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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The film is FULL of moments of tanks pulling off moves that would be physically impossible, such as:
** Tanks being able to cross bridges and structures that would never be able to hold their weight.
** A tankette going fast enough to ''skip off water''.
** Tanks ramping off to leap across rivers and ravines.
** The Ferris Wheel. Everything about the Ferris Wheel.
** Tanks being able to cross bridges and structures that would never be able to hold their weight.
** A tankette going fast enough to ''skip off water''.
** Tanks ramping off to leap across rivers and ravines.
** The Ferris Wheel. Everything about the Ferris Wheel.
* ExactWords: The reasoning the MEXT minister gives to justify why he's reneged on his previous promise to Anzu that Ooarai would stay open if it won the Senshado tournament. He points out that he only said he would ''consider'' not closing the school, and not that it was a guaranteed deal.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Katyusha naming the hill on the battlefield "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Arthur#Battle_of_203_Meter_Hill 203 Hill]]". If she had bothered to learn her history, she would know that [[spoiler:the battle was a ''defeat'' for the Russian forces that held the hill, as they were eventually forced off the hill by a combination of heavy artillery bombardment and constant infantry assaults by the Japanese. In the film, the Ooarai tanks are forced off the hill due to heavy bombardment from the Morser-Karl siege mortar.]] Hippo Team Lampshades how Katyusha is TemptingFate.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Katyusha naming the hill on the battlefield "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Arthur#Battle_of_203_Meter_Hill 203 Hill]]". If she had bothered to learn her history, she would know that [[spoiler:the battle was a ''defeat'' for the Russian forces that held the hill, as they were eventually forced off the hill by a combination of heavy artillery bombardment and constant infantry assaults by the Japanese. In the film, the Ooarai tanks are forced off the hill due to heavy bombardment from the Morser-Karl siege mortar.]] Hippo Team Lampshades how Katyusha is TemptingFate.
* HappyEndingOverride: The film basically makes all of the events of the series irrelevant since the MEXT decides to close Ooarai anyways. Thankfully, the students get a second chance to save the school.
** The MEXT minister also uses this by [[spoiler:approving the University Team's use of the Morser-Karl, even though whether it actually counts as an AFV is extremely questionable.]]
** And earlier in the film, the Student Council takes advantage of of a loophole to retain ownership of their tanks by writing them all off as "lost" and handing them over to Saunders for safekeeping.
** And earlier in the film, the Student Council takes advantage of of a loophole to retain ownership of their tanks by writing them all off as "lost" and handing them over to Saunders for safekeeping.
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* LuredIntoATrap: done twice by the University Team during the final match. First, they let Ooarai take the higher ground on the "203 Hill" [[spoiler: so that they would just be a better target for the Morser-Karl siege mortar]]. Later, in the amusement park, they attempt to use their superior firepower to disperse Ooarai's formation and take their tanks one by one. When Ooarai's main force refuses to split, they lead it in a place where they can surround it from all sides standing on higher ground. In the first case, Miho warns her teammates to be cautious since it could be a trap. In the second case, moments before realizing that they walked into a trap [[spoiler:Darjeeling]] mutters that the enemy's behaviour seems strange.
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* LuredIntoATrap: done twice by the University Team during the final match. First, they let Ooarai take the higher high ground on the "203 Hill" [[spoiler: so that they would just be a better target for the Morser-Karl siege mortar]]. Later, in the amusement park, they attempt to use their superior firepower to disperse Ooarai's formation and take their tanks one by one. When Ooarai's main force refuses to split, they lead it in a place where they can surround it from all sides standing on higher ground. In the first case, both Miho warns her and [[spoiler: Maho]] warn their teammates to be cautious since that it could be a trap. In the second case, moments before realizing that they walked into a trap [[spoiler:Darjeeling]] mutters that the enemy's behaviour seems strange.
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* LuredIntoATrap: done twice by the University Team during the fight final match. First, they let Ooarai take the higher ground on the "203 Hill" [[spoiler: so that they would just be a better target for the Morser-Karl siege mortar]]. Later, in the amusement park, the University Team attempts they attempt to use their superior firepower to disperse Ooarai's formation and take their tanks one by one. When Ooarai's main force refuses to split, they lead it in a place where they can surround it from all sides standing on higher ground. Moments In the first case, Miho warns her teammates to be cautious since it could be a trap. In the second case, moments before realizing that they walked into a trap [[spoiler:Darjeeling]] even mutters that the enemy's behaviour seems strange.
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** The look on the Ooarai team's faces when they are informed that the match against the University Team will be a 8 vs. 30 annihilation match.
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* SequelEscalation: The Movie has everything and more from the anime show. More characters, more tanks, more stakes, and even more wackier plans!
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* GondorCallsForAid: The big match in TheMovie. Following their latest bet to save the school again, Ooarai's rag-tag eight tanks are pit against a team of '''30''', in an annihilation match (so their usual method of directly gunning for the flag tank is unusable). All hope seems lost... until twenty-two more tanks show up, crewed by "short-term Ooarai transfer students" made up of [[DefeatMeansFriendship all of their opponents from the series]] (plus the [[ChekhovsGunman series-mentioned but movie-introduced]] Chi-Ha-Tan and Continuation High teams) to boost the roster to a more equal 30 v 30 match. The Chi-Ha girls even brought twenty-two tanks by themselves just to help Miho, until Darjeeling reminded them that they're supposed to only bring six to make equal teams.
