History Trivia / PuellaMagiMadokaMagica

* WordOfGod: According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ1jJuod060 an interview with Urobuchi]], Hitomi's wish if Kyubey approached her would be for Kyubey to "disappear immediately]].

* CashCowFranchise: ''One episode'' was all it took for this series' (and the company's) popularity to go through the roof. Now Creator/StudioShaft [[LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}} is rolling in money]].

* CreatorBreakdown: Gen Urobuchi's self-confessed "tragedy syndrome" from his afterword to ''LightNovel/FateZero'' (see the [[Quotes/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Quotes page]]) is in full play here. [[spoiler:Yet the trope is ultimately inverted. Everyone gets a happy ending in the last episode, with the exception of Madoka, Homura, and Sayaka, who get {{Bittersweet Ending}}s.]]

** From his [[http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Fate/Zero:Volume_1_Postface postface to the first volume]] of ''LightNovel/FateZero '':

* [[https://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:EC06.jpg The sixth]] is by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajime_Ueda Hajime Ueda]], who created the ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' manga and the art for one of the ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' endings, among others. [[spoiler: A touch of FridgeHorror: The girls are all solid black, with their Soul Gems the only thing being illuminated. They also form the Kanji for [[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Ep6_Endcard_Death.jpg death]] when flipped 180 degrees.]]

