History YMMV / FrameArmsGirls

YMMV content for the Frame Arms Girls.

* HilariousInHindsight: Ao, who suffered a cold, refuses to have [[AssShove a negi up her tailpipe]]. Two years later, Creator/YokoHikasa, who voiced Ao, [[Literature/ArifuretaFromCommonplaceToWorldsStrongest would later play a character who would be on the receiving end of one and turn into a masochist in the process]].

** Jokes about Kotobukiya making the potential FA Girl of the Frame Arms mecha [[http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10155323/10/1 Rapier]] into a [[GagBoobs busty]] [[OjouRinglets drill-haired]] lady abound.

* HilariousInHindsight: Ao, who suffered a cold, refuses to have [[AssShove a negi up her tailpipe]]. Two years later, Creator/YokoHikasa, who voiced Ao, [[LightNovel/ArifuretaFromCommonplaceToWorldsStrongest would later play a character who would be on the receiving end of one and turn into a masochist in the process]].

** ''Lab Days'' shows us that most of the researchers working on FA Girls are ladies, and that even the Materia Twins in the lab have the same fundamental 'yuri sadist troll' personality, indicating that some female Factory Advance engineers and developers love the ladies and have projected their forbidden desires into the FA Girls they are creating - this is supported in Chapter 6 by Toda's suggestions for Jinrai to have a "Bold, Heroic" personality influencing her resulting baseline character. Fujisaki was ''quite'' accomodating of Baselard's request to have Gourai and Stylet over for a sleepover, after all, and she all but squees hard over their growing bond when they work together to help Baselard assemble her beam rifle, in addition to secretly approving of Stylet sneaking around behind her Master's back to meet up with the other FA Girls. In Chapter 5, the Materia twins are so taken with [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Gourai's]] [[CutenessProximity cuteness]] that they [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe try to carry her off with them]].

* MorePopularSpinOff: ''Frame Arms Girls'' is derived from Kotobuykiya's ''Frame Arms'' line, and the fact that ''Frame Arms'' lacks an anime or even a page on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki when ''Frame Arms Girls'' has both should tell you everything you need to know.

** Hresvelgr's obssession with Gourai borders on FoeYay, since it is revealed that she, like Gourai, practices with a battle data copy of her rival regularly, admitting that it was "unsatisfying" compared to fighting the real deal. She even talks to Ao about her feelings on the matter. This feeling is even mirrored in the Hres in ''Lab Days'', where Hres is far more interested in battling Gourai rather than her 'sister' Jinrai, and she even sneaks around the lab without permission to do so.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The semi-incestuous and pervy sado-dominatrix nature of the Materia Twins in the anime has not won them many fans in the SFW side of the fandom.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: No one could have expected before the anime aired that Ao would turn out to be such an appealing character, especially compared to the male Master Rihito from ''Anime/BusouShinki''. It certainly helps that she is much more amusing and relatable than the bland MC whose only unique point is his skill in robotics and programming.

** With the greater [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Gunpla]] and Plamo kit fandom, because FA Girl kits aren't actually that terrifying to build and the newer ones incorporate a lot of good design elements that improve articulation and/or build quality. Some of the Gunpla and Toys/ThirtyMinutesMissions parts are also compatible with FA Girl kits thanks to the [=30mm=] peg system.

** With the greater [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Gunpla]] and Plamo kit fandom, because FA Girl kits aren't actually that terrifying to build and the newer ones incorporate a lot of good design elements that improve articulation and/or build quality.

* DoomedByCanon: The Lab Days manga follows the development of the new generation of FA girls to then release them to the public. The very first episode of the anime reveals that all but one of those new review models would not even activate properly, as a result of last-minute InUniverse ExecutiveMeddling to add advertising to their memories.

* DoomedByCanon: The Lab Days manga follows the development of the new generation of FA girls to then release them to the public. The very first episode of the anime reveals that all but one of those new models would not even activate properly.

