Magical Girl Tropes



Tropes that are more likely than not to show up in a Magical Girl show.

Related:
 * The Beautiful Tropes
 * Princess Tropes
 * Purity Personified
 * Rule of Glamorous
 * Standard Superhero Suits

Tropes:

 * Action Girl
 * Brainwashed and Crazy (the heroine's boyfriend is usually the one to suffer this)
 * Brought Down to Normal
 * Brought Down to Badass
 * By the Power of Grayskull
 * Calling Your Attacks
 * The Chosen One
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Cute Witch
 * Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday
 * Dark Magical Girl
 * Dojikko
 * Everything's Better With Sparkles
 * Extraordinarily Empowered Girl
 * Fairy Companion
 * Fairy Tale Motifs
 * Frilly Upgrade
 * Girlish Pigtails (especially for the lead character)
 * Girls Love Stuffed Animals (keeping some in the main character's room)
 * Growing Up Sucks (at least for older series)
 * Henshin Hero
 * Idiot Hero (at first)
 * I Just Want to Be Normal (mainly in the 90's and early 2000's)
 * In the Name of The Moon
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold (a common love interest)
 * Les Yay
 * Loves My Alter Ego
 * Magical Girl
 * Magical Girl Queenliness Test
 * Magical Girl Warrior
 * Magical Incantation (used by the Cute Witch)
 * Magic Idol Singer
 * Magic Wand (usually used by the Cute Witch variety)
 * Masquerade
 * Mentor Mascot
 * Mini-Dress of Power
 * Monster of the Week
 * Monster of the Aesop
 * Muggle Best Friend
 * Muggle Foster Parents (for Cute Witches)
 * Mysterious Protector
 * New Powers As the Plot Demands
 * Non-Human Sidekick
 * Older Alter Ego (for Magic Idol Singers)
 * Plot Coupon
 * Gotta Catch Them All
 * Power Crystal
 * Power Gives You Wings
 * The Power of Friendship
 * Rose-Haired Girl (especially for the lead character)
 * Sealed Evil in A Can
 * Sleep Mode Size
 * So Last Season (for outfits and attacks)
 * Transformation Name Announcement
 * Transformation Sequence
 * Transformation Trinket
 * Triple Shifter
 * Useless Boyfriend
 * Wake Up, Go to School, Save The World