Fairy Tail/Tropes Q-Z

"Lucy: That's some long hair!"
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad: One for each major arc. Some of them even have names (Element Four, Seven Kin of Purgatory, Raijinshu And Trinity Raven).
 * Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The whole guild of Fairy Tail.
 * Raised By Wolves: Natsu seems capable of intelligence. He probably could stand next to Lucy as a rare island of sanity in Fairy Tail if he'd had human parents instead of a dragon dad.
 * Random Power Ranking: Erza is essentially as strong as she needs to be, powerful enough to match up against some of the Ten Wizard Saints and probably actually stronger than at least two. She's also not the most powerful of the S-Class wizards in the guild. Erza and Makarov have also noted that the presumably A-Class ranked Natsu is on par with Erza when he gets angry. Which... isn't really true when you've seen the two fighting their opponents, but still throws the whole ranking system into question.
 * Both justified. Being one of the Wizard Saints is a title granted by the Magic Council, which is a political body, so obviously they must be perfectly impartial. S class is also granted by a test, and involves more than just fighting ability. While Natsu is Erza's equal in combat, he's far more impulsive and generally much worse at handling any situation that can't be solved by beating someone up than she is.
 * Rapunzel Hair: Vidaldus.

"Happy: He lllikes her!
 * Redemption Demotion: Gajeel and Juvia were both S-Class wizards in their introduction. Possibily justified in that Makarov's standards for S-Class are much higher than other guild masters'.
 * Redheaded Hero the series has two redheads in the Five-Man Band, one of which got her last name from her hair.
 * Redshirt Army: Whenever the military of Fiore tries to dispose of villains, they're often utterly curb stomped, or forced to retreat.
 * Really Dead Montage: Jellal gets one coupled with Never Found the Body.
 * Really Gets Around: Gildarts names twelve women off the top of his head that he's slept with, then two more when trying to guess
 * Red Baron: Erza the Titania, "Demon", "Beast Arm" Elfman, "Salamander" Natsu, "Sky Scorceress" Wendy, "Black Steel" Gajeel, Juvia of the Deep, and "Darkness" Fried. And that's only the people in Fairy Tail itself.
 * Redemption Equals Death: Done for
 * Red Eyes Take Warning: The anime gives these to Dragon Slayers Natsu and Gajeel when their faces are shadowed.
 * Red Oni Blue Oni
 * Natsu and Gray. Natsu is Hot Blooded and frequently uses Unstoppable Rage, and while Gray isn't exactly The Stoic, most of his anger is expressed in Tranquil Fury.
 * Laxus with Fried, his dragon. Also with Mystogan, his rival.
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old: One possible explanation as to why when Laxus summons a barrier that bars anyone over the age of 80 from exiting, which was meant for Makarov,
 * Reformed but Rejected:.
 * Relationship Upgrade:.
 * Retcon: Multiple.
 * Destroy the Lacrima in each of Nirvana's six legs to stop it? OK, but it had eight legs the first time we saw it. In the manga, at least it had seven legs at first not eight. In then repeatedly changes between eight and seven. Chalk it up to lazy author/assistant not counting right.
 * So
 * When Gajeel and Juvia joined Fairy Tail it was said that they were instantly promoted to S-rank wizards. As of chapter 201 they appearently aren't... That one can actually be explained: they were considered S-Class before joining, but have to retake the test to be S-class in Fairy Tail.
 * Natsu's motion sickness is extended to be a universal trait of Dragon Slayers. Even acknowledged as a retcon; Gajeel was actually surprised when this one kicked in.
 * Revealing Hug:
 * Reverse Mole:
 * The Rival
 * Gray and Natsu.
 * Gajeel and Natsu.
 * Erza and Mirajane in the backstory, in a way that directly parallels Gray and Natsu.
 * Lucy and Juvia... one-sided as it might be.
 * Gray and Lyon.
 * Lucy and Sherry (once again one-sided. Seriously, what is with Lucy attracting these kinda girls to her?)
 * Edo-Levy and Edo-Lucy
 * Laxus and Mystogan,.
 * Makarov and Jose, although this one one-sided on Jose's part.