* CrackIsCheaper: Yes, exactly like their Shinki sisters. Collecting these girls also involves buying lots of plamo equipment for proper assembly and/or painting/repainting. On the upside, your regular Gunpla assembly tools should suffice for putting the girls together. Getting the Cu-Poche version, on the other hand, allows you to get away from assembling and painting them.
** Those Kotobuki Godhands cost a pretty penny, and with all the paints, sanding tools, hobby knives, cutting mats, topcoats, and fume hoods will add up quickly. If you're taking customization further, expect to spring for plastic cement, dremel-esque precision drills and their bits, epoxy putty and other molding parts, casting putty and resins, and other precision fabrication tools.
** On the conventional shopping list, expect the investment costs to rise as you begin harvesting MSG weapon and armor kits, as well as classical Frame Arms mecha or other plamo kits to cannibalize for parts.
** While you could get away from handmade furniture, shopping for compatible 1/12 scale furniture from Figma, AZONE and Revoltech accessory catalogues will get pricey fast. If you're using quality materials for crafting, expect to pay even more. The Materia Twins spending all of Ao's first paycheck on materials for their luxurious room in the anime isn't an exaggeration. Alternatively, if you decided to get the Cu-Poche version instead, you would need a lot of Franchise/SylvanianFamilies furnitures, as they are compatible with Cu-Poche figures.

* AwesomeMoments:
** Gourai beats Stylet in episode 1 of the anime, even with an accuracy handicap caused by Ao's inexperience at assembling plamo kits, by speeding up the side of a building in the VR arena, jumping, and catching Stylet with a point-blank OHKO.
** In Lab Days chapter 3, Gourai, Stylet, and Baselard cooperate to build one of Baselard's beam rifles by cutting it free from its plamo kit runners and assembling it. Fujisaki remarks that they are learning remarkably fast.
** After witnessing her curbstomp at Hresvelgr's hands in episode 7, watching her return the favour to a simulation copy of Hres in episode 8 with her KAI upgrade is immensely satisfying. Furthermore, in her rematch with Hres in episode 10, her power is so immense that her BeamOWar with Hres ends up tripping the breaker in Ao's apartment.
** The final battle between Gourai (having tapped into her EleventhHourSuperpower Golden form) and Hresvelgr Ater (Countering with her Nanomachine-fueled OneWingedAngel Invert form) that turns into a SingleStrokeBattle with enough power to trip Ao's breaker ''again.''
** In Lab Days chapter 6, the Materia Twins show off their skill when they use improvised tools to catch Hresvelgr, who has been wandering around the lab without permission. Right before that, Jinrai shows off her gallant side by defending her 'sister' Gourai from Hres's demands for another battle.

