History Anime / BattleGirlsTimeParadox

%% * YuriGenre: Not that it's the biggest plot element in the series, but once again: no dudes, no straight.

* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: In episode 5, when the cast was trapped in a forest and the only way out was to tell the circle of ghosts a hundred horror stories, Mitsuhide was shown to freak out at every story so easily, she couldn't finish her own and the party had to tie and gag her ''twice''.

%% * BladeOnAStick: Kenshin

%% * BareYourMidriff

* DarkIsNotEvil: Oda Nobunaga has a black outfit and [[OminousOperaCape dark cape]] and she is one of the good guys.

%% * GiantWaistRibbon: Hideyoshi and Ieyasu have them

Originally a pachinko game, ''Battle Girls - Time Paradox'' was adapted into an anime of the same name in the [[Spring2011Anime spring of 2011]].

[[caption-width-right:244:[[GenderBender Not quite]] DemonLordNobunaga and [[JidaiGeki his generals]]. [[note]]From bottom to top, left to right: [[AnimalCompanion Shiro]], [[UsefulNotes/DateMasamune Date]] [[StealthMentor Masamune]], [[UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu Tokugawa]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing Ieyasu]], [[CloudCuckoolander Imagawa]] [[YuriFan Yoshimoto]], [[UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi Hide]] [[PunnyName Yoshino]], [[UsefulNotes/TakedaShingen Takeda]] [[FriendlyEnemies Shingen, Uesugi]] [[UsefulNotes/UesugiKenshin Kenshin]], [[UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide Akechi]] [[{{Yandere}} Mitsuhide]], [[UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga Oda]] [[EvilLaugh Nobunaga]]. Not pictured: [[ButtMonkey Han]][[UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo zo]], [[WolverineClaws Mori]] [[InTheNameOfTheMoon Motonari]], [[AnAxeToGrind Chokosabe]] [[InTheNameOfTheMoon Motichika]], [[{{BFG}} Otomo]] [[InTheNameOfTheMoon Sorin]].[[/note]]]]

* Cute ClumsyGirl: Hideyoshi and Hanzō.

* BareYourMidriff

* CallingYourAttacks

* Mitsuhide in episode 9, during her [[LetsGetDangerous Let's Get Dangerous]] moment against Motochika and Sōrin.

* HotSpringsEpisode

* I Ate What: Hideyoshi realizes a little too late what Sengoku-era medicine consists of. Primarily horse manure, with a few other things mixed in. %%Needs to elaborate on his disgusted reaction because that's a important part of the trope.

* {{Stripperiffic}}

* Eternal English

* {{Fanservice}}

* FishOutOfTemporalWater

* GottaCatchEmAll: The DismantledMacGuffin, the Crimson Armor.

%% * ActionGirl: Just about the entire cast. Even Hideyoshi has her moments.

%% * AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:Hideyoshi and Masamune return to our modern-day world in the final episode, but Shiro is shown jumping over at the end to run some errands.]]
%% * AndYouWereThere: Hideyoshi's friends in the modern day resemble the people she'll meet in the past to an uncanny degree. Specifically, Mitsuhide looks like her friend Akerin, and Ieyasu resembles Tokunyan. [[spoiler: Masamune ''is'' actually her teacher Date-sensei, so that one is quite justified.]]
%% * AnimalMotifs: The Monkey for Hideyoshi and in Episode 2 Nobunaga is going to give Monkey as Hideyoshi's nickname but Hideyoshi hates it and prefers to have Hideyoshi as her nickname.
%% * BadassCape: Nobunaga
%% * BadBoss: Ieyasu
%% * BareYourMidriff
%% * BeamSpam: Nobunaga's method of fighting.
%% * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: During a hunting trip, Hideyoshi sees a cute rabbit and excitedly says she wants it. She is shocked when Nobunaga kills it, thinking Hideyoshi wanted it for meat instead of as a pet.
%% * {{BFG}}: Ōtomo Sōrin's Don Frankie cannon.
%% * {{BFS}}: Nobunaga's sword is pretty big.
%% * BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:For the most part, there wasn't one, until Ieyasu pulls a FaceHeelTurn and fights the rest of the cast. Date-sensei tried to be this for about half of episode 13, but never really picked up, especially after Nobunaga destroys The Helmet of The Crimson Armor.]]