 * Running Gag
 * Lucy's inability to seduce anyone, despite having large breasts and being stuck in very fanservicey clothing much of the time.
 * Juvia's Imagine Spots about her and Gray.
 * A visual gag: Erza and her luggage.
 * Gray unconsciously stripping.
 * Recently, Happy's shipping habits in the anime.

Gray: What kind of running gag is that?!"

"Natsu: HAPPY's NOT A VEHICLE!"
 * Natsu's inability to to be carried by anything that's not Happy.

"Natsu: I'm not a monster."
 * Whenever Lucy comes home, she is greeted by one (or more) of her comrades nonchalantly sitting on her couch having broken into her home. Every time. Without fail. Usually Natsu, with Gray and/or Erza accompanying him from time to time.
 * Everytime Team Natsu comes back to Fairy Tail, eventually it will end up in a Bar Brawl. Always.
 * Erza Taking everything way too seriously.
 * Natsu scaring the crap out of a monster and is called one.

"Lucy: Even if it was true, I wouldn't go for it."
 * Lucy walking home from the guild on top of the guard rail next to the river, while someone on a boat in the river warns her about falling in.
 * Sadistic Choice:
 * Sarashi: One of Erza's swordswoman costume.
 * Say My Name: Erza and Edo Erza do this to each other a lot.
 * "SCARLET!"
 * "KNIGHTWALKER!"
 * Scarf of Asskicking: Natsu
 * Sealed Evil in A Can
 * Subverted with Deliora,
 * Black Wizard Zeref plays this role.
 * Self Made Orphan:
 * Sexy Mentor: Gray's mentor, Ur. She was the one to give him his habit of stripping after all.
 * Sheathe Your Sword:
 * Ship Tease: Used so much that a case can be made for practically any character falling for any other one. To try to figure out who is supposed to be an Official Couple is to submit yourself to madness. But Jellal×Erza is heavily implied.
 * Lucy falling to her death yet having absolute faith in Natsu, and Natsu appearing right on time catch her, and Lucy was very, VERY happy to see him. Natsu×Lucy teasing check.
 * The special chapter/episode 50 "Watch Out For That Guy" is full of Natsu×Lucy ship tease.
 * Heavily injured Natsu carrying Erza on his arms, with him walking like a badass and her crying on his chest and add a Headbutt of Love. Natsu×Erza teasing check.
 * Any arc closure event with Erza and Jellal next to each other. Jellal×Erza teasing check.
 * The very fact that came back; Natsu× teasing check.
 * Chapters 207-210 provide a case for both Elfman×Evergreen and Levi×Gajeel. In all honesty, though, that last one was kind of expected.
 * When Levi leaves "Iron" for Gajeel to eat... the "o" has a heart in the middle. Just saying, not subtle.
 * Any time Juvia and Gray are together has Gray×Juvia teasing, if only on Juvia's part. Though he didn't seem unhappy about dressing up as a king to her queen for the Fantasia parade.
 * There's also some Gray×Lucy teasing every now and then, from Lucy being impressed by his scar to her crying to him during Erza's During the Nirvana arc,  reveals what Gray thinks of Lucy: "newcomer to the guild, looks are pretty much to his liking, somewhat interested in her, more naive than she appears, and a Celestial Spirit Wizard."
 * Macao and Cana had a bit of Ship Tease in the Phantom Lord arc, which is helped by Cana having been stated to have once had a crush on Macao. This was expanded on in the anime's depiction of the arc, featuring among other things Macao Taking the Bullet for Cana and Cana crying to him when the guild is destroyed.
 * A lot of the time when Lucy and Loke are together. Especially when they are saving each other. He even says "I love Lucy" at one point.
 * Lucy×Loke teasing are strongest when they first meet, where she actually blushes and stammers to his advances. Afterwards though, its mostly one-sided on Loke's part. May have to do with the fact that she is used to his playboy attitude and may not be taking his confessions and advances seriously anymore.
 * Erza and Jellal gets this the most by far. Their relationship is so close though, that many would argue that those moments are far beyond just simply teasing.