* FunnyMoments:
** In episode 3 of the anime, Ao and Bukiko resort to a comedic skit retelling the fable of the Woodcutter and his Axe to distract Baselard so Gourai can stop her running all over the school.
** In episode 4, Jinrai's chunni ninja act gets rather over-the-top to the point where the girls are nonplussed and at least amused by her antics.
*** Later in the same episode, Baselard ends up having to stop the Sharp Roomba from vacuuming her room after it deems her taste in decorating to be rubbish.
*** When Stylet scolds the Materia Twins, Shiro briefly pretends to go masochist for her and confuses Stylet.
*** At the end of the episode, Ao gets mad when she discovers the girls have used up all her money from the first round of payments from Frame Advance for redecorating and chases them around her table demanding they have more battles to make up for burning a hole in her wallet.
** In episode 5, ''everyone'' except Architect meets with hilarious failure in their race to get some vinegar for Ao's cooking.
** In episode 6, Jinrai (plus the Materia Twins) ''insist'' that Ao wear her Yukata to the Summer Festival fireworks ''correctly''. This means that [[GoingCommando Western-style undergarments are verboten]]. They proceed to enforce this rather harshly with poor Ao, resorting to glue and ClothingDamage.
** The hype/pep rally the girls hold for Gourai in celebration of her KAI upgrade in episode 8 is full of humor:
*** Baselard's chipper mood completely ruins the mood of Stylet's sword-box illusion.
*** Shiro and Kuro Materia put on a [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine Manzai performance]], but only Jinrai gets the comedy behind it. Architect finds the logic behind Manzai impossible to comprehend.
*** There is something understatedly hilarious about the sound of cash registers underscoring Ao's appreciation speech to the Girls (kaching!). Yes, she's definitely sincere about being thankful for the company of the Girls, but there's another (kaching!) [[MoneyDearBoy reason]] for it.
** In episode 10, the simple fact that all the FA Girls know ''so much'' about hotpot despite being unable to actually eat it, resulting in poor Ao having to finish an entire large serving by herself, is rather hilarious. Was one of their designers hungry when at the drawing board?
** Viewers might be wondering what some of the more cheesy battle quotes the girls make when entering a VR Battle Session are from. One of the end-of-episode skits has them mention Ao's poetry journal, which Baselard managed to find and read in episode 2. Suddenly it clicks, the reason for the hilariously cheesy lines was that they were straight-up quoting Ao's poetry!
** In the onsen during episode 11, Base livens up the bath with a sudden influx of [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Bonus Ducks]].
** In chapter 3 of Lab Days, Stylet struggles to lift Gourai and ferry her by flight to Baselard's cubicle. Shortly afterwards, she gets offended by Gourai and Baselard seemingly ignoring her in their conversation, and later still, she fails to notice Baselard planting a sticker on her jetpack, until her Master discovers it at the end of the episode.
** In Chapter 4 of Lab Days, Stylet ''finally'' gets fed up of Gourai repeatedly sticking the charging cable in her back without warning and returns the favor as punishment.
** Also in Chapter 4 of Lab Days, it's a small touch, but it's amusing to see Gourai and Baselard sit hard on her beam rifle to make the parts lock together properly.
** In Chapter 5, Gourai mistakes a small teddy bear plushie for a punching bag and starts pummeling it, much to Yamada's surprise. Toda can barely contain her laughter.
** In Chapter 6, when Jinrai gets a little rambunctious and hammy and her chuuni comes out almost immediately after being activated, even attempting to defend herself; Yamada grumbles about how she shouldn't have taken Toda's suggestions to give Jinrai a "bold, gallant and heroic" personality so seriously.
** Jinrai's reactions and expressions throughout Chapter 8 as she gets frustrated at the lack of worthy opponents due to Architect getting disqualified and Materia deliberately bowing out make it a slow build-up to the punchline, of her shock and embarassment at winning a cute frilly dress out of a small in-house tournament. To put the cherry on the top, Gourai later [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak catches her secretly admiring the dress]].
* HeartwarmingMoments:
** Ao celebrates Gourai's entrance into her life with a small party towards the end of the first half of episode 1.
** In episode 2, Baselard and Gourai attempt to help Stylet recover from her sadness caused by being one-shotted by Gourai in the previous episode.
** In Chapter 3 of the Lab Days manga, Baselard manages to persuade her Master to let Gourai and Stylet have a sleepover with her.
** In Chapter 4 of Lab Days, Baselard starts tearing up when she finds herself having trouble moving the human-scale model kit nippers to clip out the parts of her weapons. Gourai reassures her, and offers to help her hold the nippers steady. Later in Chapter 4, we get a glimpse at the close relationship that Baselard and Fujisaki share.
** In Chapter 5, Toda has formed such a strong big-sister bond with Gourai that she immediately interrupts the Materia twins from their attempts to [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe carry Gourai off]] and proceeds to stay close by to make sure the Twins behave until she is needed to attend a meeting.
** In Chapter 6, Gourai, Jinrai, and Baselard bond over Jinrai's fondness for Samurai drama shows on TV. Jinrai later defends Gourai from Hres being her usual BloodKnight self.
** In episode 5, Gourai helps Architect get unstuck from her LogicBomb with a small kiss and a CoolDownHug. Architect is touched by her gesture and repays the favour by getting downloaded into a physical body so she can meet Gourai for real.
** In episode 6, ''everyone'' provides bits and bobs from their room deco to help Architect get her own room in their bookshelf hostel done up. Gourai even gives up the large teddy bear from her room.
** It's nice that ''all'' the other Girls are willing to support Gourai and cheer her on to win her inevitable rematch with Hresvelgr.
** What gets Gourai legitimately angry with Hres in episode 10 is not her trash-talking Gourai's ability at battle, it's her ''belittling Ao'', threatening ''to hurt Ao'', and threatening to have her ''separated from Ao'', that gets her furious enough to manifest a battle aura.

