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[[File:cit_to_aru_majutsu_no_index.jpg|frame|[[World of Badass|Every single one of these characters can kick your ass.]]]]

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* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Touma sees Esper powers on a regular basis but initially dismisses the idea of magic as nonsense. Index's counter-skepticism of ''Touma's'' power is a lot more reasonable, considering he (an Atheist) is claiming precedence over God's power. Academy City in general seems to hold this attitude, considering ''its'' brain-enhancing Esper program as thoroughly scientific and counter to any related superstitions that might crop up. But since Science is basically proven hypotheses supported by data from repeatable experiments about how the world works, the fact that magic is repeatable means...

** If you treat Science as just a separate religion, with more public "miracles" (i.e., technology), it makes a bit more sense. All of the religions deride the others as heretics and fools, despite the fact that their magic works just as well.

* [[Arch Enemy]]: Teitoku Kakine to Shizuri Mugino ({{spoiler|though no longer the case after New Testament Volume 6}}) and Aleister Crowley to ~~Laura~~ Stuart.

* [[Arch Enemy]]: Teitoku Kakine to Shizuri Mugino ({{spoiler|though no longer the case after New Testament Volume 6}}) and Aleister Crowley to Lola Stuart.

* [[Art Evolution]]: Compare [http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=File:Index_v01_085.jpg this] picture of Touma from Volume 1 to [http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=File:Index_v20_141.jpg this] picture of Touma in Volume 20. In fact, a lot of the characters from the earlier volumes have undergone art evolution over the novels.

* [[Artifact of Death]]: Grimoires can give a magician great power, but are extremely dangerous to their mind and body.

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* [[Ascended Meme]]: Remember all the artworks which depict [[Shinryaku! Ika Musume|Ika Musume]] as an [[Expy]] of Index? Well, the producers went with it in the third episode of "Toaru Majutsu no Index-tan".

* [[Assimilation Plot]]: The Croce di Pietro plot was an attempt to {{spoiler|forcibly assimilate Academy City into the Roman Catholic Church}}.

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Played with. Plenty of leaders are capable fighters (e.g. Aleister, Elizard, ~~Laura~~, Othinus) but there are also many that aren't (most members of Academy City's Board of Directors).

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Played with. Plenty of leaders are capable fighters (e.g. Aleister, Elizard, Lola, Othinus) but there are also many that aren't (most members of Academy City's Board of Directors).

* [[Automated Automobiles]]: Academy City brings out automated buses during the Daihaisai festival, as a show of technology, but otherwise the vehicles are driven normally.

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: "Touma Kamijou" has two different alternate meanings. One is "The One Who Purifies Gods and Slays Demons", which has actually been lampshaded in the series. {{spoiler|He lives up to the name when he manages to convince Othinus into a [[Heel Face Turn]]}}. Alternatively, "Touma" can be read as "Invisible Demon" and "Kamijou" as "Above God". {{spoiler|Given that Touma's right arm apparently seals an entity described as invisible, which terrifies a person already more powerful than God...}}

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** Any conventional military force that Academy City fights against, barring the use of Asymmetrical Warfare, which would be almost as useless due to the accuracy and breadth of its ECCM and reconnaissance technology.

* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]:

** In general, Aleister Crowley and ~~Laura~~ Stuart always manage to benefit from each conflict in some way.

** In general, Aleister Crowley and Lola Stuart always manage to benefit from each conflict in some way.

** The ending of NT Volume 8 is a particular example. {{spoiler|Othinus gains her full power as a Magic God and instantly destroys the world}}.

* [[Balanced Harem]]: Touma still doesn't show any notable romantic interest in any member of his harem.

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** The Knight Leader's sword, Hrunting, is ~3.9 meters.

** Fiamma of the Right beats them all: his [[Flaming Sword]] is about '''''forty fuckin' kilometers long'''''!

* BigBad: Aleister Crowley is set up as this for most of the series, being [[The Chessmaster]] behind almost everything in the series. ~~Laura~~ Stuart also seems to be this, as Aleister's counterpart on the magic side.

* BigBad: Aleister Crowley is set up as this for most of the series, being [[The Chessmaster]] behind almost everything in the series. Lola Stuart also seems to be this, as Aleister's counterpart on the magic side.