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* TanksButNoTanks: Despite being no where classified as a tank, not even an AFV, [[spoiler:the Morser-Karl siege mortar in the University Team]] is still accepted in the Senshado competition.
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* TanksButNoTanks: Despite being no where nowhere classified as a tank, not even and its status as an AFV, AFV is debatable, [[spoiler:the Morser-Karl siege mortar in the University Team]] is still accepted in the Senshado competition.
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* {{Wuxia}}: Senshado is a martial art. Everybody is doing impossible, reality-defying, jumps and leaps. The action scenes are deliberately depicted in fast camera. Martial artists band together due to honor and duty. Masked fighters attack from ambush. Heirs to rival martial arts styles have an epic showdown. Yes, that's right. If the [[GirlsUndPanzer anime series]] was a sports anime with tanks, [[GirlsUndPanzerDerFilm the movie]] is a Wuxia movie with tanks.
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* {{Wuxia}}: Senshado is a martial art. Everybody is doing impossible, reality-defying, jumps and leaps. The action scenes are deliberately depicted in fast camera. Martial artists band together due to honor and duty. Masked fighters attack from ambush. Heirs to rival martial arts styles have an epic showdown. Yes, that's right. If the [[GirlsUndPanzer anime series]] was a sports anime with tanks, [[GirlsUndPanzerDerFilm the movie]] is [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot a Wuxia movie with tanks.tanks]].
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The University Team manages to outdo Kuromorimine's antics in the show. The University team brought along a [[spoiler:''[[{{BFG}} Mörser Karl]]'' with its '''600 mm siege mortar''']] and ''also'' a [[spoiler:T28 Super Heavy Tank with its 300 mm of frontal armor and a 105 mm gun]]. Not to mention that against a team filled with rather outdated tanks like Oarai, they brought along a full complement of M26 Pershings[[note]]Late WWII tanks equivalent to heavy tanks[[/note]] and also a Centurion tank[[note]]A tank that made waves in tank technology ''after'' WWII[[/note]]!
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The University Team manages to outdo Kuromorimine's antics in the show. The University team brought along a [[spoiler:''[[{{BFG}} Mörser Karl]]'' with its '''600 mm siege mortar''']] and ''also'' a [[spoiler:T28 Super Heavy Tank with its 300 mm of frontal armor and a 105 mm gun]]. Not to mention that against a team filled with rather outdated tanks like Oarai, they brought along a full complement of M26 Pershings[[note]]Late WWII heavy tanks whose [[LoopholeAbuse upgraded engines]] makes equivalent to heavy tanks[[/note]] ''Korea'' War Main Battle Tanks[[/note]] and also a Centurion tank[[note]]A tank tank[[note]]The first Main Battle Tank, that made waves in tank technology ''after'' WWII[[/note]]!WWII, and '''still in active service'''[[/note]]!
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Katyusha calls the hill Company "Sunflower" climbs "203 Hill"[[note]]203 Hill is a battle that took place during the Siege of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War...with the Russians losing...[[/note]]. Hippo team, full of historic enthusiasts, [[LampshadeHanging calls out on this analogy]].
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Katyusha calls the hill Company "Sunflower" climbs "203 Hill"[[note]]203 Hill is a battle that took place during the Siege of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War...with the Russians losing...[[/note]]. Hippo team, full of historic enthusiasts, [[LampshadeHanging calls out on this analogy]].analogy]].
* {{Wuxia}}: Senshado is a martial art. Everybody is doing impossible, reality-defying, jumps and leaps. The action scenes are deliberately depicted in fast camera. Martial artists band together due to honor and duty. Masked fighters attack from ambush. Heirs to rival martial arts styles have an epic showdown. Yes, that's right. If the [[GirlsUndPanzer anime series]] was a sports anime with tanks, [[GirlsUndPanzerDerFilm the movie]] is a Wuxia movie with tanks.
* {{Wuxia}}: Senshado is a martial art. Everybody is doing impossible, reality-defying, jumps and leaps. The action scenes are deliberately depicted in fast camera. Martial artists band together due to honor and duty. Masked fighters attack from ambush. Heirs to rival martial arts styles have an epic showdown. Yes, that's right. If the [[GirlsUndPanzer anime series]] was a sports anime with tanks, [[GirlsUndPanzerDerFilm the movie]] is a Wuxia movie with tanks.
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-->'''Miho:''' ''[[BadassBoast There's no path a tank cannot traverse]]! Tanks move forward even under enemy fire... [[BadassCreed No matter how tough it is, we must think of a way to overcome]]!''
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* TacticalWithdrawal: Chihatan uses this as their excuse when fighting in the theme park.
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* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: Rosehip in her Crusader cruiser tank has a tendency to charge-head first into the enemy recklessly, with Darjeeling having to tell her to retreat.
-->'''Rosehip:''' Why you little-!\\
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'''Darjeeling:''' ''[nonchalantly]'' Rosehip, come back.
