History Franchise / LyricalNanoha

* Movie Verse: ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie First'' (2010) and ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie Second As'' (2012) are RecursiveCanon retellings of ''Nanoha Original'' and ''A's'', while [[index]]''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaReflection'' (2017) and its sequel ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation'' (slated for 2018) are stories with fairly original plots incorporating the OriginalGeneration characters introduced in the ''A's Portable games'';

* PSP verse: Fighting games for the PSP - [[VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable The Battle Of Aces]] (2010) and [[VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable The Gears Of Destiny]] (2011); AlternateTimeline sequels to ''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs A's]]'' with OriginalGeneration characters.

* DysfunctionJunction: It's downplayed, given the nature idealistic nature of the setting, but up until ''[=ViVid=]'', the only major character who hadn't suffered some sort of horrible trauma in their backstory (which normally involved the loss of a family member) was, ironically, Nanoha herself. [[spoiler: And depending on your definition of backstory, she had her injury in-between ''A's'' and ''[=StrikerS=]''.]]

* Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaINNOCENT - a multimedia series including a manga and a {{Collectible Card|Game}} MobilePhoneGame. A [[HighSchoolAU Grade School AU]], where {{Magical Girl}}s are avatars in a VirtualReality game with cards. Also starring the OriginalGeneration characters from the PSP verse. (2012-ongoing)

* Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid (2009-2017) - a manga sequel/spinoff, partially adapted to anime in 2015;

* A canon {{Yonkoma}} {{Comedy}}/SliceOfLife manga called ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha [=ViVid=] Life'' mostly featuring Vivio and her friends from school but sometimes focusing on the old cast such as Nanoha, Fate, Hayate, and the Wolkenritter. The timeline of the manga is set in the two month gap between visiting Lutecia's home and the tournament from [[Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid ViVid]].

* SequelEscalation: Between the three main anime series, the stage just gets bigger and bigger. However, ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' and later series consciously averted the ''DragonBall'' method of power-level inflation; in ''[=StrikerS=]'' and ''[[Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce Force]]'', the Riot Force 6 elites (Nanoha, Fate, Hayate and Signum) are the strongest mages in the story, and their opponents are dangerous because of new capabilities and tactics rather than greater raw power.

* AmbiguouslyRelated: Nanoha and her older brother and sister. The series spun off from ''VisualNovel/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever'', where Kyouya was her half-brother, and Miyuki was her first cousin. It's never made clear if this still applies, or if they're all full-blooded siblings.

* DenouementEpisode: This is pretty much standard procedure. Every season normally has it's climax on the penultimate episode and devotes almost the entire finale to wrapping up the loose ends (along with an epilogue in ''A's'' and ''[=StrikerS=]'').

* ClonesArePeopleToo: This is generally the prevalent attitude regarding all the clone characters. Precia Testarossa is about the only character who doesn't share this perspective, and the reason she hated Fate is because she ''wasn't'' the same person as the girl she was cloned from, and Precia wanted a ReplacementGoldfish. The movie backpedaled on this slightly, with Precia realizing much too late that Fate was effectively the little sister Alicia had always wanted.

** The Harlaowns. Admiral Lindy, Admiral Chrono, and Enforcer Fate . Probably also [[HeroicSacrifice the late]] Clyde Harlaown. Any of them can and will befriend you into outer space if you make them mad. Erio and Caro probably count as members as well and Arf's the family pet.

* ArmedWithCanon: The Megami Sound Stages were written by Yuunoha supporters (or at least Nanofate opponents), while ''[[Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid ViVid]]'' gives a slightly different look not to mention is also written by series creator Masaki Tsuzuki. For instance mention is made that Vivio's relationship with Fate is like that of an aunt (Vivio says she knows Fate isn't ''really'' her "mama" since it was Nanoha alone who adopted her) -- with the implication that Nanoha and Fate are [[LikeBrotherAndSister Like Sister and Sister]] -- but in ''[=ViVid=]'' she's back to calling her "Fate-mama". They also break the fourth wall, so their canonical significance was already pretty suspect.
** ''[=ViVid=]'' also has Vivio [[https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/mahou_shoujo_lyrical_nanoha_vivid_ch77#26 explicitly telling another character that she has two mothers]].

* ApocalypseHow: Lost Logia in sufficient amount is capable of X-2 and beyond class as the Al-Hazred disaster showed.

** The first movie's supplementary manga diverges further into it's own continuity, shifting the order of major events and changing the characters' personalities somewhat.