* [[Big Brother Is Watching]]:

** Underline, a system of nanomachines that allows Aleister to {{spoiler|''view everything in Academy City''! No wonder he's always in control...}}

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** Early in New Testament Volume 3, the President's aide reads a magazine article listing the most influential people in America. Later in the novel, {{spoiler|it is revealed that media tycoon Olay Blueshake, one of the people mentioned in the article, is connected to GREMLIN's invasion of Hawaii.}}

** At the end of Volume 22, Ollerus name drops {{spoiler|Othinus as the one who stole the title of Majin from him. In New Testament Volume 3, Othinus (referred to as Odin) is revealed as a true member of GREMLIN and one behind the novel's events.}}

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Fiamma, Aleister and ~~Laura~~ Stewart being the most prominent.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Fiamma, Aleister and Lola Stewart being the most prominent.

* [[Chick Magnet]]:

** Touma is this to [[Exaggerated Trope|a ridiculous extent]]. By just the third volume, he has almost ''ten thousand'' girls after him... and it only increases from there.

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* [[Civil War]]: {{spoiler|In Volumes 17 and 18, Britain gets into a civil war between the two princesses of the British Royal family for the throne which leads two of the major magic factions of England to support one side against the other.}}

* [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]]: Esper powers affect reality based on their users' internal reality. According to the pseudoscience of the series, if a [[Schrödinger's Cat|Schrodingers Cat]] experiment was set up, espers would find the cat in the state that they believed it to be, because they believed strongly enough that the cat was that way. Hypnosis, brainwashing and drugs are used to throw the subjects internal reality out of whack. So, it might be argued that the strongest espers like Mikoto and Accelerator are the most stubbornly out of touch with the reality normal people live in.

** ~~this~~ troper has figured out that Academy City produces espers by stripping away their five senses using exotic drugs and electrical stimulation, done at an early age (5) when the potential esper's sense of reality is still malleable, effectively forcing them to transplant their own version of reality onto the world.

** This troper has figured out that Academy City produces espers by stripping away their five senses using exotic drugs and electrical stimulation, done at an early age (5) when the potential esper's sense of reality is still malleable, effectively forcing them to transplant their own version of reality onto the world.

** {{spoiler|1=Aureolus's [[Reality Warper]]/[[Master of Illusion]] magic is directed by his thought}}; the more he loses confidence in it and thinks it might go wrong, the more it will go wrong.

** {{spoiler|1=Aureolus's}} [[Reality Warper]]/[[Master of Illusion]] magic is directed by his thought; the more he loses confidence in it and thinks it might go wrong, the more it will go wrong.

* [[Classified Information]]: Less than five people in the world knows about the truth behind {{spoiler|Touma's right hand, which existed before under a different name}}. And one of them, {{spoiler|is dead.}}

* [[Cliffhanger]]: The ending of any volume that's part of a multi-volume arc (and isn't the final one in the arc). The biggest one has to be the ending to New Testament Volume 8, {{spoiler|where Othinus gains her full power as a Magic God and destroys the world instantly}}.

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* [[Cute Kitten]]: Pretty much the sole reason Sphinx exists.

* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]: The Russian Orthodox Patriarch.

* [[Cyborg]]:

** {{spoiler|Shizuri}} gains a cybernetic eye and arm after being badly injured in her first two battles with {{spoiler|Shiage}}.

** Rensa is completely mechanical except for her brainstem. Her body allows her to remodel herself to {{spoiler|copy the powers of espers}}.

** Salome is an unusual example in that her cybernetics come from outside Academy City, being her own creation. She's replaced most of her body as an offering for her magic, giving herself superhuman physical ability.

* [[Darkskinned Blonde]]: Sherry Cromwell.

* [[Day in The Limelight]]:

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** NT Volume 4. At the end of the day, many people still died in Baggage City. {{spoiler|And Touma wasn't able to stop Othinus' plans, again}}.

* [[Drama-Preserving Handicap]]: Index's "Walking Church" robe provides her with amazing defensive capabilities. Touma inadvertently destroys it in the first episode to prove the existence of his Imagine Breaker. Index patches it back together, but it's lost its defensive powers.

* [[Dramatic Irony]]:

** Whenever a science-side character encounters magic, and doesn't understand what it is.

** In NT Volume 7, Rensa looks down on Touma as being ignorant of the true nature of the world. She claims that he's never experiences true suffering, as shown by him still having all four limbs. Not only does Touma know about the dark side of Academy City, he also knows about the magic side, which Rensa is completely ignorant of. On top of that, by this point in the series, he's lost his right arm on four separate occasions (to be fair to Rensa, it was reattached/grew back, so she had no way of knowing this).