-->'''Rosehip:''' Why you little-!\\
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'''Darjeeling:''' ''[nonchalantly]'' Rosehip, come back.
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* TacticalWithdrawal: Chihatan uses this as their excuse when fighting in the theme park.
-->'''Nishi:''' "Retreating attack!"
-->'''Nishi:''' "Retreating attack!"
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* TheMovie: The movie to the [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer anime show]].
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** Carpaccio calls Caesar "[[EmbarrassingNickname Taka-Chan]]", which Caesar tries to correct in front of her team.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: The Head of of MEXT School Carriers Department (Mentioned in CorruptBureaucrats) calls the BigDamnHeroes moment where the other schools reinforce Miho "underhanded", yet he made the match an 8v30 ''annihilation'' match and [[spoiler:approved the ''Morser-Karl'']] specifically to give the University Team an upper hand. Not to mention he was also the who renegades on a verbal promise that [[spoiler:Oarai would not be closed down if they won the tournament]].
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* {{Hypocrite}}: The Head of of MEXT School Carriers Department (Mentioned in CorruptBureaucrats) CorruptBureaucrat) calls the BigDamnHeroes moment where the other schools reinforce Miho "underhanded", yet he made the match an 8v30 ''annihilation'' match and [[spoiler:approved the ''Morser-Karl'']] specifically to give the University Team an upper hand. Not to mention he was also the who renegades on a verbal promise that [[spoiler:Oarai would not be closed down if they won the tournament]].
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* {{Hypocrite}}: The Head of of MEXT School Carriers Department (Mentioned in CorruptBureaucrats) calls the BigDamnHeroes moment where the other schools reinforce Miho "underhanded", yet he made the match an 8v30 ''annihilation'' match and [[spoiler:approved the ''Morser-Karl'']] specifically to give the University Team an upper hand. Not to mention he was also the who renegades on a verbal promise that [[spoiler:Oarai would not be closed down if they won the tournament]].
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness
** After [[spoiler:Oarai is shut down]], the Morals Committe such as Sadoko essentially become delinquents.
** [[spoiler:Shiho Nishizumi]] of all people advocate for the reversal of [[spoiler:Oarai's closure]].
** After [[spoiler:Oarai is shut down]], the Morals Committe such as Sadoko essentially become delinquents.
** [[spoiler:Shiho Nishizumi]] of all people advocate for the reversal of [[spoiler:Oarai's closure]].
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* ForgedMessage: Maho is implied to have forged her mother's signature and stamp for Miho's transfer documents.
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* MundaneUtility:
** When [[spoiler:Oarai closed down and the Senshado team are staying in a cabin]], Rabbit Team's Karina and Ayumi uses the M3 Lee's turret to mount an oversized fishing rod.
** A flashback sequence shows Miho and Maho using a Panzer II to go fishing.
** When [[spoiler:Oarai closed down and the Senshado team are staying in a cabin]], Rabbit Team's Karina and Ayumi uses the M3 Lee's turret to mount an oversized fishing rod.
** A flashback sequence shows Miho and Maho using a Panzer II to go fishing.
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The University Team manages to outdo Kuromorimine's antics in the show. The University team brought along a [[spoiler:''[[{{BFG}} Mörser Karl]]'' with its '''600 mm siege mortar''']] and ''also'' a [[spoiler:T28 Super Heavy Tank with its 300 mm of frontal armor and a 105 mm gun]]. Not to mention that against a team filled with rather outdated tanks like Oarai, they brought along a full complement of M26 Pershings[[note]]Late WWII tanks equivalent to heavy tanks[[/note]] and also a Centurion tanks[[note]]A tank that made waves in tank technology ''after'' WWII[[/note]]!
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The University Team manages to outdo Kuromorimine's antics in the show. The University team brought along a [[spoiler:''[[{{BFG}} Mörser Karl]]'' with its '''600 mm siege mortar''']] and ''also'' a [[spoiler:T28 Super Heavy Tank with its 300 mm of frontal armor and a 105 mm gun]]. Not to mention that against a team filled with rather outdated tanks like Oarai, they brought along a full complement of M26 Pershings[[note]]Late WWII tanks equivalent to heavy tanks[[/note]] and also a Centurion tanks[[note]]A tank[[note]]A tank that made waves in tank technology ''after'' WWII[[/note]]!
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** Miho and Yukari share a horrified glance when it was revealed that their opponents will be the University Team.
** The Pershing commander protecting the [[spoiler:Morser-Karl]] has this when Continuation's BT-42 jumps out of the woods towards them.
** The Pershing commander protecting the [[spoiler:Morser-Karl]] has this when Continuation's BT-42 jumps out of the woods towards them.
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* FrameBreak: Alisa does this when rebutting Rabbit Team's statements about Takashi.
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* GeoEffects: Both Oarai and Alice use the amusement park's attractions to their advantage when the opportunity arises, from making a ferris wheel roll to create a distraction, to shooting a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_ship_(ride) pirate ship]] to swing it against a pursuing tank, and even shooting a rocket to launch it against [[spoiler:Miho]].
