though a third person got involved in Fairy Tail), and that both arcs begin with the girl having a winning streak in a casino and end with fireworks.
      • Also during Erza's Fight with Evergreen, when she summons a ton of swords to threaten her opponent, at least five of the Ten Commandments swords from Rave Master can be seen; Explosion, Silfarion, Mel Force, Rune Save, and one of the Blue Crimson swords, as well as Lucia's Dark Emilia.
      • In Chapter 247, Lily steals a sword from a mook. Said mook mentions that his Musica sword cost a lot. The mook also looks identical to Bis, who was the main mook of the Rave Master arc starring Musica.
      • The Jiggle Butt Gang make an appearance in the eleventh opening.
      • When getting the backstory on Ultear's spell, "Last Ages", we find out that she learned it through a combination of books and the ancient Mildean language.
  • Progressively Prettier: Laxus after the timeskip, now that he's not making the Psychotic Smirk or a Slasher Smile. Overlaps with Good Costume Switch and Adrenaline Makeover.
  • Proper Lady:
    • Cana's Edolas counterpart lives and breathes with this trope.
  • Prosthetic Limb Reveal: When Gildarts is introduced, he walks naturally and can use both of his arms. However, later that day he shows Natsu his prosthetic left arm and leg, which he got to replace the limbs he lost (among other injuries) fighting a dragon on his most recent trip.
  • Protagonist-Centered Morality:
    • Plays a part in why villains are Easily Forgiven. Take Jellal, for example: When he was a villain, the protagonists hated him, especially because of what he did to Erza. However, when he shows up in a later arc and helps the main characters, he's eventually forgiven for his past actions entirely. They even protest and are angry at law enforcement when they show up to arrest Jellal at the end of the arc for his past crimes. It is very telling when the spoiler tags become fill in the blank.

      To be entirely fair, however, all the main characters do have a strict Thou Shalt Not Kill policy, which they have never broken for anyone, and they're all strong believers in the concept of True Companions as well. There's also the fact that some villains (Brain/Zero, Faust and his court) are not Easily Forgiven in the slightest. And with the example given, they were more afraid that Jellal wouldn't be treated fairly by the council, as it was stated that Jellal was Not Himself in his villain days.
    • Fairy Tail violated the Grand Magic Games rules by allowing Jellal to pose as Mystogan. Raven Tail was kicked out of the Games for breaking the rules, but Fairy Tail's transgression was never discovered by the officials and brushed aside by those in the know, including a former Magic Council member.
  • Protectorate: Never hurt someone from Fairy Tail guild. EVER. Or you're screwed.
  • Psycho for Hire:
    • Gajeel in the Phantom Lord arc. He drops the "psycho" part after his Heel–Face Turn.
    • The Trinity Raven assassins.
    • Zancrow of the Seven Kin of Purgatory.
  • Psychosomatic Superpower Outage: This happens to Mirajane and Elfman after the latter tries a Full Body Take Over, loses control of himself, and ends up killing their younger sister Lisanna. Though maybe not. Mirajane's unable to use Take Over, and Elfman's unable to do full transformations because trying to use it reminds them of the incident.
  • Public Domain Soundtrack:
    • The anime has its own songs (or at least obscure enough songs no one's heard of), but there are scenes that play classical music in the style of the rest of the soundtrack (such as the Bar Brawl being accompanied by the Can-Can).
    • Also sprach Zarathustra pops up during Gray's fight with Juvia as well, along with Pachelbel's Canon.
    • It's amusing for American viewers whenever "Pomp and Circumstance" (i.e., The Graduation Song) comes up.
    • The song "Rakuen no Tou", which plays during The Reveal that the Tower of Heaven is made of lacrima and again during a portion of Erza's battle with Azuma, is the first movement of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.
    • The aria Habanera from Carmen tends to play whenever the Magic Council is discussing what to do about Fairy Tail.
    • Vivaldi's "Spring" plays while Kain fantasizes about Lisanna, Levy and Cana wanting to date him.
  • Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh...: The entire fight against Hades is this. No matter how many times they use their strongest attacks and combos, no matter how much outside help or power ups they receive, and no matter how confident they are in their victory once he's on the ground and knocked senseless, he still keeps getting up without a single scratch. Things only turn in their favor once Happy and Carla destroy the machine that's been making him invincible. After that, Hades is pretty much screwed..
  • Punny Name:
    • Natsu Dragneel, the Dragon Slayer. Justified since Natsu was reared by a dragon anyway, so his name probably would be along those lines.
    • Erza Scarlet, the girl with bright red hair. Erza didn't originally have a last name. Jellal picked Scarlet for her because he figured it would be easy to remember that her last name was her hair color.
    • Nichiya, the Edolas version of Ichiya (whose name means "One Night") means "Two Night."
    • Hilariously, anime-only character Dan Straight.
  • Put on a Bus: Jellal and Laxus. The Bus Came Back for both of them, though Jellal comes back twice.
  • Putting the Band Back Together: After the one year timeskip following the battle with Tartarus, Natsu returns and is horrified to find out that Fairy Tail was disbanded. He and Lucy set off to gather the old members and bring Fairy Tail back together, and they first come across Wendy and Carla, who joined Lamia Scale. Natsu assumes everyone would immediately drop everything and rejoin Fairy Tail in an instant, and is shocked and outraged when Wendy and Carla adamantly refuse to leave Lamia Scale and the friends they made there (partly because Wendy's close friend Chelia's cousin is leaving the guild soon). Though the two later agree to rejoin after beating their enemies, after Chelia convinces Wendy that she'll be fine on her own.

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