** After NT Volume 11, any scene in which Misaki and Touma interact (or any time they're mentioned together) becomes this. {{spoiler|The reader knows of their history together, but Touma doesn't remember, and is no longer able to remember}}.

* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]: Shiage and Misaka WORST escape being captured by mercanaries by doing this. As for Umidori Kuroyoru, she gets stuffed into a bag.

* [[The Dulcinea Effect]]:

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** Episode 2 introduces Kuroko when her first appearance was in Volume 3.

** In episode 21, we meet a red hair girl who teleports Motoharu to {{spoiler|Aleister Crowley's Secret Lair}}, Novel readers might know her as {{spoiler|Awaki Musujime, the antagonist from Volume 8.}}

** In the Epilogue of episode 24, we have the guest appearance of {{spoiler|~~Laura~~ Stuart, the Archbishop of Necessarius.}}

** In the Epilogue of episode 24, we have the guest appearance of {{spoiler|Lola Stuart, the Archbishop of Necessarius.}}

* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Index remembers very little of her own life {{spoiler|because of her periodic mind-wipes}}, and at the end of the first [[Story Arc]], all of Touma's memories are permanently destroyed due to magic-induced brain damage.

* [[Elite Mooks]]: Several, such as the Hound Dogs and {{spoiler|the [[Unobtainium|Dark Matter-enhanced]] soldiers during World War III.}}

* [[Enemy Mine]]: This happens on several occasions. A notable example is when the Anglican Church and Academy City team up against {{spoiler|the Russia-Roman Catholic Church alliance in World War III}}.

* [[Establishing Character Moment]]:

** Touma is introduced running away from delinquents, in a manner specifically intended to make them tire themselves out. It turns out that they're chasing him because he told them off for harassing a middle school girl. But then it turns out that he was actually trying to protect the delinquents from [[Person of Mass Destruction|her]]. Finally, the girl catches up, challenges him to a fight and shoots lightning at him, which he easily blocks with his right hand.

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** NT Volume 11 reveals that Touma has another case of this. {{spoiler|Due to brain damage accidentally inflicted by Misaki, he has both retrograde and anterograde amnesia specific to her. He can still remember that Academy City's #5 Level 5 is an expert with the human brain, but can't remember anything about the person herself}}.

* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]:

** Touma ~~{{spoiler|~~loses his memories, permanently}}! Some fans find this as a [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|waste]]. However, [[Fan Dumb|most seems to forget]] that ~~{{spoiler|~~Touma's memory loss is permanent}} so there's no way for him get them back and even Touma keeps it a secret. In Volumes 14 and 16, it gets partially addressed when {{spoiler|Mikoto learns about Touma's memory loss and later confronts him about it and he asked her to keep it a secret.}}

** Touma loses his memories, permanently! Some fans find this as a [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|waste]]. However, [[Fan Dumb|most seems to forget]] that Touma's memory loss is permanent so there's no way for him get them back and even Touma keeps it a secret. In Volumes 14 and 16, it gets partially addressed when {{spoiler|Mikoto learns about Touma's memory loss and later confronts him about it and he asked her to keep it a secret.}}

** Another one is Accelerator's {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}} after Volume 5. The character sheet doesn't even bother to hide this anymore.

* [[Layered World]]:

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* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: Aureolus Izzard, in addition to being a [[Woobie]] of sort. He betrayed the Roman Catholic Church and went into hiding for 3 years all so he could find a way to prevent Index from losing her memories. In the end though, his dream was stolen by Touma, leaving Index eternally attached to Touma. Needless to say, he did not take this well.

* [[Luminescent Blush]]: Most often seen in [[Tsundere|Misaka]], typically because of some situation involving Touma.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: The scientists behind the Level 6 Project. Or its better to say ~~{{spoiler|Half~~ of Academy City's scientists.}}

* [[Mad Scientist]]: The scientists behind the Level 6 Project. Or its better to say half of Academy City's scientists.

* [[Magical Database]]: In a literal sense, with Index herself being an index ''about'' magic.

* [[Magical Girlfriend]]: Many of Touma's love interests are magicians, espers or some other flavor of supernatural.