* [[https://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:EC11.jpg The eleventh]] is by Buriki, the character illustrator of ''LightNovel/GroundControlToPsychoelectricGirl''.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: This anime had several connections between the [=VAs=] of this in both languages.
** Thanks to being a Creator/StudioShaft production, there are several connections between other series in the Japanese version
*** Fittingly enough, some of the girls are students in ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'': [[Creator/AiNonaka Kyoko]] is Kafuka Fuura, [[Creator/ChiwaSaito Homura]] is [[spoiler: Meru Otonash]], and [[Creator/RyokoShintani Hitomi]] is Nami Hito.
** The Dub brings a boatload of connections:
*** From the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' universe; [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Nanoha Takamachi]], [[Creator/MarinMiller Yuuno Scrya]], [[Creator/LaurenLanda Arf/Chrono Harlaown]], and [[Creator/ShelbyLindley Shamal]] as Homura Akemi, Kyosuke Kamijou, Kyoko Sakura and Hitomi Shizuki respectively.
*** From the ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' universe we have: [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Nepgear]], [[Creator/SarahWilliams Uni]], [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Compa and Croire]], [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Gust]], [[Creator/ShelbyLindley Ram]], [[Creator/CarrieKeranen Rom]], [[Creator/StephanieSheh Histoire, Financier and Abnes]], [[Creator/KyleHebert CFW Judge]] and [[Creator/XantheHuynh Falcom]] are Madoka Kaname, Sayaka Miki, Homura Akemi, Kyubey, Hitomi Shizuki, Mami Tomoe, Tatsuya Kaname, Tomohisa Kaname and Nagisa Momoe respectively.
*** From the ''Manga/KOn'' universe; [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Mio Akiyama]], [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Ritsu Tainaka]], [[Creator/ShelbyLindley Tsumugi Kotobuki]], [[Creator/KarenStrassman Sawako Yamanaka]] and [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Azusa Nakano]] as Homura Akemi, Kyuubey, Hitomi Shizuki, Kazuko Saotome and Madoka Kaname respectively.
*** From the ''Manga/SquidGirl'' universe: [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Ika Musume]], [[Creator/ShelbyLindley Chizuru Aizawa]], [[Creator/SarahWilliams Ayumi Tokita]], [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Nagisa Saito]] and [[Creator/MarinMiller Yuuta Matsumoto]] as Madoka Kaname, Hitomi Shizuki, Sayaka Miki, Homura Akemi and Kyosuke Kamijou respectively.
*** While not exactly a lot, there's also from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' universe: [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Noel Vermilion, Nu-13]] and [[Creator/LaurenLanda Litchi Faye-Ling]] as Homura Akemi and Kyoko Sakura.
*** Not trailing from behind is the ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' Universe wherein: [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Filia]], [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Cerebella]], [[Creator/SarahWilliams Peacock]], and [[Creator/LaurenLanda Squigly]] as Madoka Kaname, Homura Akemi, Sayaka Miki, and Kyoko Sakura respectively.
*** From ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' Season 1: [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Louise]], [[Creator/LaurenLanda Kirche]], [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Henrietta]], Flame; [[Creator/MarinMiller Malnicorne]] as Homura Akemi, Kyoko Sakura, Kyubey and Kyosuke Kamijou respectively.
*** From the VideoGame/{{Tekken}} universe; [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Alisa Bosconovitch]], [[Creator/KyleHebert Kazuya Mishima]], [[Creator/CarrieKeranen Ling Xiaoyu]] , or Creator/CarrieSavage in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' and [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos an extra character]] as Homura Akemi, Madoka's dad Tomohisa Kaname, Mami Tomoe (alternatively Junko Kaname) and Madoka Kaname.
*** From the ''Anime/TweenyWitches'' universe: [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Melissa]], [[Creator/KyleHebert Luca]], [[Creator/LaurenLanda Barunn]], [[Creator/ShelbyLindley Miletis]], [[Creator/MarinMiller Magna & Qoo]] as Homura Akemi, Tomohisa Kaname, Kyoko Sakura, Hitomi Shizuki, and Kyosuke Kamijou respectively.
*** From the Manga/{{Bleach}} Universe: [[Creator/KyleHebert Sosuke Aizen]], [[Creator/CarrieSavage Mareyo Omaeda]], and [[Creator/KarenStrassman Momo Hinamori]] as Tomohisa Kaname, Junko Kaname, and Kazuko Saotome respectively.
*** From the ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' universe: [[Creator/KyleHebert Kamina]] and [[Creator/KarenStrassman Kiyoh]] as Tomohisa Kaname and Kazuko Saotome respectively.
*** From ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' universe we have [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Saki Mikajima]], [[Creator/KarenStrassman Anri's Mom and Hanako]], [[Creator/KyleHebert Horada]], and [[Creator/CarrieSavage Mika Harima]] as Kyubey, Kazuko Saotome, Tomohisa Kaname, and Junko Kaname respectively.
*** From the recent ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' installment (and to go with ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' too): [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Lian Shi]], [[Creator/KyleHebert Sima Yi]], [[Creator/CarrieSavage Xiao Qiao]] and [[Creator/KarenStrassman Okuni]] as Homura Akemi, Tomohisa Kaname, Junko Kaname, and Kazuko Saotome respectively.
*** From the ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' universe: [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Silica]], [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Alicia]], [[Creator/SarahWilliams Lisbeth]], [[Creator/LaurenLanda Sakuya]], [[Creator/KyleHebert Kains/Godfrey]], [[Creator/MarinMiller Recon]], and [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Suguha/Leafa]] as Madoka, Homura, Sayaka, Kyoko, Tomohisa, Kyosuke, and Kyubey respectively.
*** From the ''Anime/KillLaKill'' universe: [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Mako Mankanshoku]], [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Rei Hououmaru]], [[Creator/CarrieKeranen Satsuki Kiryuin]], and [[Creator/SarahWilliams Nonon Jakuzure]] as Madoka, Homura, Mami, and Sayaka respectively.
*** From the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' re-dub: [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Rei Hino (Sailor Mars)]], [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Hotaru Tomoe (Sailor Saturn)]], [[Creator/LaurenLanda Michiru Kaioh (Sailor Neptune)]], [[Creator/CarrieKeranen Sailor Galaxia]], [[Creator/SarahWilliams Yaten Kou (Sailor Star Healer)]], and [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Calaveras]] are Homura, Madoka, Kyoko, Mami, Sayaka, and Kyubey respectively.
** From the Italian dub: [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon]] as Hitomi and Sayaka, and [[Series/{{Zoey101}} Zoey, Quinn and Nicole]] as Homura, Madoka, and Mami.

* NamesTheSame: Before 2011, if you said "Madoka" in anime fandom, you were talking about [[Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad Ayukawa Madoka]]. After 2011 it was Madoka Kaname. The fact that both anime have characters named "Kyosuke" and "Akemi" does not help.