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** Played for laugh. When Company "Sunflower" gets encircled on the hill and attempts to breakout, the majority of [[spoiler:Pravda]] volunteered to stay behind to stave off the incoming enemy tanks. RuleOfDrama plays up real high in this scene to make it more intense than it should be.
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** Played for laugh. When Company "Sunflower" gets encircled on the hill and attempts to breakout, the majority of [[spoiler:Pravda]] volunteered to stay behind to stave off the incoming enemy tanks. RuleOfDrama plays up real high in this scene to make it more intense than it should be.
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** Alisa's offhand mention of a "Takeshi" in Episode 6 of the show comes back and bites her hard by Rabbit Team.
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** Alisa's offhand mention of a "Takeshi" in Episode 6 of the show comes back and bites her hard by Rabbit Team.
-->'''Alisa:''' How did you guys know about it anyways?
-->'''Alisa:''' How did you guys know about it anyways?
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* EmbarrassingNickname: Katyusha earns one from Leopon when they call her "Kat-Chan"
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Two instances with Rabbit Team which shows Saki staring at a floating butterfly nearby.
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** PlayedForLaughs when Ooarai's main force is completely encircled and Chihatan Academy performs its trademark LeeroyJenkins in an attempt to drive a wedge into the enemy's formation and allow their allies to get out. Unfortunately, all that the enemy's tanks have to do is to nonchalantly move slightly to the side and let the momentum of Chihatan's tanks drift them into the killzone.
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* LuredIntoATrap: during the fight in the amusement park, the University Team attempts to use their superior firepower to disperse Ooarai's formation and take their tanks one by one. When Ooarai's main force refuses to split, they lead it in a place where they can surround it from all sides standing on higher ground. Moments before realizing that they walked into a trap [[spoiler:Darjeeling]] even mutters that the enemy's behaviour seems strange.
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* UpToEleven: The whole movie is this to the original show. More tanks, more stakes, more characters, and more wacky plans.
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[[caption-width-right:279:This is a film about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin girls and their panzers]]. What else did you expect?]]
Some time after the end of the [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer 63rd National High School Sensha-dō Tournament]], Oarai celebrates their victory with an exhibition match, featuring Oarai teamed up with Chihatan Academy against St. Gloriana and Pravda. After the match, they return to their school ship to find out that despite their victory, the school is still being closed down. Miho and the Senshado team must find a way to win back their victory and reestablish Oarai.
The movie was originally [[https://twitter.com/garupan/status/328412701674049536 announced]] for release in 2014, but got pushed back to Summer 2015 and then finally ''Girls und Panzer der Film'' was released on November 21, 2015 in 77 theaters across Japan. In keeping with this anime's surprising popularity, in spite of a relatively limited release, [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-30/girls-and-panzer-film-box-office-earnings-surpass-3rd-madoka-magica-film/.102666 the movie's current gross is over 2.1 billion yen with over 1 million tickets sold at the Japan Box Office as of May 31, 2016]]. It's currently ranked 2nd highest grossing late-night TV anime based movie behind Love Live! The School Idol Movie, and surpassing Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion.
''If you want to see tropes from the televised show, [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer CLICK HERE]]''
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!! This show contains examples of:
* AttackAttackAttack:
** Chihatan Academy's [[LeeroyJenkins method of using this]] is their FatalFlaw.
** Rosehip uses this as her manner of attack in her [[FragileSpeedster Crusader cruiser tank]], to the point where Darjeeling has to routinely call her back to avoid being killed too quickly.
* BadassDriver:
** Mikko, the driver of Continuation High's BT-42 pulls off crazy stunts, running circles around the University's Pershings. [[spoiler:Even getting detracked didn't stop her thanks to the BT-42's christie suspension]].
** The driver of Alice's Centurion Mark I. Able to strafe around the much smaller and nimbler tanks surrounding it as it takes each of them out in one shot.
* {{BFG}}: [[spoiler:The University Team have the ''Morser-Karl'' with its '''600 mm siege mortar''']].
* BigDamnHeroes: Two instances in the movie.
** During the opening exhibition match, Team St. Gloriana is pinned by Ōarai and Chihatan. After Ōarai's defense lines fall however, Pravda and a platoon of Crusader tanks swoop in and extract Gloriana from their position.
** Ōarai is forced into an ''[[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill 8 vs 30 annihilation battle]]'', against a professional team. The attempt to curb-stomp them fails when [[spoiler:''all'' the other schools send tank crews to [[LoopholeAbuse "temporally]] [[RefugeInAudacity transfer"]] into Ōarai to help them overcome those insuperable odds, actually stating ''over the open radio'' that [[LampshadeHanging yesterday's enemy is today's friend]]: to drive the point home, the soundtrack for that scene is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7DikyoJ2N4 medley]] of all the schools' {{Leitmotif}}s, finally mixing up in the very own [[TrueCompanions Sensha-do March]] itself]].
* CasualDangerDialogue: The ''opening quotes'' of the movie.
-->'''Darjeeling''': ''[Inside the Churchill]'' The tea stalk is standing up. Did you know this English saying: "If the tea stalk is standing, a great guest shall arrive."\\
'''Pekoe''': Forgive me, but they're already here...Regardless of whether they're "great" or not...\\
''[Pan outside as we see St. Gloriana heavily surrounded and shot at by Oarai and Chihatan.]''