* [[Magical Girlfriend]]: If Touma ever chose a girl as his love this would be it, but then again....{{spoiler|The others would also have the power to kill him too so he's kinda [[Failure Is the Only Option|screwed]], Imagine Breaker might bring you the ladies but it also turns you into [[Cosmic Plaything|the universe's toy.]]}}

* [[Magic Versus Science]] / [[The Magic Versus Technology War]]: One of the main conflicts in the series. It's important to note that most espers and residents of Academy City are completely unaware of magic or that there is a conflict in the first place.

* [[Maintain the Lie]]: Touma's lack of memories is unknown to most characters. In Volume 16, {{spoiler|Mikoto confronts him about it (having learned it by accident two volumes before)}}, but is convinced to keep the secret.

* [[Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|Aleister Crowley}} is the founder of Academy City together with Heaven Canceler a.k.a {{spoiler|the frog faced doctor}}, and controls the Board of Directors of Academy City {{spoiler|making him the real ruler of Academy City and one of the minds behind the Level 6 project}}. Despite this, the Directors are still in charge of the City everyday affairs.

* [[Make Way for the New Villains]]: At the end of NT Volume 13, {{spoiler|the surviving Magic Gods are instantly defeated by the previously-unknown Kakeru}}.

** The Pope controls God's Right Seat, a secret Magical organization within the Catholic Church. {{spoiler|But in reality, the current Pope is actually a lackey of Fiamma, the leader of God's right Seat so basically God's Right Seat controls the Catholic Church.}}

* [[Man Behind the Man]]:

** {{spoiler|Laura is under the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury but in reality she controls the Archbishop and thus is the real power behind the Anglican Church.}}

** Aleister Crowley is the founder of Academy City {{spoiler|together with Heaven Canceler a.k.a the frog-faced doctor}}, and controls the city's Board of Directors. He's behind countless plans, including the Level 6 Shift Project {{spoiler|and Touma's move to Academy City.}}

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: {{spoiler|Aleister Crowley and Fiamma of the Right}}.

** The Pope controls God's Right Seat, a secret Magical organization within the Catholic Church. {{spoiler|But as of Volume 16, Fiamma usurps control of the Catholic Church from him.}}

** Lola is under the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury but in reality she controls the Archbishop and thus is the real power behind the Anglican Church.

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Aleister Crowley and Lola Stuart throughout the series. {{spoiler|Fiamma of the Right is this for the latter half of the original series}}.

* [[Marshmallow Hell]]: Poor Sphinx, stuck in Hyouka's breasts like that. {{spoiler|Also Touma with Oriana Thompson's breasts during the Daihaisei sports festival. And just prior to that, his face gets up close and personal with Seiri's bosom}}.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: [[Those Two Guys|Aogami]] has blue hair and Himegami has [[Hime Cut|hime hair]].

** Touma is another case. "Touma" can be read as "Invisible Demon" while "Kamijou" can be read as "The One Above God". Alternatively, the full name can be read as "The One Who Purifies God and Slays Demons". The latter name receives attention in-universe, from various people. {{spoiler|The Magic Gods claim that this represents his role as the one person capable of understanding them and hence acting as their "scorer".}}

** Touma is another case, {{spoiler|his last name, Kamijo, means "The One Above God", but he seems not to know that fact for now. Only few people know, like Fiamma of the Right, who thinks that Touma is the holy stone "[[Anti-Magic|Imaginary Killer]]", Terra of the Left was about to tell the truth about Touma's right hand but gets killed. Kaori is lately suspecting as well upon learning his name also means "One that cleanses God and exorcises the Devil".}}

** Also Komoe-sensei's name as well. "Ko" means "small" or "tiny" in Japanese and "moe" means... well, [[Captain Obvious|it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out]].

** Magician's magical names tend to be fairly self-descriptive, justified because they are chosen later in life.

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* [[Meido]]: Maika. She goes to a maid school and sits on a cleaning robot that spins round and round.

* [[Melee a Trois]]: A huge one in Volume 15 involving {{spoiler|GROUP, ITEM, SCHOOL, BLOCK and MEMBER}}. The arc is even unofficially called "Battle Royale arc".

* [[Mind Rape]]: ~~More like mind break when {{spoiler|~~Index ~~uses her skill "Hell~~ Fear~~" against the~~ ~~magicians~~.}}

* [[Mind Rape]]: Index' Sheol Fear technique.

* [[Minor Injury Overreaction]]: Accelerator goes from toying with Touma to raging fury after Touma [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|slaps Accelerator's hand away with impunity]]. He really isn't used to [[Mage Killer|people being able to ignore his power like that]].