* TalkingToHimself: In the French version of the movies, Hitomi and Kyosuke are both voiced by Jessie Lambotte. Even weirder? [[spoiler: They become an OfficialCouple by the end]].

** Weltstadthaus means "global-city house". According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki "global city" is defined as a city where happenings in it affects the world (due to the city's economical/strategical/[[strike:magical]] importance), i.e. Alexandria in the ancient world or New York in the modern world.

*** From the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' universe; [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Nanoha Takamachi]], [[Creator/MarianneMiller Yuuno Scrya]], [[Creator/LaurenLanda Arf/Chrono Harlaown]], and [[Creator/ShelbyLindley Shamal]] as Homura Akemi, Kyosuke Kamijou, Kyoko Sakura and Hitomi Shizuki respectively.

*** From the ''Manga/SquidGirl'' universe: [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Ika Musume]], [[Creator/ShelbyLindley Chizuru Aizawa]], [[Creator/SarahWilliams Ayumi Tokita]], [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Nagisa Saito]] and [[Creator/MarianneMiller Yuuta Matsumoto]] as Madoka Kaname, Hitomi Shizuki, Sayaka Miki, Homura Akemi and Kyosuke Kamijou respectively.

*** From ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' Season 1: [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Louise]], [[Creator/LaurenLanda Kirche]], [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Henrietta]], Flame; [[Creator/MarianneMiller Malnicorne]] as Homura Akemi, Kyoko Sakura, Kyubey and Kyosuke Kamijou respectively.

*** From the ''Anime/TweenyWitches'' universe: [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Melissa]], [[Creator/KyleHebert Luca]], [[Creator/LaurenLanda Barunn]], [[Creator/ShelbyLindley Miletis]], [[Creator/MarianneMiller Magna & Qoo]] as Homura Akemi, Tomohisa Kaname, Kyoko Sakura, Hitomi Shizuki, and Kyosuke Kamijou respectively.

*** From the ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' universe: [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Silica]], [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Alicia]], [[Creator/SarahWilliams Lisbeth]], [[Creator/LaurenLanda Sakuya]], [[Creator/KyleHebert Kains/Godfrey]], [[Creator/MarianneMiller Recon]], and [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Suguha/Leafa]] as Madoka, Homura, Sayaka, Kyoko, Tomohisa, Kyosuke, and Kyubey respectively.

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa Burj Khalifa]] (formerly Burj Dubai) appears in the OP, right before Homura can be seen frowning as she is [[IHaveTheHighGround having higher ground than Madoka]]. Considering Burj Khalifa is 828m high and is currently the tallest man-made structure in the world, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic that's one heck of a visual cue]].

* NoExportForYou: The series never gained an Arabic dub as this is one of over 100 MagicalGirlWarrior anime [[BannedInChina barred from Arabic-speaking countries.]] (UAE excluded, but only English dub is available and [[OfferVoidInNebraska open to expatriates]].

* NoExportForYou: The series never gained an Arabic dub as this is one of over 100 MagicalGirlWarrior anime [[BannedInChina barred from Arabic-speaking countries.]]

* NoExportForYou: This anime is one of over 100 MagicalGirlWarrior anime that has been banned or never released (but no need for a ban) in the Middle East, but this situation varies by Middle Eastern country.

* NoExportForYou: ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' was banned from getting an Arabic dub as this is one of over 100 MagicalGirlWarrior anime that has been banned or never released (but no need for a ban) in these countries.

* NoExportForYou: ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' was banned from getting an Arabic dub.

* NoExportForYou: [[BannedInChina It is banned in multiple Arabic-speaking countries.]]

* ChildrenVoicingChildren: Creator/SarahWilliams was 14 when she voiced Sayaka.

* FollowTheLeader: the success of ''Madoka Magika'' lead to many other MagicalGirlGenreDeconstruction works throughout the rest of UsefulNotes/TheNewTens.

*** From the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' re-dub: [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Rei Hino (Sailor Mars)]] and [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Calaveras]] are Homura and Kyubey respectively.