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Alice's love of Bokos cost her a clean shot on Anglerfish's Panzer IV.]]
* ConspicuousCG: Like in the show, the tanks are explicitly CGI compared to the 2D animation style of the characters. That said, when panning shots one characters and tanks, some scenes have the characters also CGI-animated, most notably when Anchovy gets out of her [=CV33=] when scouting on top of a derelict roller coaster in the theme park.
* ContinuityNod: There is a ''lot'' to the original show.
** When the opening exhibition match takes place in Oarai, Pravda-Gloriana team's tanks hit a man's house. Said man was the ''same one'' who had his house wrecked the last time we saw a match at Oarai.
** The same Matilda II crew parked outside the raising garage waiting for the Type 89 to expose itself. [[spoiler:The Type 89 showed up behind ''again'', which the Matilda's commander expected. She didn't expect the Type 97 Chi-Ha on her right though]].
** Rabbit team tried the same strategy they did with the Jagdtiger on Pravda's IS-2. [[spoiler:It did not end as well]].
** Turtle team propping up Mallard team to shoot downward at a T-34 in a similar concept when the Hetzer used its shape to prop up the [[spoiler:Maus]].
** When Duck Team say they have a plan to take out the [[spoiler:Morser-Karl]], Momo brings back some memories on the last time Turtle and Duck team had an idea.
-->'''Momo:''' Are we getting on top of it again?
* CoolCar: The Automobile club is shown to own a Toyota Soarer, which has been partially converted to racing standard.
* CorruptBureaucrat: The Head of of MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) School Carriers Department who renegades on his promise [[spoiler: not to close Ooarai]] in the movie. When the Senshado Federation strongarms him into allowing one more match to [[spoiler: decide Ooarai's fate]], he uses his power to stack the deck to ludicrous levels. He chooses the University Team as their opponents, a team that has already beaten adult teams. He makes it an annihilation match when Ooarai is outnumbered by 30 to 8 with vastly inferior equipment. He signs the paperwork to allow them to field the [[spoiler: Morser-Karl siege mortar]] despite it not even loosely qualifying as an [=AFV=] let alone a tank. Basically if not for the captain of the University Team [[spoiler: allowing Ooarai reinforcements]], it would have been a CurbStompBattle.
* CrackDefeat: [[spoiler:The University teams, headed by the best Sensha-do commanders from Japan's universities as well as Child Prodigy Alice Shimada field a full 30 tank team against Ōarai's 8 tanks, including numerous Pershings, a Mark 1 Centurion, a T28 Super Heavy tank and even a Morser-Karl. It takes the addition of all the rival schools Ōarai has faced so far joining in to make up the numbers for their side.]]
* CrazyEnoughToWork: Operation: Kill Serve. [[spoiler:Ōarai's Hetzer using Anzio's [=CV33=] as a ramp to fly up to the barrel of the Morser-karl and land a shot right through it in a stunt that blows all previous examples out the water]].
* DeathGlare: Maho gives one to Katyusha when she claims she's the only suitable commander.
* {{Determinator}}:
** Despite heading face-first into an annihilation battle outnumbered 3-to-1, Miho never seemed to waver in accepting the challenge if it means being able to [[spoiler:save Oarai]].
** [[spoiler: Continuation High won't stop until the tank cannot possibly go any further, no matter how much damage it needs to take.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: The film [[spoiler: [[HappyEndingOverride had the school threatened with shutdown]] [[MovingTheGoalposts despite Oorai's victory.]] It takes team spirit, help from [[GondorCallsForAid every ally they gained over the tournament,]] [[CrazyEnoughToWork madcap plans]], and sheer dumb luck, but Miho and co. manage to beat the odds and save their school again.]]
** And despite [[spoiler:losing the battle, Alice also manages to secure a sponsorship for the Boko museum]].
* FragileSpeedster: The Crusader cruiser tanks of St. Gloriana and M24 Chaffees of University Team have high mobility, but very little armor.
* GenderBlenderName: All of the girls from Continuation High School have male (if girly-sounding to a Japanese ear) Finnish names.
* HeroicSacrifice:
** Played for laugh. When Company "Sunflower" gets encircled on the hill and attempts to breakout, the majority of [[spoiler:Pravda]] volunteered to stay behind to stave off the incoming enemy tanks. RuleOfDrama plays up real high in this scene to make it more intense than it should be.
** [[spoiler:Darjeeling pulls one off in order to destroy the T28 Super Heavy Tank]].
* HonorBeforeReason: Chihatan's reason behind their [[LeeroyJenkins attacking method]], saying it is their tradition. [[spoiler:Fukuda, a junior, is the first one to point out this flaw and made them change their strategy]].
* LeeroyJenkins: Chihatan Academy's FatalFlaw as part of their HonorBeforeReason mentality. Their primary strategy (if you even call it that) is to charge head first into the enemy, which usually ends them [[CurbStompBattle totally defeated]].