%% * BladeOnAStick: Kenshin
%% * BloodKnight: Shingen and Kenshin
%% * BookDumb: Hideyoshi

%% * CallingYourAttacks
%% * CerebusSyndrome: Episode 9, definitely.

%% * ChekhovsGun: Hideyoshi has a history book containing detailed information about the Sengoku era.
%% * ClothingDamage: Ayup.

%% * Cute ClumsyGirl: Hideyoshi and Hanzō.

%% * EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Ieyasu]] and later [[spoiler:Date-sensei]].
%% * Eternal English

%% * EyepatchOfPower: Date Masamune, obviously.

%% * FacialMarkings: Nobunaga
%% * {{Fanservice}}
%% * FieryRedhead: Nobunaga
%% * FishOutOfTemporalWater

%% * GiantWaistRibbon: Hideyoshi and Ieyasu have them

%% * GirlishPigtails: Hideyoshi
%% * GirlOnGirlIsHot: Shiro definitely thinks so.
%% * GottaCatchEmAll: The DismantledMacGuffin, the Crimson Armor.

%% * GreenEyedMonster: Mitsuhide is jealous of all the attention that Nobunaga gives Hideyoshi.

%% * TheHeart: Hideyoshi
%% * HiddenAgendaVillain: [[spoiler:Date]]

%% * HotSpringsEpisode
%% * HowWeGotHere: Episode 9.
%% * I Ate What: Hideyoshi realizes a little too late what Sengoku-era medicine consists of. Primarily horse manure, with a few other things mixed in. %%Needs to elaborate on his disgusted reaction because that's a important part of the trope.

%% * IntimateHealing: Happens in episode 8 when Nobunaga gives medicine to an unconscious Hideyoshi.
%% * KingmakerScenario: [[DefiedTrope Mitsuhide gets in trouble]] for offering one of these to Nobunaga.
%% * LargeHam: Nobunaga

%% * MartialArtsHeadband: Hideyoshi
%% * Mitsuhide in episode 9, during her [[LetsGetDangerous Let's Get Dangerous]] moment against Motochika and Sōrin.

%% * {{Miko}}: Ieyasu Tokugawa, or at least, that's how she dresses.

%% * NerdGlasses: Hanzō
%% * NoblewomansLaugh: Yoshimoto Imagawa's laugh can match Nobunaga's own EvilLaugh.

%% * {{Odango}}: Hideyoshi
%% * OminousOperaCape: Nobunaga.

%% * TheOneGuy: Shiro
%% * PunnyName: ''Hide Yoshi''no
%% * {{Sarashi}}: Nobunaga in her regular clothes.

%% * SickEpisode: Episode eight.
%% * ShockAndAwe: Kenshin's Lightning Spear Flurry.
%% * SlasherSmile: [[spoiler:Ieyasu at the end of Episode 10.]]
%% * SpamAttack: Kenshin's Lightning Spear Flurry.

%% * {{Stripperiffic}}

%% * TalkingIsAFreeAction: Beautifully subverted in epsidoe 9, When Nobunaga nukes the Saigoku three as they make thier over the top entrance.
%% * ThisLoserIsYou: Oh, Hideyoshi...
%% * TickleTorture: Used on the Saigoku Three, who in turn use it on Hideyoshi.
%% * TomboyishPonytail: Nobunaga
%% * TrappedInAnotherWorld: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Hideyoshi.
%% * {{Tsundere}}: Hideyoshi has Mitsuhide pegged as one.

%% * UnusualEyebrows: Nobunaga
%% * WelcomeBackTraitor: [[spoiler:Masamune Date Twice.]]
%% * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Masamune Date]]
* WolverineClaws: Mōri Motonari wields a sinister one in her left hand called the Triple Soul Claw that's able to read into people's emotions.
%% * {{Yandere}}: Mitsuhide is showing signs of it.
%% * YouWillBeBeethoven: Happens to Hideyoshi [[spoiler:and Date-sensei.]]
%% * YuriFan: A given, considering there are no men around, but Yoshimoto and Mitsuhide stand out.
%% * YuriGenre: Not that it's the biggest plot element in the series, but once again: no dudes, no straight.

%% * {{BFG}}: Otomo Sourin's Don Frankie cannon.

%% * Cute ClumsyGirl: Hideyoshi and Hanzo.

* FacelessGoons: The [[spoiler:Hanzou]] tribe, which is [[spoiler:a group of about 20 identically dressed kunoichi.]]