* ChildrenVoicingChildren: Creator/SarahAnneWilliams was 14 when she voiced Sayaka.

*** Shelby Lindley plays Hitomi which mirrors the rich keyboardist Tsumugi and she loves tea as well. The [[FanNickname fandom has called her]] character "Green Mugi".

* ImageSource:
** BreakTheCutie
** EnhancedOnDVD
** MagicalGirl (among many others…)

** Mami, voiced by Creator/KaoriMizuhashi, [[ExpositionFairy wants you to]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime HEY!! LISTEN!!]] whenever she's talking to you. FridgeBrilliance applies when you know she's the ''most annoying voice in videogame history'', is the person that's helping the girls and act like a [[BigBrotherMentor Big Sister Mentor]], [[spoiler: but gives off some of the most dubious information and is killed in the cruelest way imaginable.]] [[DramaticIrony Yeah]], [[WhatTheHellCastingAgency SHAFT.]]

* CreatorBreakdown: Gen Urobuchi's self-confessed "tragedy syndrome" from his afterword to ''LightNovel/FateZero'' (see the [[Quotes/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Quotes page]]) is in full play here. [[spoiler: Yet the trope is ultimately inverted! Everyone gets a happy ending in the last episode, with the exception of Madoka, Homura, and Sayaka, who get {{Bittersweet Ending}}s.]]

* FanNickname:
** "Homerun-chan" for Homura. It was coined in [[Website/FourChan /a/]] ([[http://images.puella-magi.net/0/08/Why_Homerun-chan.jpg someone suggested to draw Homura in a baseball outfit, and the resulting picture was captioned Homerun-chan]]), but quickly gained popularity in Japan as well. She is also called Homuhomu quite often. (For reference, the origin of the latter nickname seems to come from the CypherLanguage in Episode 3.)
*** Homu Homu has become an AscendedMeme through the [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition Limited Edition]] of the upcoming game, which will feature a handkerchief [[WordOfGod officially]] titled the "Homu Homu Handkerchief", based on [[http://images.puella-magi.net/8/81/Moemura_post-golf_scene.jpg this scene]].[[note]]WordOfGod confirms AscendedMeme status [[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_Portable#Interview_with_the_PSP_Game_producers here]][[/note]].
*** Her house is also being called "Homu Home". As in "Homu Homu".
*** And with the release of the PSP game, we now have [[spoiler: Homu Homulilly.]]
*** [[spoiler: In several circles, she's being called Ho{{Moe}}ra after the events of Episode 10. Or {{Moe}}mura.]]
*** There's also (WARNING: VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry spoiler) [[spoiler:Homu[[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry rika]], due to fan comparisons between the two]].
*** Also "[[Franchise/{{Rambo}} Homurambo]]" or "[[Film/{{Commando}} Hommando]]" after she gets all those guns.
*** Some Homura/Madoka shippers like to use "[[JustForPun Homora]]".
** "[[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Unlimited Musket Works]]" for Mami's first attack.
** "Pringles Monsters" for Anthonies, one of Gertrud's [[{{Mooks}} familiars]].
** "Green-haired [[Manga/KOn Mugi]]" or just "Green Mugi" for Hitomi.
*** With the English dub out, this becomes HilariousInHindsight, as Mugi and Hitomi are both voiced by Creator/ShelbyLindley.
** "QB" for [[SeriesMascot Kyubey]].
*** Or [[spoiler: "Trollbey", because his grand plan is wrongly considered a form of trolling. Actually a ManipulativeBastard]].
** [[Manga/HidamariSketch Chidamari Sketch]] for the entire series. (Chidamari means "puddle of blood".)
*** Taken to its logical extension [[http://youtu.be/hzFzherdWKo here]]. Spoilers, obviously.
*** Or [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor]] Myth/{{Faust}}us.
** Condom-chan for Kyoko, due to the thing in her mouth during the OP. It's actually one of those [[http://www.abload.de/img/image2_icepops357qn.jpg ice tube popsicle things]].
*** In Japan, she is sometimes called "Anko" based off an initial [[AlternateCharacterReading misreading of the characters in her name]]. As a reference to this, some American fanworks have used Anko as the name of [[spoiler:Kyoko's dead sister, before it was revealed to be Momo.]]
** "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umami Umami]]" for Mami. [[spoiler: Fitting.]]
*** "[[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Mami%27s_mammies Mami's mammies]]" for Mami's, well, [[BoobsOfSteel mammies]].
** "Urobutcher" for the scriptwriter, Gen Urobuchi, himself. Because, [[AnyoneCanDie well...]]
** (WARNING: VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry spoiler) ''[[spoiler: [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Mahou Shoujo No Naku Koro Ni]] ("When the Magical Girl Cries").]]'' [[spoiler: Originally partially a gibe at the many times Madoka is seen crying onscreen and partially a speculation on a possible presence of time loops, the nickname gained more currency when the latter was proved to be correct.]]
** After the events of the finale: [[spoiler: [[PhysicalGod Magodka/Godoka/Madokami]].]]
*** [[spoiler: Similarly Penitent Gretchen. The name [[Theatre/{{Faust}} Gretchen]] is self-explanatory if you are familiar with the show. The title of Penitent isn't, which means "feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offences". It explains Madoka's temperament at the time of her wish. Also, the full name is yet another reference to Faust ...or more appropriately, how Gretchen saved him.]]
** Legion Arrow for [[spoiler: Godoka's huge arrow attack in Episode 12]] due to its resemblance to [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Taskmaster's hyper combo of the same name]].
** It's not uncommon to see the characters referred to by their [[OffModel meduka meguca]] names, usually in [[StylisticSuck all-lower case]]. So magical girls are called meguca, and the characters themselves are meduka (Madoka), hameru (Homura), seyiku (Sayaka), mumi (Mami), and coobie (Kyubey). The only one who seems to avoid this is kyaku (Kyouko).
** The show and its protagonist, Madoka, tend to be referenced as Doka by some fans.
*** Another nickname for the series (seen mostly on Website/{{Tumblr}}) is "[[BreakTheCutie Miserable]] [[LesYay Lesbians]]", stemming from a joke about people mispronouncing ''Franchise/LesMiserables'', [[Film/LesMiserables2012 an adaptation of which]] was showing in theaters at the same time as ''Rebellion''.
** "Kamijou Kyosu'''''Gay'''''" from many, MANY detractors of the male character itself.
** Though in an unintentional manner, "Sakaya" if a misspelled name for Sayaka.
** Walpurgisnacht has few of these as well, such as Brazilian Night or UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}}.

