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* IncessantMusicMadness: Megas's "La Cucaracha" horn does this to Alice, waking her up out of a sound sleep. On a lesser note, it also grabs the attention of Reimu, Marisa, and Patchouli from elsewhere in Gensokyo.
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* GoodOldFisticuffs: Yukari determines that Megas's special ability is fairly mundane. However, it still gives a good explanation for how Coop escaped the Infinity Zone...
--> ''"It's Megas's ability that allowed them passage... it can smash things. This isn't like the young Scarlet's ability, mind you. Out and out destruction isn't guaranteed. It won't annihilate something from the word 'go'. Rather, it's what it says on the box: it smashes. Short and simple. Whether it's the armored chassis of an opposing robot or the emptiness of the void... if Coop decides that something's in his way'' and he does not stop, ''there's a very strong chance that Megas will demolish it by the time he's done with it."''
--> ''"It's Megas's ability that allowed them passage... it can smash things. This isn't like the young Scarlet's ability, mind you. Out and out destruction isn't guaranteed. It won't annihilate something from the word 'go'. Rather, it's what it says on the box: it smashes. Short and simple. Whether it's the armored chassis of an opposing robot or the emptiness of the void... if Coop decides that something's in his way'' and he does not stop, ''there's a very strong chance that Megas will demolish it by the time he's done with it."''
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* BizarreAndImprobableBallistics: During the "Batter Up" segment mentioned above, one of the pitches Coop has Megas throw is the knuckleball, which in real life has a reputation for being difficult to keep track of due to its unpredictable flight pattern. Much like plenty of professional batsmen, Yuuka can't get a handle on its trajectory in time.
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* EvilRedhead: Granted this ''was'' Marisa's original look when she debuted in ''Story of Eastern Wonderland'', but here that appearance is revealed to be the result of a magic accident that took place when she was still apprenticing under Mima. Reimu's thoughts show that she'd mistaken it for a wig all those years.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Yukari tells Ran at one point that if Megas was ever destroyed, Gensokyo would cease to exist. She elaborates on this much later, stating that if Megas were to fall "and never get up", nothing would stop the Glorft from conquering Earth and invoking Gensokyo's CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler: something that she specifically became a youkai and traveled back in time to prevent. She even refers to it outright as a Bad Ending.]]
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* TheGlovesComeOff:
** Suika breaks out one of her higher-tier attacks, ''One-Oni Wrecking Machine'', in part to finish her fight with Megas quickly but mostly because she hated the idea of going cold turkey in regards to her alcohol.
** Partway through their fight, Coop is able to nail Yuuka with [[SpeedBlitz the Nitrous]] and slam her into a plateau a kilometer away from where they started. This moment is what convinces Yuuka to stop taking it easy on Megas and break out her old attack patterns from ''Lotus Land Story'', silently vowing to rip the mech apart.
** Suika breaks out one of her higher-tier attacks, ''One-Oni Wrecking Machine'', in part to finish her fight with Megas quickly but mostly because she hated the idea of going cold turkey in regards to her alcohol.
** Partway through their fight, Coop is able to nail Yuuka with [[SpeedBlitz the Nitrous]] and slam her into a plateau a kilometer away from where they started. This moment is what convinces Yuuka to stop taking it easy on Megas and break out her old attack patterns from ''Lotus Land Story'', silently vowing to rip the mech apart.
* GoingColdTurkey: Suika all but outright states that this is the sort of thing she prefers to avoid doing. As the battle with Coop begins and wears on, she becomes increasingly sober, understandable and able to think more clearly. Since she absolutely ''loves'' her booze, she becomes desperate enough to pull out ''One-Oni Wrecking Machine'' to try and get the fight over with.
-->''"The more I drink, the stronger I become. Sobriety is not a pleasant feeling to me, and you've pushed me very close to that point."''
-->''"The more I drink, the stronger I become. Sobriety is not a pleasant feeling to me, and you've pushed me very close to that point."''
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* IgnoredEnemy: Reimu shows up to deal with Megas's return and break up an argument between the magicians and Reisen, obviously angry at the proceedings... but after some initial banter the encounter derails itself right back into the argument, much to her exasperation.