** Hresvelgr's obssession with Gourai borders on FoeYay, since it is revealed that she, like Gourai, practices with a battle data copy of her rival regularly. She even talks to Ao about her feelings on the matter. This feeling is even mirrored in the Hres in ''Lab Days'', where Hres is far more interested in battling Gourai rather than her 'sister' Jinrai, and she even sneaks around the lab without permission to do so.

** While you could get away from handmade furniture, shopping for compatible 1/12 scale furniture from Figma, AZONE and Revoltech accessory catalogues will get pricey fast. If you're using quality materials for crafting, expect to pay even more. The Materia Twins spending all of Ao's first paycheck on materials for their luxurious room in the anime isn't an exaggeration. Alternatively, if you decided to get the Cu-Poche version instead, you would need a lot of Furnitures/SylvanianFamilies furnitures, as they are compatible with Cu-Poche figures.

** While you could get away from handmade furniture, shopping for compatible 1/12 scale furniture from Figma, AZONE and Revoltech accessory catalogues will get pricey fast. If you're using quality materials for crafting, expect to pay even more. The Materia Twins spending all of Ao's first paycheck on materials for their luxurious room in the anime isn't an exaggeration. Alternatively, if you decided to get the Cu-Poche version instead, you would also need a lot of Toys/SylvanianFamilies furnitures.

* CrackIsCheaper: Yes, exactly like their Shinki sisters. Collecting these girls also involves buying lots of plamo equipment for proper assembly and/or painting/repainting. On the upside, your regular Gunpla assembly tools should suffice for putting the girls together.

** While you could get away from handmade furniture, shopping for compatible 1/12 scale furniture from Figma, AZONE and Revoltech accessory catalogues will get pricey fast. If you're using quality materials for crafting, expect to pay even more. The Materia Twins spending all of Ao's first paycheck on materials for their luxurious room in the anime isn't an exaggeration.

** ''Lab Days'' shows us that most of the researchers working on FA Girls are ladies, and that even the Materia Twins in the lab have the same fundamental 'yuri sadist troll' personality, indicating that some female Frame Advance engineers and developers love the ladies and have projected their forbidden desires into the FA Girls they are creating - this is supported in Chapter 6 by Toda's suggestions for Jinrai to have a "Bold, Heroic" personality influencing her resulting baseline character. Fujisaki was ''quite'' accomodating of Baselard's request to have Gourai and Stylet over for a sleepover, after all, and she all but squees hard over their growing bond when they work together to help Baselard assemble her beam rifle, in addition to secretly approving of Stylet sneaking around behind her Master's back to meet up with the other FA Girls. In Chapter 5, the Materia twins are so taken with [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Gourai's]] [[CutenessProximity cuteness]] that they [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe try to carry her off with them]].

** With the greater Gunpla and Plamo kit fandom, because FA Girl kits aren't actually that terrifying to build and the newer ones incorporate a lot of good design elements that improve articulation and/or build quality.

** Gourai, Stylet, and Baselard cooperate to build one of Baselard's beam rifles by cutting it free from its plamo kit runners and assembling it. Fujisaki remarks that they are learning remarkably fast.

** In Chapter 6, when Jinrai gets a little rambunctious and hammy and her chuuni comes out almost immediately after being activated, even attempting to defend herself, Yamada grumbles about how she shouldn't have taken Toda's suggestions to give Jinrai a "bold, gallant and heroic" personality so seriously.

** The final battle between Gourai (having tapped into her EleventhHourSuperpower Golden form) and Hresvelgr Ater (Countering with her Nanomachine-fueled OneWingedAngel form) that turns into a SingleStrokeBattle with enough power to trip Ao's breaker ''again.''

** Hresvelgr's obssession with Gourai borders on FoeYay, since it is revealed that she, like Gourai, practices with a battle data copy of her rival regularly. She even talks to Ao about her feelings on the matter. This feeling is even mirrored in the Hres in ''Lab Days'', where Hres is far more interested in battling Gourai rather than even her 'sister' jinrai, and she even sneaks around the lab without permission to do so.

** Hresvelgr's obssession with Gourai borders on FoeYay, since it is revealed that she, like Gourai, practices with a battle data copy of her rival regularly. She even talks to Ao about her feelings on the matter.