* UnfulfilledPurposeMisery: Agito is a Unison Device, a being designed to aid a mage in combat via FusionDance. While she does have a master in Zest during ''[=StrikerS=]'', their partnership is soured by a combination of lacking proper compatibility and Zest [[spoiler:suffering from a terminal disease due to CloneDegeneration]]. She's much happier in later seasons due to discovering that she's fully compatible with [[LadyOfWar Signum]] (being adopted into the Yagami family didn't hurt either).

* ShootingLessonsFromYourParents: Teana's older brother taught her how to shoot from a young age (up until he died). It plays a large role in her character arc in ''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers StrikerS]]''.

* TangledFamilyTree: Making an organized family tree of the cast is an exercise in futility, what with all of the adoptions, [[ParentalSubstitute pseudo-adoptions]], clones, {{Artificial Human}}s and [[NoHuggingNoKissing implied romances]]. The trope page has an attempted example, but event that doesn't cover everything.

* BigBraToFill: In-universe example. When trying on the Wolkenritter's costumes in the 2nd movie Sound Stage, Miura and Rio point out that their adult forms aren't big enough to fit into Signum and Shamal's outfits.

** The Nakajimas. With the exception of [[NonActionGuy Non Action Dad]] Genya (who lets his 108th Battalion do the talking), all of the members of the family are formidable fighters. [[ActionMom Quint]], [[BoobsOfSteel Ginga]], [[HotBlooded Subaru]], [[spoiler:[[BadassLongcoat C]][[EyepatchOfPower i]][[KnifeNut n]][[StuffBlowingUp q]][[YouShallNotPass ue]], [[{{BFG}} Dieci]], [[PowerFist Nove]] and [[SmallGirlBigGun Wendi]]]]. [[spoiler: Tohma Avenir]] will likely be joining them in the near future. And according to the First Movie Sound Stage, they consider [[TheGunslinger Teana]] part of the family.

* TranslationConvention: Messages displayed and spoken by Mid-Childa's Magitek devices are usually in English or German[[note]]Exceptions being humanoid Unison Devices such as Reinforce Zwei and Agito, Tohma's device Steed and Isis' device from ''Force''[[/note]], but all non-device characters exclusively speak Japanese. Since no explanation is ever provided, and it's possible that Mid-Childa could have picked up any or all of these languages through dimension-hopping shenanigans, it's unclear where the TranslationConvention is being applied, or whether it is being applied at all.

* WorldOfBuxom: There isn't much variety in breast sizes for the characters who are at least in their teens or are already adults (physically); the two most common sizes that you'll see are "big" and "bigger". They're realistically sized rather than being [[GagBoobs extreme]] like some examples of this trope can get, though. Downplayed in the first two series where a large portion of the female characters are children, but becomes more obvious after the TimeSkip to ''[=StrikerS=]'' since at this point most of the female cast are either in their adolescence or adults. However, the rule doesn't apply to everyone: characters like [[{{Bifauxnen}} Otto]] or [[ACupAngst Isis]] are flat-chested, [[TheNapoleon Caro]] is as well once she gets older, and Sein is the only character in the animated canon who has small (but not nonexistent) breasts and isn't physically a child. Once ''[=ViVid=]'' comes around the trope starts to fade a bit; while some of the new characters are still buxom, overall they have a far more diverse variety of breasts sizes. For example, Lutecia from ''[=StrikerS=]'' [[SheIsAllGrownUp shows up as a teen]] in that manga, and turns out to be one of the small breasted characters.

* WorldOfBuxom: There isn't much variety in breast sizes for the characters who are at least in their teens or are already adults (physically); the two most common sizes that you'll see are "big" and "bigger". They're realistically sized rather than being [[GagBoobs extreme]] like some examples of this trope can get, though. Downplayed in the first two series where a large portion of the female characters are children, but becomes more obvious after the TimeSkip to ''[=StrikerS=]'' since at this point most of the female cast are either in their adolescence or adults. However, the rule doesn't apply to everyone: characters like [[{{Bifauxnen}} Otto]] or [[ACupAngst Iris]] are flat-chested, [[TheNapoleon Caro]] is as well once she gets older, and Sein is the only character in the animated canon who has small (but not nonexistent) breasts and isn't physically a child. Once ''[=ViVid=]'' comes around the trope starts to fade a bit; while some of the new characters are still buxom, overall they have a far more diverse variety of breasts sizes. For example, Lutecia from ''[=StrikerS=]'' [[SheIsAllGrownUp shows up as a teen]] in that manga, and turns out to be one of the small breasted characters.