* InTheNameOfTheMoon: Motonari, Motochika and Sourin introduce themselves with an elaborate roll call that, as soon as it finishes, causes them to be blown up by Nobunaga.

%% * Mitsuhide in episode 9, during her [[LetsGetDangerous Let's Get Dangerous]] moment against Motochika and Sourin.

* NavelDeepNeckline: Nonunaga's outfit has a neckline that goes all the way down to her navel.
%% * NerdGlasses: Hanzou

* ObliviousToLove: Nobunaga really does not see that Mitsuhide admires her to the point where she wants to go all the way with everything the practice of ''shudo'' entails.

* WolverineClaws: Mouri Motonari wields a sinister one in her left hand called the Triple Soul Claw that's able to read into people's emotions.

[[caption-width-right:244:[[GenderBender Not quite]] DemonLordNobunaga and [[JidaiGeki his generals]]. [[note]]From bottom to top, left to right: [[AnimalCompanion Shiro]], [[UsefulNotes/DateMasamune Date]] [[StealthMentor Masamune]], [[UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu Tokugawa]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing Ieyasu]], [[CloudCuckoolander Imagawa]] [[YuriFan Yoshimoto]], [[UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi Hide]] [[PunnyName Yoshino]], [[UsefulNotes/TakedaShingen Takeda]] [[FriendlyEnemies Shingen, Uesugi]] [[UsefulNotes/UesugiKenshin Kenshin]], [[UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide Akechi]] [[{{Yandere}} Mitsuhide]], [[UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga Oda]] [[EvilLaugh Nobunaga]]. Not pictured: [[ButtMonkey Han]][[UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo zo]], [[WolverineClaws Mōri]] [[InTheNameOfTheMoon Motonari]], [[AnAxeToGrind Chōsokabe]] [[InTheNameOfTheMoon Motochika]], [[{{BFG}} Ōtomo]] [[InTheNameOfTheMoon Sōrin]].[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:244:[[GenderBender Not quite]] DemonLordNobunaga and [[JidaiGeki his generals]]. [[note]]From bottom to top, left to right: [[AnimalCompanion Shiro]], [[UsefulNotes/DateMasamune Date]] [[StealthMentor Masamune]], [[UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu Tokugawa]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing Ieyasu]], [[CloudCuckoolander Imagawa]] [[YuriFan Yoshimoto]], [[UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi Hide]] [[PunnyName Yoshino]], [[UsefulNotes/TakedaShingen Takeda]] [[FriendlyEnemies Shingen, Uesugi]] [[UsefulNotes/UesugiKenshin Kenshin]], [[UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide Akechi]] [[{{Yandere}} Mitsuhide]], [[UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga Oda]] [[EvilLaugh Nobunaga]]. Not pictured: [[ButtMonkey Han]][[UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo zo]], [[WolverineClaws Mori]] [[InTheNameOfTheMoon Motonari]], [[AnAxeToGrind Chokosabe]] [[InTheNameOfTheMoon Motichika]], [[{{BFG}} Otomo]] [[InTheNameOfTheMoon Sorin]].[[/note]]]]

%% * BerserkButton: Lay a hand on Hideyoshi and Nobunaga will massacre you.

%%%% * CuteClumsyGirl: Hideyoshi and Hanzo.

%%%% * EternalEnglish

%%%% * I Ate What: Hideyoshi realizes a little too late what Sengoku-era medicine consists of. Primarily horse manure, with a few other things mixed in. %%Needs to elaborate on his disgusted reaction because that's a important part of the trope.

%% * Action Girl: Just about the entire cast. Even Hideyoshi has her moments.

--> '''Hideyoshi''': "She's cute, but [[LittleMissSnarker sharp-tongued]]."
--> '''Hideyoshi (again)''': [[LampshadeHanging Is]] [[AccidentalMisnaming Tokunyan]] [[LampshadeHanging actually mean and just keeps it hidden?]]