* NamesTheSame: Before 2011, if you said "Madoka" in anime fandom, you were talking about [[Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad Ayukawa Madoka]]. After 2011 it was Kaname Madoka. The fact that both anime have characters named "Kyosuke" and "Akemi" does not help.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/AiNonaka is normally cast to play [[{{moe}} cutesy characters]] and [[NiceGirl nice girls]]... but here, she plays a character who is very rough around the edges.

** The Dub brings us a boatload of connections! Take this:

*** From the ''Manga/SailorMoon'' re-dub: [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Rei Hino (Sailor Mars)]] and [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Calaveras]] are Homura and Kyubey respectively.

* Both Creator/AoiYuki and Creator/EmiriKatou (who voice Madoka and Kyubey respectively) apparently love the MagicalGirl genre, and were excited to be in this anime. According to Gen Urobuchi, [[HeroicBSOD they didn't take the plot very well]]. Creator/UmeAoki seemed to suffer a mild HeroicBSOD when she learned the plot of [[WhamEpisode Episode 3]] too.

* CharacterSpecificPages:
** [[Characters/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaHomuraAkemi Homura Akemi]]
** [[Characters/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSayakaMiki Sayaka Miki]]

* NamesTheSame: Before 2011, if you said "Madoka" in anime fandom, you were talking about [[Manga/KimagureOrangeRod Ayukawa Madoka]]. After 2011 it was Kaname Madoka. The fact that both anime have characters named "Kyosuke" and "Akemi" does not help.