* LoopholeAbuse: Executed to the upmost degree, [[spoiler:students from Kuromorimine, Saunders, Pravda, St. Gloriana, Continuation, and Chihatan temporarily transfer into Oarai in order to help them with their battle against the University Team. Also, they are allowed to bring their tanks because their tanks are considered "private property".]]
* MightyGlacier: The [[spoiler:T28 Super Heavy Tank]] the University Team brings to breach the Theme Park, with ~300 mm of frontal armor backed up by a 105 mm gun!
* OhCrap:
** The Matilda commander when the [[spoiler:Type 97 Chi-ha appeared to her right at the garage.]]
** When Rosehip's Crusader charged forward at a University Team's breach expecting a M24 Chaffee and does a complete 180 degree in the face of a [[spoiler:T28 Super Heavy Tank]].
** When the Saunders team is thoroughly trounced by the University elites. All Kay can respond with is "Oops!" before being blasted.
* {{Ramprovisation}}: [[spoiler:How Turtle team uses Anzio's [=CV33=] to take down the Morser-Karl]].
* RefugeInAudacity: Way to many in the movie in comparison to the show, but the most notable is Operation: Kill Serve.
* ShaggyDogStory: The entire Senshado tournament from the original show is rendered moot as Oarai is [[spoiler:still being closed]] despite their victory. The plot of the film kicks off to go against that decision.
* SoleSurvivor:
** Fukuda from Chihatan Academy was the only one to survive from her school after their [[LeeroyJenkins charge at the enemy]], and that's only because Mallard and Duck Team from Oarai stopped her.
** [[spoiler:Katyusha]] ends up the only one left from [[spoiler:Pravda]] after the encirclement on the hill.
* TakingTheBullet: Used as a deliberate strategy in the opening exhibition match, where Katyusha's T-34-85 blocks a shot from Anglerfish's Panzer IV to allow Darjeeling's Churchill Mk.VII to fire the finishing shot.
* TanksButNoTanks: Despite being no where classified as a tank, not even an AFV, [[spoiler:the Morser-Karl siege mortar in the University Team]] is still accepted in the Senshado competition.
* [[CarFu Tank Fu]]: Yep still there %%Examples pending%%
* TankGoodness: Of course!
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Mentioned by Erika, but ultimately averted as each team manages to accommodate for each other's fighting styles.
-->'''Erika''': Cooperating as a makeshift team?\\
'''Maho''': A makeshift team is still a team.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The University Team manages to outdo Kuromorimine's antics in the show. The University team brought along a [[spoiler:''[[{{BFG}} Mörser Karl]]'' with its '''600 mm siege mortar''']] and ''also'' a [[spoiler:T28 Super Heavy Tank with its 300 mm of frontal armor and a 105 mm gun]]. Not to mention that against a team filled with rather outdated tanks like Oarai, they brought along a full complement of M26 Pershings[[note]]Late WWII tanks equivalent to heavy tanks[[/note]] and also a Centurion tanks[[note]]A tank that made waves in tank technology ''after'' WWII[[/note]]!
* {{Tsundere}}: Katyusha, arriving later than Maho and Kay, pulls this act in an attempt to maintain her composure.
* VisualPun: In the Theme Park, Miho enters the Tortoise Land section, we see [[http://imgur.com/0bmY9lU Thomas the Tank]](a Tortoise with ThomasTheTankEngine's face).
* WrongGenreSavvy: Katyusha calls the hill Company "Sunflower" climbs "203 Hill"[[note]]203 Hill is a battle that took place during the Siege of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War...with the Russians losing...[[/note]]. Hippo team, full of historic enthusiasts, [[LampshadeHanging calls out on this analogy]].
[[caption-width-right:279:This is a film about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin girls and their panzers]]. What else did you expect?]]
Some time after the end of the [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer 63rd National High School Sensha-dō Tournament]], Oarai celebrates their victory with an exhibition match, featuring Oarai teamed up with Chihatan Academy against St. Gloriana and Pravda. After the match, they return to their school ship to find out that despite their victory, the school is still being closed down. Miho and the Senshado team must find a way to win back their victory and reestablish Oarai.
The movie was originally [[https://twitter.com/garupan/status/328412701674049536 announced]] for release in 2014, but got pushed back to Summer 2015 and then finally ''Girls und Panzer der Film'' was released on November 21, 2015 in 77 theaters across Japan. In keeping with this anime's surprising popularity, in spite of a relatively limited release, [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-30/girls-and-panzer-film-box-office-earnings-surpass-3rd-madoka-magica-film/.102666 the movie's current gross is over 2.1 billion yen with over 1 million tickets sold at the Japan Box Office as of May 31, 2016]]. It's currently ranked 2nd highest grossing late-night TV anime based movie behind Love Live! The School Idol Movie, and surpassing Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion.
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!! This show contains examples of:
* AttackAttackAttack:
** Chihatan Academy's [[LeeroyJenkins method of using this]] is their FatalFlaw.
** Rosehip uses this as her manner of attack in her [[FragileSpeedster Crusader cruiser tank]], to the point where Darjeeling has to routinely call her back to avoid being killed too quickly.
* BadassDriver:
** Mikko, the driver of Continuation High's BT-42 pulls off crazy stunts, running circles around the University's Pershings. [[spoiler:Even getting detracked didn't stop her thanks to the BT-42's christie suspension]].
