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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The hooded person that appeared through the TournamentArc and had a magic similar to Zeref's is revealed to be Lucy from the future.]]

** Lyon was originally a pupil of Ur like Gray, and only went down a dark path after her death in an effort to fulfil his childhood dream of surpassing her. After being defeated, he and his compatriots realise the futility of the path they're on and join Lamia Scale, abd he and Gray reconcile.
** Erza's old friends and fellow child slaves from the Tower of Heaven were never bad people, and only did bad things at the behest of Jellal, who had manipulated them. Once this betrayal comes to light, they are deeply sorry, and aid Erza and her guildmates from then on.

** Ultear in turn had come to believe her mother, Ur, had abandoned her to be tortured; after escaping the hell she endured, she found her mother smiling with [[ReplacementGoldfish two random boys]], and was [[StartOfDarkness filled with a jealous rage.]] Once she learns the truth, that her mother was told she was dead and that her anger throughout the years was based on a lie, she abandons it and works to atone.

* QuirkyMinibossSquad: One for each major arc. Some of them even have names (Element Four, Seven Kin of Purgatory, Raijinshuu, Trinity Raven, and [[spoiler: the Nine Demon Gates]]).

* RealityEnsues:
** During the Edolas Arc. Team Natsu tries to fight against the Edolas Knights but are easily captured due to being outnumbered and at a heavy disadvantage without their magic.
** Natsu tries his best to defeat Gildarts during the S Class Exams but comes up short. Naturally Gildarts as a much older and much more experienced fighter easily beats Natsu during their fight
** Despite Natsu and Cana’s best efforts they are unable to even scratch Bluenote Stinger. Due to his superior raw power and strength.
** Cana is unable to use Fairy Glitter properly on her first try due to her inexperience.
** During the Seven Years that Fairy Tail’s S Class Candidates went missing. The rest of Guild is left without their strongest members. So Fairy Tail’s reputation is ruined as they are unable to complete higher class jobs anymore.
** Lucy is kicked out of her hotel room. Due to having overdue debt while she was trapped in Fairy Sphere. Due to lack of money after the incident she can’t really afford to pay off her debts.
** Natsu and the other S Class Candidates are shown to have suffered from lack of training and being frozen from those seven years. As both Zentopia and their formerly weaker Guild members note that Fairy Tail’s members aren’t as powerful as they used to be.

* SquishyWizard: Lampshaded and mostly averted.
** Played straight with Levy, who is a GlassCannon, and Bickslow, who [[EnemySummoner fights using his dolls]]. Lucy is a summoner like Bickslow, but she's a subversion of this trope.

** Many characters like Ultear have extremely powerful abilities under the catch that they can't affect living things (although Ultear can still affect plantlife). This is done so it won't be *too* blatantly broken, as completely freezing time around her along with Ultear's fighting ability, ice, and transform magic would make her pretty much unstoppable. She is still pretty close through the intelligent application of her power (nullifying spells and weapons to make the enemies defenseless). She was shown to reset time later, but at a cost.

* {{Sarashi}}: Erza's the Robe of Yuen and hakama.

* ShipperOnDeck

** This seriously needs it's own page. Any takers?

* ShirtlessScene

* {{Shounen}}
* ShoutOut

** Happy's parents are voiced by Creator/TomokazuSeki and Creator/AyakoKawasumi, the same people who voiced Haru and Elie. This is most likely a shout out to ''{{Rave Master}}'' but it could also just be a coincidence since those two often voiced characters who are romantically linked.

** This one is anime-exclusive. When infiltrating the duke's manor during their very first job, Natsu dresses up as a ninja, [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima degozaru]].

* Reality Ensues:

* Reality Ensues: Fairy Tail's reputation degrades over the Seven Year Time Skip due to their strongest members being away

* RousseauWasRight: Despite the many Dark Guilds and Necromancer-worshipping cults, the series has an extremely positive outlook on humanity. Almost every antagonist only became that way through personal trauma, manipulation by others, who in turn were also traumatised or manipulated, and most of them eventually find redemption and forgiveness, becoming friends and allies. Nobody is truly without hope of fresh start. To name a few:

** The entirety of Sabertooth was a SocialDarwinist cult before being beaten by Fairy Tail in the Grand Magic Games. After that defeat, the rival guild learned a positive lesson about ThePowerOfFriendship from Fairy Tail's example, becoming closer with each other as well as friendlier.

* ReverseMole:
** [[spoiler:Gajeel, Ivan's mole in Fairy Tail, was actually a double agent.]]
** [[spoiler: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.]]
* TheRival:
** 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, [[spoiler: 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.

* ShamefulStrip: Yukino's master forces her to remove her clothes and guild tattoo in front of the entire Sabertooth Guild after she loses ''one'' fight. Then he kicks her out.