 * Natsu and Lucy comes in 2nd place, though it is mostly on the part of Lucy since Natsu is an Idiot Hero who seems to be Oblivious to Love. Lucy does seem to be the girl Natsu is most affectionate towards, especially as shown in the extras. Their teasings are everywhere, just not anywhere as blatant as Erza×Jellal. Juvia and Gray would be 2nd except for the fact that it is made blatantly obvious that Juvia is into Gray, which may not make her actions count as teasing.
 * Gray used to follow Erza everywhere when they were little, and he eventually promised that he would make sure she never cried again. Gray×Erza teasing check.
 * Taken Up to Eleven with in chapter 264. Over the course of the chapter,, and the two of them share a Kissing Discretion Shot (which may or may not have just been an Almost Kiss) that extends over three pages, which is stopped when  claims that he's gained a fiancée over the seven-year Time Skip. But then, at the end of the chapter, it is revealed that he was lying because he didn't think he was worthy of her, and she was completely aware of this... Within a single chapter, the two of them come within inches of becoming both an Official Couple and a sunken ship, without becoming either.
 * Ultear implies that Jellal's willingness to risk exposing himself in public has less to do with and more to do with showing off in front of Erza.
 * Episode 45 gives a very small bit of Ship Tease for Freed X Mirajane, from the heartfelt speech reminding Freed that he has friends to Mirajane saying "How about next year, we can just enjoy the harvest festival together?" while blushing.
 * Shipper On Deck
 * Gildarts ships Natsu×Lisanna.
 * Happy is a major offender here, but his favorite couple seems to be Lucy×Loke. It's a bit of a stretch to say that Happy actually ships them though. Its more like he's making fun and teasing Lucy because Loke couldn't have made it more obvious that he wants Lucy. Some argue that Loke wants all girls.
 * Chapter 281 has him pretty big on Jellal/Erza too. He clearly saw their private moment at the beginning of the arc.
 * In the Oración Seis Arc, comments about  but she could just be imitating Happy.
 * Mirajane ships Natsu×Lucy once. Cut to Natsu dancing on a table making a funny face.

"Lucy: Um, why did they strip?"
 * Shirtless Scene
 * Excluding the walking ones, in episode 27, during their fight, Natsu and Gajeel rip their shirts off, for no real reason other than to please the Estrogen Brigade.

"Racer: Why are they stripping? And wow that was fast."
 * During the Oración Seis arc, Gray and Lyon rip off their shirts as they try to hit Racer with their ice attacks:


 * Shout Out
 * In addition to all the Fake Crossovers, the play that that characters do in one chapter is riddled with Rave Master references.
 * The day all the dragon disappeared and Lucy's mom died is Haru and Lucia's birthday.
 * In the first episode of the anime, the fake Salamander calls Lucy "Lucy-Chwan". Stealthy, but not that much.
 * On the request board in episode 2 of the anime, there is a request on the board that says Legend of the Holy Sword. As we all know, his His legend began in the twelfth century!
 * When donning her disguise in Edolas, Wendy looks suspiciously like Lenalee Lee from D Gray Man.
 * The large penguin in the casino at the beginning of the Tower of Paradise arc looks suspiciously like Ruby
 * Not to mention that it say Rave on every single slot machine there.
 * When a mushroom grows out of Natsu's hair in episode 9, it makes a very familiar sound.
 * Vidaldus from the Tower of Paradise arc pretty much looks like a member of KISS.
 * A fish that strongly resembles the Pokémon Magikarp appears flailing on the ice in episode 15 of the anime.
 * spear has the same name and powers as Haru's sword
 * Lucy's summoning incantation (and the animation in the anime) is awfully similar to Kuromi's in Onegai My Melody.
 * This ought to look very, very familiar to most tropers, as should Evergreen's power setup.
 * Goldion Ice Make Hammer!
 * The outfit Erza dons during Fantasia in the anime and in an extended chapter is an outfit Resha is on occasion during Rave Master.
 * After knocking out Erza Natsu turns and gives Jellal a pissed off look, letting him know he's going down. Haru has this exact same expresion with the exact same background when threatening Sieg in Rave Master.