** The driver of Alice's Centurion Mark I. Able to strafe around the much smaller and nimbler tanks surrounding it as it takes each of them out in one shot.
* {{BFG}}: [[spoiler:The University Team have the ''Morser-Karl'' with its '''600 mm siege mortar''']].
* BigDamnHeroes: Two instances in the movie.
** During the opening exhibition match, Team St. Gloriana is pinned by Ōarai and Chihatan. After Ōarai's defense lines fall however, Pravda and a platoon of Crusader tanks swoop in and extract Gloriana from their position.
** Ōarai is forced into an ''[[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill 8 vs 30 annihilation battle]]'', against a professional team. The attempt to curb-stomp them fails when [[spoiler:''all'' the other schools send tank crews to [[LoopholeAbuse "temporally]] [[RefugeInAudacity transfer"]] into Ōarai to help them overcome those insuperable odds, actually stating ''over the open radio'' that [[LampshadeHanging yesterday's enemy is today's friend]]: to drive the point home, the soundtrack for that scene is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7DikyoJ2N4 medley]] of all the schools' {{Leitmotif}}s, finally mixing up in the very own [[TrueCompanions Sensha-do March]] itself]].
* CasualDangerDialogue: The ''opening quotes'' of the movie.
-->'''Darjeeling''': ''[Inside the Churchill]'' The tea stalk is standing up. Did you know this English saying: "If the tea stalk is standing, a great guest shall arrive."\\
'''Pekoe''': Forgive me, but they're already here...Regardless of whether they're "great" or not...\\
''[Pan outside as we see St. Gloriana heavily surrounded and shot at by Oarai and Chihatan.]''
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Alice's love of Bokos cost her a clean shot on Anglerfish's Panzer IV.]]
* ConspicuousCG: Like in the show, the tanks are explicitly CGI compared to the 2D animation style of the characters. That said, when panning shots one characters and tanks, some scenes have the characters also CGI-animated, most notably when Anchovy gets out of her [=CV33=] when scouting on top of a derelict roller coaster in the theme park.
* ContinuityNod: There is a ''lot'' to the original show.
** When the opening exhibition match takes place in Oarai, Pravda-Gloriana team's tanks hit a man's house. Said man was the ''same one'' who had his house wrecked the last time we saw a match at Oarai.
** The same Matilda II crew parked outside the raising garage waiting for the Type 89 to expose itself. [[spoiler:The Type 89 showed up behind ''again'', which the Matilda's commander expected. She didn't expect the Type 97 Chi-Ha on her right though]].
** Rabbit team tried the same strategy they did with the Jagdtiger on Pravda's IS-2. [[spoiler:It did not end as well]].
** Turtle team propping up Mallard team to shoot downward at a T-34 in a similar concept when the Hetzer used its shape to prop up the [[spoiler:Maus]].
** When Duck Team say they have a plan to take out the [[spoiler:Morser-Karl]], Momo brings back some memories on the last time Turtle and Duck team had an idea.
-->'''Momo:''' Are we getting on top of it again?
* CoolCar: The Automobile club is shown to own a Toyota Soarer, which has been partially converted to racing standard.
* CorruptBureaucrat: The Head of of MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) School Carriers Department who renegades on his promise [[spoiler: not to close Ooarai]] in the movie. When the Senshado Federation strongarms him into allowing one more match to [[spoiler: decide Ooarai's fate]], he uses his power to stack the deck to ludicrous levels. He chooses the University Team as their opponents, a team that has already beaten adult teams. He makes it an annihilation match when Ooarai is outnumbered by 30 to 8 with vastly inferior equipment. He signs the paperwork to allow them to field the [[spoiler: Morser-Karl siege mortar]] despite it not even loosely qualifying as an [=AFV=] let alone a tank. Basically if not for the captain of the University Team [[spoiler: allowing Ooarai reinforcements]], it would have been a CurbStompBattle.
* CrackDefeat: [[spoiler:The University teams, headed by the best Sensha-do commanders from Japan's universities as well as Child Prodigy Alice Shimada field a full 30 tank team against Ōarai's 8 tanks, including numerous Pershings, a Mark 1 Centurion, a T28 Super Heavy tank and even a Morser-Karl. It takes the addition of all the rival schools Ōarai has faced so far joining in to make up the numbers for their side.]]
* CrazyEnoughToWork: Operation: Kill Serve. [[spoiler:Ōarai's Hetzer using Anzio's [=CV33=] as a ramp to fly up to the barrel of the Morser-karl and land a shot right through it in a stunt that blows all previous examples out the water]].
* DeathGlare: Maho gives one to Katyusha when she claims she's the only suitable commander.
* {{Determinator}}:
** Despite heading face-first into an annihilation battle outnumbered 3-to-1, Miho never seemed to waver in accepting the challenge if it means being able to [[spoiler:save Oarai]].