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* CommonalityConnection: This is what helps Reisen, who normally doesn't like humans, form a friendship with Kiva: both of them were soldiers with their respective factions that weren't serving at present, both of them daily had to put up with the whimsical actions of their associates, and they've both had to adjust to entirely new circumstances. [[note]]And it helped that Kiva knew how to show respect, as opposed to Coop and Jamie.[[/note]]
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* ClothingDamage: Subverted during the Yuuka fight: Jamie is quietly disappointed to note that despite all the damage Megas was dealing, Yuuka's clothes were barely even phased.
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* LookBehindYou: Marisa attempts this in order to get out of making a promise to Alice and Patchouli. It doesn't work out.
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* SillyReasonForWar: The Mêlée à Trois between the three magicians, Reisen and Reimu was because... of a drawn-out Seinfeldian Conversation. Lampshaded by Reimu to Kiva, pointing out that fights in Gensokyo have started for far less.
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* RegionalRedecoration: [[spoiler: The Garden of the Sun's destruction leaves an enormous crater at the impact point, though it likely wouldn't stop Yuuka from restoring the location to its former glory later.]]
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* BeyondTheImpossible: Even in a place like Gensokyo, Patchouli--anemic, asthmatic, lacking in Vitamin A[[labelnote:*]]which among other things helps fight against illnesses[[/labelnote]] and physical strength--should not have been able to throw a grown person any sort of distance without outside help. No one told ''her'' that, and it's likely she would not have cared about that or the fact that it was Reimu she had thrown: she was angry, she was staying as far from Megas from possible, '''''and that was final.''''' Alice guessed after the deed was done that Patchouli was more like Coop than she realized.
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* ATasteOfDefeat: Even after being scaled up, Yuuka's experience, power, and combat ability weren't ''quite'' enough for her to outmatch Megas, and it was implied that she wasn't holding back. It takes a little bit before she's able to get over it.
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* SoreLoser: Yuuka was sorely tempted to rampage after losing to Coop, never mind the fact that doing so would mean an "extermination" of the permanent variety courtesy of Reimu. It's only after receiving some sunflower seeds and learning the truth about the fight's trigger that she calms down enough to leave quietly.
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* VictoryPose: Megas swings both hands into the air as a glimmer of light flares across its torso, complete with an audible ''"Schwing!"''
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** After witnessing Yukari ''immediately'' leave to investigate Megas's return to Gensokyo, Ran muses that it's not as if the night could get any stranger. Immediately lampshaded by the narration.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Patchouli may dislike Coop and Jamie (and outright ''hate'' Megas), but even she's not immune to the allure of a pizza wrapped around a ham. [[spoiler: The end of the Extra Stage suggests that she's given in to that particular temptation.]]
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* YouAreWhatYouHate: Evidence is scattered throughout the Extra Stage that Patchouli is more like Coop than she thinks. Among other things she has some familiarity with video games and associated terminology, such as CharacterTiers (thanks to her dreams), and she has to resist the urge to request a pizza-wrapped ham[[note]]From the episode "Department of Megas Violations"[[/note]] from the Mansion's kitchen. All this is despite the fact that she developed a hefty loathing for Coop, his lifestyle and his stupidity by the time they get brought up.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Addressed by Yukari. Antagonists that Coop had previously fought with but threatened to resurface, only to never be seen again past their debut episode, were dealt with by her in some way. The last remaining fragment of the REGIS Mk. V, for example, was given to Suika to be crushed within one of her black holes.]]
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* PreMortemOneLiner:
** One from Suika right before launching a massive firebomb at Megas. It doesn't take.
---> "Try ''this'' on and see if it fits!"
** Another one from Coop towards Yuuka. A bit downplayed since Yuuka's in no danger of death, but it's the thought that counts.
--->"Got a message to you from one champ to another..." (begins his final attack) '''''"ROOCCCK OONNNNNN!"'''''
** One from Suika right before launching a massive firebomb at Megas. It doesn't take.
---> "Try ''this'' on and see if it fits!"