 * It also happens that Haru gave Sieg that same face and threat just after setting down an unconcious ELIE, and that in both manga the guy with the blue hair and tattoo across the right half of his face ended up using a spell with the same name which would have killed the hero, had the girl not regained conciousness and tried to save him (though a third person got involved in Fairy Tail), and that both arcs begin with the girl having a winning streak in a casino and end with fireworks.
 * This one is anime-exclusive. When infiltrating the duke's manor during their very first job, Natsu dresses up as a ninja, degozaru.
 * In the preview of episode 59 Happy says to stop squiddling around and Natsu says that it's the wrong show.
 * In actuality, Natsu just says something akin to "That was a good one, Happy!" in reference to Happy's unintentional pun, and so this comes down to Crunchyroll referencing a show they did as well.
 * To Metalica of all things: Phantom Lord is the name of one of their songs, and the dragon who raised Gajeel is the band's name with two letters tacked on afterwords.
 * Gray has a necklace that looks like the first Rave.
 * During Natsu's fight with Gajeel, the latter shouts out "Who the hell do you think I am!" before launching an attack.
 * It's also an Actor Allusion since both Simon and Natsu are voiced by Tetsuya Kakihara.
 * During episode 59, Lyon says "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
 * Fried's latest glyph encases him in metallic armor with an expressionless faceplate, and it's called Zetsui.
 * The third and final set of dolls that Bickslow uses in his fight against Lucy are identical to the Black Airs from Mashima's 2006 manga Monster Soul.
 * Happy's parents are voiced by Tomokazu Seki and Ayako Kawasumi, the same people who voiced Haru and Elie. This is most likely a shout out to Rave Master but it could also just be a coincidence since those two often voiced characters who are romantically linked.
 * In chapter 247, Lily steals a sword from a mook. Said mook mentions that his Musica sword cost a lot.
 * The mook also looks identical to Bis, who was the main mook of the Rave Master arc starring Musica.
 * Not a Rave Master reference, but bizarrely, if you look closely at the floating letters in chapter 9, when Daybreak is being rearranged, you can see the line I SEE DEAD PEOPLE. See here: to the top right of Lucy, in the second panel.
 * The "Hidden" game in Chapter 269 is identical to Assassin's Creed Revelations multiplayer.
 * During Erza's Fight with Evergreen, when she summons a ton of swords to threaten her opponent, at least five of the Ten Commandments swords from Rave Master can be seen; Explosion, Silfarion, Mel Force, Rune Save, and one of the Blue Crimson swords, as well as Lucia's Dark Emilia.
 * The Jiggle Butt Gang makes an appearance in the eleventh opening.
 * Slapstick Knows No Gender: It says a lot that Lucy is the show's biggest Butt Monkey, as team Natsu can attend to. To be fair, Erza asks someone to hit her when she thinks she screwed up. They're all just too afraid to do it. It's also goes both ways with Erza causing the most damage.
 * Sleep Mode Size: Pantherlily, Gajeel's new cat from Edolas.
 * Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: As you might guess, this manga is quite far on the "idealistic" end of scale.
 * Shounen
 * Shower Scene:
 * Erza Scarlet has a Shower of Angst after retreating from the battle with Phantom Lord.
 * Lucy has one just before the beginning of her Bathtub Bonding Scene with Cana.
 * Lucy has a Shower of Angst after losing her fight against Flare Corona in the Grand Magic Games.
 * Social Darwinist: Laxus
 * Sorting Algorithm of Evil: Subverted. The threat levels of the Big Bads of each arc are all over the place:
 * The first major Big Bad was a soul-devouring Artifact of Doom.
 * The next one turned out to be Gray's Rival Turned Evil who wasn't really any stronger than him.
 * Then he was followed by a foe of Master Makarov himself that was hellbent on destroying Fairy Tail.
 * After that came Jellal, a member of the same organization Makarov belonged to and arguably the strongest Big Bad so far, whose goal was nothing less than and only lost because of the setting's equivalent of Super Saiyan, a conveniently-timed injury acting up, and.
 * The one that followed, while certainly very powerful, wasn't really on the same level of power or threat.