** Later this scene was turned into some sort of a yaoi joke in the DVD extras.

* [[Morality Pet]]: The young girl Last Order {{spoiler|(the 20001st Sister)}}, for {{spoiler|'Accelerator}}, the guy who {{spoiler|killed over ten thousand Sisters}}! She even gives a long speech about how he isn't such a bad guy deep down. Even {{spoiler|Accelerator}} is in disbelief.

* [[Morton's Fork]]: {{spoiler|Pulled on Olay Blueshake in New ~~Testiment~~ Volume 3. As she is hiding, not wanting to be prosecuted for treason against America, President Robert Katze uses his influence to make it look like that Lindy is meant to inherit Olay's corporate empire at a young age while Olay's still alive. Now Olay has two options, either she reveals herself to regain her assets, risking prison time or assassination, or do nothing as everything she owns is given to her estranged daughter. In any case, she loses everything.}}

* [[Morton's Fork]]: {{spoiler|Pulled on Olay Blueshake}} in New Testament Volume 3. {{spoiler|As she is hiding, not wanting to be prosecuted for treason against America, President Robert Katze uses his influence to make it look like that Lindy is meant to inherit Olay's corporate empire at a young age while Olay's still alive. Now Olay has two options, either she reveals herself to regain her assets, risking prison time or assassination, or do nothing as everything she owns is given to her estranged daughter. In any case, she loses everything.}}

* [[Mugging the Monster]]: See [[Rescue Romance]] below.

* [[Mundane Fantastic]]: Esper powers such as teleportation and invisibility are just facts of life.

* [[Mundane Solution]]:

* [[Mundane Solution]]: Touma defeats Stiyl's indefinitely regenerating fire summon by {{spoiler|tripping his apartment's sprinkler system, thus washing away the runes sustaining it.}}

** Touma defeats Stiyl's indefinitely regenerating fire summon by {{spoiler|tripping his apartment's sprinkler system, thus washing away the runes sustaining it.}}

** {{spoiler|An injured Awaki was scared and exhausted of her fight with Kuroko, who is already injured and was about to slam her with a [[Improvised Weapon|lamp]] when... [[Just Shoot Him|BANG!!]] Problem solved.}}

** An injured Awaki was scared and exhausted after her fight with {{spoiler|Kuroko, who was about to knock her out with a lamp, when... [[Just Shoot Him|BANG!!]] Problem solved.}}

* [[Mundane Utility]]: In addition to deflecting bullets and lightning bolts, Accelerator also uses his ability to protect himself from sunburn and irritating background chatter.

* [[Mutually Exclusive Magic]]:

** Esper powers and magic are fundamentally different. Once a person becomes an esper, they will experience a physical backlash when they try to use magic, which manifests as ruptured blood vessels. This doesn't outright prevent espers from using magic, but it does encourage them not to except in dire circumstances.

** The members of God's Right Seat possess powerful and unique divine magic, but are unable to use normal magic.

** Touma's Imagine Breaker prevents him from using either esper abilities or magic.

* [[Naked First Impression]]: Touma walks in on Index (many, many times) and Hyouka changing. Lampshaded in the following episode when he is standing in front of a changing booth:

{{quote|'''Touma''': [[Third Person Person|This Kamijou Touma]] won't repeat the same mistake he made back in the Nurses room.}}

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** After his {{spoiler|memory loss}} the first '''mature woman''' that {{spoiler|Touma}} saw totally naked was {{spoiler|'''Kaori Kanzaki'''.}}

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Here's some of them:

** In the science side: ~~{{spoiler|~~[[Attack Reflector|Vector]] ~~[[Game Breaker|~~Redirection]] (Accelerator), [[Green Lantern Ring|Dark Matter]] (Teitoku Kakine), [[Wave Motion Gun|Railgun]] (Mikoto Misaka), [[Energy Weapon|Meltdowner]] (Shizuri Mugino), [[Mind Rape|Mental Out]] (Misaki Shokuhou, "The Queen of Tokiwadai"), and [[Megaton Punch|Attack Crash]] (Gunha Sogiita)}}, a.k.a. the 7 Level 5's of Academy City.