** Another one from Coop towards Yuuka. A bit downplayed since Yuuka's in no danger of death, but it's the thought that counts.
--->"Got a message to you from one champ to another..." (begins his final attack) '''''"ROOCCCK OONNNNNN!"'''''
* {{Fangirl}}: Cirno becomes one of Megas after the robot car uses its ice sword to great effect, though [[spoiler: Marisa's intervention]] spooks her enough to flee.
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* BlindedByTheLight: Happens to Momiji at Youkai Mountain when the super-sized Double Spark is fired, demonstrating the downside of telescopic vision.
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** Megas pulls this on Yuuka with floodlights hidden in its arms behind its hands, as a precursor to triggering the high-speed Nitrous.
** Happens to Momiji at Youkai Mountain when the super-sized Double Spark is fired, demonstrating the downside of telescopic vision.
** Megas pulls this on Yuuka with floodlights hidden in its arms behind its hands, as a precursor to triggering the high-speed Nitrous.
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* MirrorMatch: Lampshaded by Yuyuko. During the events of ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', she and Yukari apparently had duels against "mirror images" of themselves. Looking back at those, Yuyuko stated that she enjoyed herself and that if she didn't know better, she'd say that her opponent was stealing her battle style.
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* DarkHorseVictory:
** The draw of the main story was Megas vs. Suika. [[spoiler: It's safe to say no one in-universe was expecting Marisa, who wasn't anywhere near the battleground.]]
** In the Extra Stage, Reimu, Marisa, Alice, Patchouli and Reisen engage in an authorized Mêlée à Trois (described below) in order to settle a massive argument between the five of them. Coop ends up the winner when, desiring to make them stop, he decides to "gift" them with Megas's ''Super Destructor Mode''.
** The draw of the main story was Megas vs. Suika. [[spoiler: It's safe to say no one in-universe was expecting Marisa, who wasn't anywhere near the battleground.]]
** In the Extra Stage, Reimu, Marisa, Alice, Patchouli and Reisen engage in an authorized Mêlée à Trois (described below) in order to settle a massive argument between the five of them. Coop ends up the winner when, desiring to make them stop, he decides to "gift" them with Megas's ''Super Destructor Mode''.
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* CryCute: Yuuka has an instance of this, surprisingly enough. "Youkai moe", indeed.
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* AssholeVictim: Given that Seija was plotting to turn Gensokyo upside down, something that she gets around to doing much later in ''Double Dealing Character'', the fairies in the area aren't really complaining when something hits her in the face at high speed and bowls her over.
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* AnAesop: What lesson does Patchouli learn by the time the Alternate Ending runs its course? [[spoiler: Never give one of your Spell Cards to someone who takes after Marisa in terms of problem solving.]]
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** The main story has the heroes surviving Suika's wrath [[spoiler: with help from Marisa]], having a victory meal at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, then heading home. No strings attached.
** The Alternate Ending, which depicts what would happen if Megas had been able to counterattack Suika instead of dodging her final strike, [[spoiler: ends with the Mansion's library in ruins and Patchouli stuck in Jersey City until it can be rebuilt]].
** The main story has the heroes surviving Suika's wrath [[spoiler: with help from Marisa]], having a victory meal at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, then heading home. No strings attached.
** The Alternate Ending, which depicts what would happen if Megas had been able to counterattack Suika instead of dodging her final strike, [[spoiler: ends with the Mansion's library in ruins and Patchouli stuck in Jersey City until it can be rebuilt]].
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* ImagineSpot:
** After Coop requests a magic demonstration, preferably something that doesn't involve pulling a rabbit out of a hat, Alice has a brief mental image of Reisen being pulled out of Marisa's hat.
** Patchouli gets one of Marisa driving Megas and destroying the Mansion’s library, after which she considers preventing Marisa from doing so to be a higher priority than taking her books back. It wasn’t likely to happen, but by then she didn’t care.
** After Coop requests a magic demonstration, preferably something that doesn't involve pulling a rabbit out of a hat, Alice has a brief mental image of Reisen being pulled out of Marisa's hat.
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