 * The Algorithm may have returned in the Oración Seis arc with the Big Bad, wanting to use Nirvana's power to destroy everything and who managed to one-shot Jellal, though it could be argued that Jellal is still the stronger considering that.
 * The Edolas arc originally had, who is described as being a god, but it turns out was never a threat and the real Big Bad is , who's only power is operating a Humongous Mecha.
 * The S-Class Exam arc has many things coming together at once, since recurring villains are finally putting their master plans into motion (like ). Even the Quirky Miniboss Squad has members quite a lot stronger than previous arcs' Big Bads, and Elite Mooks nearly defeated.
 * The arc's Big Bad, Hades,
 * And now in the Magic Tournament arc, we got Rogue and Sting
 * Soundtrack Dissonance: Every episode ends with the credits music starting up a bit before the the ending credits actually start rolling. Considering that episodes tend to end on cliffhangers, this results in some...interesting shots (read: really dark) running to cheerful music.
 * And with the third ending we have scenes like an incensed Natsu ready to fight Gajeel running to a maddeningly calm piano piece.
 * Most of the second opening is sickeningly sweet and is just general shots of guild members doing things that looks cool... until you get near the end where it shows the aftermath of Gajeel's attack, then Gajeel himself standing in front of shadow outlines of Element 4, and then Gajeel fighting Natsu, and the music is still sickeningly sweet.
 * Spell My Name With an S: Oh hell yeah. Though now that there's an official English translation with names supplied by the author, the number of characters with such names decreases more and more... until the next big arc anyways.
 * Yet some still insist that those fan-translation names are the correct ones. *Sigh* It's "Ur" and "Ultear", guys.
 * "You are the tears of Ur... Ultear." Yeah, that sounds about right.
 * Things like don't help matters much.
 * Some fan-translations still insist on using "Loki" (Norse trickster god) over "Loke".
 * Note that Loke is the original spelling in Old Norse.
 * Jellal, Jeral, Gerard...
 * At least no one tried to spell Siegrain as "Jaker".
 * Some people insist Laxus is Luxus, "Lux" being Latin for light, lightning; not "Lax," as in easygoing.
 * It's understandable though. Even if the official name translations from Hiro Mashima himself say that their names are Juvia, or Gajeel, or Erza, a check of the background shows that he himself seems to flip-flop on how their names are spelled. Erza's appears several different ways in handwritten form over the course of the story.
 * Freed/Fried and Bickslow/Bixlow. In the case of Fried/Freed, this might be due to the official translators deciding that Viewers Are Morons and thinking that people might mistake his name as being pronounced with the long "i" sound instead of the long "e". "Fried" is an actual name, as well as a common suffix for both surnames and first names.
 * Spoiler Opening
 * Really the near-entirety of the third opening is spoilers, although aside from the above mentioned example you wouldn't figure them out yet.
 * You'd notice that the guy under the hood has the same tattoo and hair color as Siegrain.
 * Also, the second opening showed  long before it happens.
 * The fourth opening is basically a montage of important scenes of the arc following the current one.
 * The fifth and sixth openings have Wendy standing in group shots that are otherwise only members of Fairy Tail. The fact that no one from Blue Pegasus or Lamia Scale is in any of these is a dead giveaway that she joins Fairy Tail later.
 * Subversion from the sixth opening: you see a young(er) Wendy walking around with a young Jellal, and she insists that he saved her life at one point, although he can't remember it due to his amnesia.
 * The 8th opening and ending spoils a lot of things about Edolas arc if you watch closely, such as.
 * The 10th opening has a few spoilers of varying severity. Laxus is back, a brief shot of Romeo (who hasn't had an important role since episode 2), A big dragon, Hades' "Demon" Eye, and a mysterious woman near the end.
 * A couple of the more minor ones include Gildarts fighting Bluenote (which wasn't really a surprise, because who else had the power to take Bluenote on?) and Natsu having an aura of lightning and fire in the opening shot (which doesn't really stand out unless you know to look for it).
 * Spoony Bard: Visitor Echo, whose primary magic is dancing, though not Dance Battling, it's more of a Buff/Debuff magic.
 * Squishy Wizard: Lampshaded and mostly averted.