* RandomPowerRanking: Erza is essentially as strong as she needs to be, powerful enough to match up against some of the Ten Wizard Saints and probably actually ''stronger'' than at least two. She's also not the most powerful of the S-Class wizards in the guild. Erza and Makarov have also noted that the presumably A-Class ranked Natsu is on par with Erza when he gets angry. Which... isn't really true when you've seen the two fighting their opponents, but still throws the whole ranking system into question.
** Both justified. Being one of the Wizard Saints is a title granted by the Magic Council, which is a political body, [[BlatantLies so obviously they must be perfectly impartial]]. The S-Class rank is certified individually by each guild and each may have their own standards. In Fairy Tail S-rank is granted by a test and involves more than just fighting ability. While Natsu is Erza's equal in combat, he's far more impulsive and generally much worse at handling any situation that can't be solved by beating someone up than she is.
*** To give some kind of context. Natsu's answer to trying to find a guy he's chasing? [[ThereWasADoor Break through EVERY wall he finds, even though there are many serviceable doors right next to the holes.]] Erza's method of questioning the guards? Punch them unconscious, then ask the questions... Yeah, she's only marginally better.

* SchizoTech: The world is largely a medieval to Renaissance era equivalent, with the most sophisticated conventional piece of machinery being the steam train. Anything more advanced utilizes magic as a power source (temporarily draining the magic energy from an user via a special plug) and is both rare and powerful. The gamut of magical devices ranges from firearms and automobiles, to airships and computers, to ''HumongousMecha and a KillSat''. RockBeatsLaser is very much in effect, though, as magical devices harness a fraction of one's true magical potential and thus can be surpassed by those who wield magic directly.
* SceneryCensor: UpToEleven. Never shall anyone glimpse the private parts of the characters.

** The eighth opening and ending spoils a lot of things about Edolas arc if you watch closely, such as [[spoiler:the face of Queen Shagotte way before she actually appears onscreen, hints of the final boss of the arc, and the return of Mystogan. But the worst of all is the new ending heavily focused on Lisanna, who we barely see during the Edolas arc, and the ''friggin'' end of said arc, in which Lisanna run into her brother and sister at Magnolia's cemetery. Really? Spoiling the ''very last scene of Edolas arc''? '''Really'''?! [[PrecisionFStrike What the heck?!]]]].

* SquishyWizard: Lampshaded and mostly averted.
** Played straight with Levy, who is a GlassCannon, and Bickslow, who [[EnemySummoner fights using his dolls]]. Lucy is a summoner like Bickslow, but she's a subversion of this trope.

* SeriesContinuityError: In the anime episode "The Truly Evil Jiggle Butt Gang", Wendy and Carla are shocked to discover Natsu developed a resistance to the anti-motion sickness Troia spell.... a few dozen episodes ''after'' they already explained that was one of the reasons they couldn't cast it on him constantly.

* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:The conversation in Chapter 340 between [[BigGood Mavis Vermillion]] and [[BiggerBad Zeref]] implies that at one point, the two were close enough to know rather uncommon knowledge about one another; for example, Mavis knowing that Zeref is a DeathSeeker, and Zeref referring to humans as if Mavis isn't one of them. She also apparently willingly let him stay on Sirius Island with her, indicating that despite Zeref's [[TheDreaded very well earned reputation]], she seemed to genuinely feel bad for the guy... up until his rather unnerving threat about [[OmnicidalManiac wiping out humanity]], anyway. ''Fairy Tail Zero'' revealed that Zeref was the magic teacher for the four founders of Fairy Tail, and Chapters 449-451 revealed that, after acquiring the same curse he had, Mavis (for an all too brief moment) became his lover. It's revealed that it was Mavis's death that eventually caused Zeref to "become the devil", so to speak, in the first place, hence why Mavis feels sympathy for him.]]

** This becomes a plot point when the Tenrou Island arc introduces Mest, Mystogan's pupil. The other members find that they can't remember much about him [[spoiler: because he's not a member of Fairy Tail. He's an infiltrator from the Council who used magic to alter the guild's memories.]]

* SwissArmySuperpower: Enchantment magic, or rather, the Enchanters who use it, are capable of a wide variety of impressive feats. From your standard [[StatusBuff Status Buffs]], to the creation of Dragon Slayer magic, to altering the shape and terrain of an *entire continent*, Enchanters seem limited only by their imaginative ability and skill.

** In the preview of Episode 59 Happy says to stop [[Manga/ShinryakuIkaMusume squiddling around]] and Natsu says [[LampshadeHanging that it's the wrong show.]] In actuality, Natsu just says something akin to "That was a good one, Happy!" in reference to Happy's unintentional pun, and so this comes down to Crunchyroll referencing a show they did as well.