%% * OminousOperaCape: Nobunaga

%% * AbsoluteCleavage: Oda Nobunaga

%% * ActionGirl: Just about the entire cast. Even Hideyoshi has her moments.
%% * AlternateUniverse: The Sengoku era Hideoyoshi landed in is ''not'' Earth's. For one, men don't exist. Literally (Except Shiro but he is an animal so its more of a world without human men).
* %% * The clincher is the outcome of the Battle of Okehazama, which in reality would be about a small force overcoming the enemy's greater numbers with superior strategy, ended in Yoshimoto Imagawa's death and signaled the beginning of Nobunaga's conquest. Here, it was a recreation tournament, with kite fighting done as a tie-breaker and ended with Yoshimoto just giving Nobunaga the Crimson Armor's left leg piece. This is lampshaded by Hideyoshi and Shiro.
* %% * The Incident at Honnou-ji still happens [[spoiler:but in actual history, happens after years of suffering repeated insults from Nobunaga, but was ultimately tipped when Nobunaga's actions resulted in the death of UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide's mother. This caused him to divert from reinforcing UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi to attacking Honnou-ji, and the rest is history. In the show, Mitsuhide was enduring an UnrequitedLove for Nobunaga and jealous of the attention she constantly gave Hideyoshi. Not only that, but Date-sensei pushed her into actually going along with the whole incident as a ploy to steal the Crimson Armor. Nobunaga doesn't die (in fact, no one does) and she helps Mitsuhide resolve the issue, but they later find that the Crimson Armor is gone.]]

* AbsoluteCleavage: Oda Nobunaga
* ActionGirl: Just about the entire cast. Even Hideyoshi has her moments.
* AlternateUniverse: The Sengoku era Hideoyoshi landed in is ''not'' Earth's. For one, men don't exist. Literally (Except Shiro but he is an animal so its more of a world without human men).
** The clincher is the outcome of the Battle of Okehazama, which in reality would be about a small force overcoming the enemy's greater numbers with superior strategy, ended in Yoshimoto Imagawa's death and signaled the beginning of Nobunaga's conquest. Here, it was a recreation tournament, with kite fighting done as a tie-breaker and ended with Yoshimoto just giving Nobunaga the Crimson Armor's left leg piece. This is lampshaded by Hideyoshi and Shiro.
** The Incident at Honnou-ji still happens [[spoiler:but in actual history, happens after years of suffering repeated insults from Nobunaga, but was ultimately tipped when Nobunaga's actions resulted in the death of UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide's mother. This caused him to divert from reinforcing UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi to attacking Honnou-ji, and the rest is history. In the show, Mitsuhide was enduring an UnrequitedLove for Nobunaga and jealous of the attention she constantly gave Hideyoshi. Not only that, but Date-sensei pushed her into actually going along with the whole incident as a ploy to steal the Crimson Armor. Nobunaga doesn't die (in fact, no one does) and she helps Mitsuhide resolve the issue, but they later find that the Crimson Armor is gone.]]
* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:Hideyoshi and Masamune return to our modern-day world in the final episode, but Shiro is shown jumping over at the end to run some errands.]]
* AndYouWereThere: Hideyoshi's friends in the modern day resemble the people she'll meet in the past to an uncanny degree. Specifically, Mitsuhide looks like her friend Akerin, and Ieyasu resembles Tokunyan. [[spoiler: Masamune ''is'' actually her teacher Date-sensei, so that one is quite justified.]]
* AnimalMotifs: The Monkey for Hideyoshi and in Episode 2 Nobunaga is going to give Monkey as Hideyoshi's nickname but Hideyoshi hates it and prefers to have Hideyoshi as her nickname.
* BadassCape: Nobunaga
* BadBoss: Ieyasu
* BareYourMidriff
* BeamSpam: Nobunaga's method of fighting.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: During a hunting trip, Hideyoshi sees a cute rabbit and excitedly says she wants it. She is shocked when Nobunaga kills it, thinking Hideyoshi wanted it for meat instead of as a pet.
* BerserkButton: Lay a hand on Hideyoshi and Nobunaga will massacre you.
* {{BFG}}: Otomo Sourin's Don Frankie cannon.
* {{BFS}}: Nobunaga's sword is pretty big.
* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:For the most part, there wasn't one, until Ieyasu pulls a FaceHeelTurn and fights the rest of the cast. Date-sensei tried to be this for about half of episode 13, but never really picked up, especially after Nobunaga destroys The Helmet of The Crimson Armor.]]

* BladeOnAStick: Kenshin
* BloodKnight: Shingen and Kenshin
* BookDumb: Hideyoshi

* CallingYourAttacks
* CerebusSyndrome: Episode 9, definitely.

* ChekhovsGun: Hideyoshi has a history book containing detailed information about the Sengoku era.
* ClothingDamage: Ayup.

%%* CuteClumsyGirl: Hideyoshi and Hanzo.

* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Ieyasu]] and later [[spoiler:Date-sensei]].
%%* EternalEnglish

* EyepatchOfPower: Date Masamune, obviously.

* FacialMarkings: Nobunaga
* {{Fanservice}}
* FieryRedhead: Nobunaga
* FishOutOfTemporalWater

* GiantWaistRibbon: Hideyoshi and Ieyasu have them

* GirlishPigtails: Hideyoshi
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Shiro definitely thinks so.
* GottaCatchEmAll: The DismantledMacGuffin, the Crimson Armor.

* GreenEyedMonster: Mitsuhide is jealous of all the attention that Nobunaga gives Hideyoshi.

* TheHeart: Hideyoshi
* HiddenAgendaVillain: [[spoiler:Date]]

* HotSpringsEpisode
* HowWeGotHere: Episode 9.
%%* IAteWhat: Hideyoshi realizes a little too late what Sengoku-era medicine consists of. Primarily horse manure, with a few other things mixed in. %%Needs to elaborate on his disgusted reaction because that's a important part of the trope.

* IntimateHealing: Happens in episode 8 when Nobunaga gives medicine to an unconscious Hideyoshi.
* KingmakerScenario: [[DefiedTrope Mitsuhide gets in trouble]] for offering one of these to Nobunaga.
* LargeHam: Nobunaga

* MartialArtsHeadband: Hideyoshi
** Mitsuhide in episode 9, during her [[LetsGetDangerous Let's Get Dangerous]] moment against Motochika and Sourin.

* {{Miko}}: Ieyasu Tokugawa, or at least, that's how she dresses.
* NerdGlasses: Hanzou
* NoblewomansLaugh: Yoshimoto Imagawa's laugh can match Nobunaga's own EvilLaugh.

* {{Odango}}: Hideyoshi
* OminousOperaCape: Nobunaga

* TheOneGuy: Shiro
* PunnyName: ''Hide Yoshi''no
* {{Sarashi}}: Nobunaga in her regular clothes.

* SickEpisode: Episode eight.
* ShockAndAwe: Kenshin's Lightning Spear Flurry.
* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler:Ieyasu at the end of Episode 10.]]
* SpamAttack: Kenshin's Lightning Spear Flurry.

* {{Stripperiffic}}

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Beautifully subverted in epsidoe 9, When Nobunaga nukes the Saigoku three as they make thier over the top entrance.
* ThisLoserIsYou: Oh, Hideyoshi...
* TickleTorture: Used on the Saigoku Three, who in turn use it on Hideyoshi.
* TomboyishPonytail: Nobunaga
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Hideyoshi.
* {{Tsundere}}: Hideyoshi has Mitsuhide pegged as one.

* UnusualEyebrows: Nobunaga
* WelcomeBackTraitor: [[spoiler:Masamune Date Twice.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Masamune Date]]

* {{Yandere}}: Mitsuhide is showing signs of it.
* YouWillBeBeethoven: Happens to Hideyoshi [[spoiler:and Date-sensei.]]
* YuriFan: A given, considering there are no men around, but Yoshimoto and Mitsuhide stand out.
* YuriGenre: Not that it's the biggest plot element in the series, but once again: no dudes, no straight.

* RapunzelHair: Nobunaga again and Ieyasu

* IAteWhat: Hideyoshi realizes a little too late what Sengoku-era medicine consists of. Primarily horse manure, with a few other things mixed in.

* {{Meganekko}}: Mitsuhide

* AndTheAdventureContinues

* [[CuteClumsyGirl Cute Clumsy Person]]: Hideyoshi and Hanzo.

* [[EternalEnglish Eternal Japanese]]

* [[spoiler: FacelessGoons]]: Hanzou. [[spoiler: Or rather, the Hanzou tribe, which is a group of about 20 identically dressed kunoichi.]]

* [[GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies Girls Are Really Scared Of Horror Stories]]: In episode 5, when the cast was trapped in a forest and the only way out was to tell the circle of ghosts a hundred horror stories, Mitsuhide was shown to freak out at every story so easily, she couldn't finish her own and the party had to tie and gag her ''twice''.
* GirlishPigtails[=/=]{{Odango}}: Hideyoshi

* OneGenderRace and ImprobablyFemaleCast: There are no men in the world. As Hideyoshi [[LampshadeHanging notices]].

* ShockAndAwe[=/=]SpamAttack: Kenshin's Lightning Spear Flurry.