 * Played straight with Levy, who is a Glass Cannon, and Bickslow, who fights using his dolls. Lucy is a summoner like Bickslow, but she's a subversion of this trope.
 * Spot the Impostor
 * Stable Time Loop: What happens in.
 * Stalker With a Crush: Juvia
 * The Starscream
 * Staring Kid: Erza gets a crowd of them after accidentally breaking into a public bath.
 * Stock Footage: More powerful magics from recurring characters are given this treatment. Natsu suffers from this with every single move he intends to use more than once: even his most basic attack, which is just a glorified punch.
 * Storm of Blades: Erza can do this by summoning lots of swords with her Ex-quip magic. If she has enough time to set it up, she can even launch 200 swords at once, each set to hit a target across an entire town.
 * Story Arc
 * Strictly Formula: The endings have seemingly fallen into this. All of them have: the appearance of a clock-like object somewhere in the ending, chibi versions of the characters, and a single character (usually the main focus of the current arc) running into either the background or foreground.
 * Stripperiffic: Around 98% of the characters use only a few garments of clothes at best in battle. After 100 chapters you find weird (or impractical) people beating each other in only a scarf and pants, boxers, coctel dresses, schoolgirl outfits or technically naked, you are watching it wrong.
 * Some of Erza's armors. And how.
 * Most of Lucy's outfits might be acceptable (if skimpy) in town, but not for roughing out in the wild.
 * It's canon: the more naked Gray is (and Lyon and Natsu by default), the stronger they become.
 * Strong Family Resemblance
 * Ultear looks enough like her mother that Gray thinks he's seeing Ur when he first sees her.
 * Also Lucy, look like their mothers.
 * Stupid Evil:
 * Summon Magic
 * Known as Celestial Spirits. Lucy can summon them.
 * Inverted by Caprico, a.k.a, who can summon.
 * Super Deformed: Pops up every now and then, especially in the endings.
 * Super Mode: "Dragon Force", the Dragon Slayer equivalent of a Super Saiyan transformation.
 * Super Powered Evil Side:
 * Superpower Lottery
 * Midnight of the Oración Seis has the ability to reflect and distort things, including magic and light. So he can render himself untouchable, reflect attack magic back at the caster, apparently use Razor Wind, and even project illusions (by bending the light that reaches a person's eyes). He basically has a combination of the powers of Accelerator and Aizen.
 * Although it's hard to set up, Fried's power is basically "make an area where anything I want to happen does". Lampshaded when someone says that's like a kid playing a game and making up rules as he goes along.
 * Wendy. Think about it. Dragon Slayers power up from eating their element, and Wendy's element is air, which pretty much gives her a limitless supply of power in most situations. She hasn't learned most of her offensive magic yet, but the one spell she does know is shown to be very powerful. And if that isn't enough, she can heal. That kid is gonna be scary someday.
 * More like that kid is gonna be the most haxed member of FT in the future.... although we probably won't see much of it since she's too gentle to fight directly unless she's really pushed.
 * Sure Why Not: Sugarboy's explanation on why he can glide.
 * Surprisingly Good English: Most of the character's powers are in English, pitch perfect English.
 * Sword and Sorcerer: Despite both of them being wizards, Gajeel and Levi fit this trope.
 * Wendy. Think about it. Dragon Slayers power up from eating their element, and Wendy's element is air, which pretty much gives her a limitless supply of power in most situations. She hasn't learned most of her offensive magic yet, but the one spell she does know is shown to be very powerful. And if that isn't enough, she can heal. That kid is gonna be scary someday.
 * More like that kid is gonna be the most haxed member of FT in the future.... although we probably won't see much of it since she's too gentle to fight directly unless she's really pushed.
 * Sure Why Not: Sugarboy's explanation on why he can glide.
 * Surprisingly Good English: Most of the character's powers are in English, pitch perfect English.
 * Sword and Sorcerer: Despite both of them being wizards, Gajeel and Levi fit this trope.
 * Surprisingly Good English: Most of the character's powers are in English, pitch perfect English.
 * Sword and Sorcerer: Despite both of them being wizards, Gajeel and Levi fit this trope.