** [[spoiler: Continuation High won't stop until the tank cannot possibly go any further, no matter how much damage it needs to take.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: The film [[spoiler: [[HappyEndingOverride had the school threatened with shutdown]] [[MovingTheGoalposts despite Oorai's victory.]] It takes team spirit, help from [[GondorCallsForAid every ally they gained over the tournament,]] [[CrazyEnoughToWork madcap plans]], and sheer dumb luck, but Miho and co. manage to beat the odds and save their school again.]]
** And despite [[spoiler:losing the battle, Alice also manages to secure a sponsorship for the Boko museum]].
* FragileSpeedster: The Crusader cruiser tanks of St. Gloriana and M24 Chaffees of University Team have high mobility, but very little armor.
* GenderBlenderName: All of the girls from Continuation High School have male (if girly-sounding to a Japanese ear) Finnish names.
* HeroicSacrifice:
** Played for laugh. When Company "Sunflower" gets encircled on the hill and attempts to breakout, the majority of [[spoiler:Pravda]] volunteered to stay behind to stave off the incoming enemy tanks. RuleOfDrama plays up real high in this scene to make it more intense than it should be.
** [[spoiler:Darjeeling pulls one off in order to destroy the T28 Super Heavy Tank]].
* HonorBeforeReason: Chihatan's reason behind their [[LeeroyJenkins attacking method]], saying it is their tradition. [[spoiler:Fukuda, a junior, is the first one to point out this flaw and made them change their strategy]].
* LeeroyJenkins: Chihatan Academy's FatalFlaw as part of their HonorBeforeReason mentality. Their primary strategy (if you even call it that) is to charge head first into the enemy, which usually ends them [[CurbStompBattle totally defeated]].
* LoopholeAbuse: Executed to the upmost degree, [[spoiler:students from Kuromorimine, Saunders, Pravda, St. Gloriana, Continuation, and Chihatan temporarily transfer into Oarai in order to help them with their battle against the University Team. Also, they are allowed to bring their tanks because their tanks are considered "private property".]]
* MightyGlacier: The [[spoiler:T28 Super Heavy Tank]] the University Team brings to breach the Theme Park, with ~300 mm of frontal armor backed up by a 105 mm gun!
* OhCrap:
** The Matilda commander when the [[spoiler:Type 97 Chi-ha appeared to her right at the garage.]]
** When Rosehip's Crusader charged forward at a University Team's breach expecting a M24 Chaffee and does a complete 180 degree in the face of a [[spoiler:T28 Super Heavy Tank]].
** When the Saunders team is thoroughly trounced by the University elites. All Kay can respond with is "Oops!" before being blasted.
* {{Ramprovisation}}: [[spoiler:How Turtle team uses Anzio's [=CV33=] to take down the Morser-Karl]].
* RefugeInAudacity: Way to many in the movie in comparison to the show, but the most notable is Operation: Kill Serve.
* ShaggyDogStory: The entire Senshado tournament from the original show is rendered moot as Oarai is [[spoiler:still being closed]] despite their victory. The plot of the film kicks off to go against that decision.
* SoleSurvivor:
** Fukuda from Chihatan Academy was the only one to survive from her school after their [[LeeroyJenkins charge at the enemy]], and that's only because Mallard and Duck Team from Oarai stopped her.
** [[spoiler:Katyusha]] ends up the only one left from [[spoiler:Pravda]] after the encirclement on the hill.
* TakingTheBullet: Used as a deliberate strategy in the opening exhibition match, where Katyusha's T-34-85 blocks a shot from Anglerfish's Panzer IV to allow Darjeeling's Churchill Mk.VII to fire the finishing shot.
* TanksButNoTanks: Despite being no where classified as a tank, not even an AFV, [[spoiler:the Morser-Karl siege mortar in the University Team]] is still accepted in the Senshado competition.
* [[CarFu Tank Fu]]: Yep still there %%Examples pending%%
* TankGoodness: Of course!
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Mentioned by Erika, but ultimately averted as each team manages to accommodate for each other's fighting styles.
-->'''Erika''': Cooperating as a makeshift team?\\
'''Maho''': A makeshift team is still a team.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The University Team manages to outdo Kuromorimine's antics in the show. The University team brought along a [[spoiler:''[[{{BFG}} Mörser Karl]]'' with its '''600 mm siege mortar''']] and ''also'' a [[spoiler:T28 Super Heavy Tank with its 300 mm of frontal armor and a 105 mm gun]]. Not to mention that against a team filled with rather outdated tanks like Oarai, they brought along a full complement of M26 Pershings[[note]]Late WWII tanks equivalent to heavy tanks[[/note]] and also a Centurion tanks[[note]]A tank that made waves in tank technology ''after'' WWII[[/note]]!
* {{Tsundere}}: Katyusha, arriving later than Maho and Kay, pulls this act in an attempt to maintain her composure.
* VisualPun: In the Theme Park, Miho enters the Tortoise Land section, we see [[http://imgur.com/0bmY9lU Thomas the Tank]](a Tortoise with ThomasTheTankEngine's face).
* WrongGenreSavvy: Katyusha calls the hill Company "Sunflower" climbs "203 Hill"[[note]]203 Hill is a battle that took place during the Siege of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War...with the Russians losing...[[/note]]. Hippo team, full of historic enthusiasts, [[LampshadeHanging calls out on this analogy]].