** In the science side: [[Attack Reflector|Vector Redirection]] (Accelerator), [[Green Lantern Ring|Dark Matter]] (Teitoku Kakine), [[Wave Motion Gun|Railgun]] (Mikoto Misaka), [[Energy Weapon|Meltdowner]] (Shizuri Mugino), [[Mind Rape|Mental Out]] (Misaki Shokuhou, "The Queen of Tokiwadai"), and [[Megaton Punch|Attack Crash]] (Gunha Sogiita)}}, a.k.a. the 7 Level 5's of Academy City. Introduced later on is {{spoiler|"the Artificial Angel" [[Our Angels Are Different|Fuze=Kazakiri]].}}

** In the magic side: {{spoiler|Index (in her Johann's Pen mode)}}, Vento of the Front, Terra of the Left, Acqua of the Back, Fiamma of the Right, Knight Leader, Ollerus, The Power of God ([[Archangel Gabriel]]), The Likeness of God ([[Archangel Michael]]), [[Abstract Apotheosis|The One Above God]], and Magic God One-Eyed Othinus.

*** Don't forget {{spoiler|1="The Artificial Angel" [[Our Angels Are Different|Fuze=Kazakiri]].}}

** In the magic side: {{spoiler|Index (in her Johann's Pen mode), Vento of the Front, Terra of the Left, Acqua of the Back, Fiamma of the Right, The Leader of the Knights of England, The Majin "Aurrelus", The Power of God ([[Archangel Gabriel]]), The Likeness of God ([[Archangel Michael]]) and Princess Carissa.}}

*** There is also {{spoiler|Ollerus}}, the mage closest to the title "God of Magic", the second highest rank in the mage community, only topped by ''[[Abstract Apotheosis|The One Above God]]''.

** Finally, there's "The Invisible Thing", the second most powerful being in the series, {{spoiler|currently being sealed by Imagine Breaker...}}

* [[Naughty Nuns]]: For a series with a load of nuns, close to none of them actually follow their vow of celibacy.

* [[Narrating the Present]]

* [[Narrating the Present]]: The Sisters have the habit of narrating whatever they're doing.

* [[Necessarily Evil]]:

* [[Necessarily Evil]]: Necessarius was originally formed by English Puritans to destroy magic & magic organizations in England [[Knight Templar|for God and the country's well being.]] But in order to do that, [[The End Justifies the Means|they too use magic to destroy magic,]] hence why they were called the Church Of Necessary Evil. Ironically, when the organization became a part of the Church of England, they became the very thing they try to destroy. Now, Necessarius new job is to protect Britain from any magical threats that threaten the country, no matter what.

** Necessarius was originally formed by English Puritans to destroy magic & magic organizations in England [[Knight Templar|for God and the country's well being.]] But in order to do that, [[The End Justifies the Means|they too use magic to destroy magic,]] hence why they were called the Church Of Necessary Evil. Ironically, when the organization became a part of the Church of England, they became the very thing they try to destroy. Now, Necessarius new job is to protect Britain from any magical threats that threaten the country, no matter what.

* [[New Technology Is Evil]]: {{spoiler|[[Holier Than Thou|Vento of the Front]] sees people who use technology and Espers as Heretics and thinks they deserved to be killed.}} All because {{spoiler|[[Freudian Excuse|her older brother died from a Ferris Wheel accident that she survived.]]}}

** In the fourth volume of New Testament, it's claimed that this is the reason why Academy City doesn't share most of its technology and scientific knowledge with the outside world. {{spoiler|The Kihara family arise from unchecked scientific research, and spreading Academy City's knowledge would only cause them to appear everywhere and bring chaos}}.

* [[New Transfer Student]]: Subverted when Komoe-sensei announces Touma's class will be getting a new student. Index walks into the classroom, only it turns out she was lost and looking for Touma. Himegami is the actual new tranfer student.

* [[New Technology Is Evil]]: [[Holier Than Thou|Vento of the Front]] sees people who use technology and Espers as Heretics and thinks they deserved to be killed. All because {{spoiler|[[Freudian Excuse|her older brother died from a Ferris Wheel accident that she survived.]]}}

* [[90% of Your Brain]]: 85% of Index's mind is taken up by the grimoire collection. This leaves her only able to maintain one year of memories. {{spoiler|1=Subverted when Komoe-sensei not only reveals that the 15%=one year explanation was completely wrong, but goes on to explain in layman's terms how the brain works with memory.}}

* [[New Transfer Student]]: Subverted when Komoe-sensei announces Touma's class will be getting a new student. Index walks into the classroom, only it turns out she was lost and looking for Touma. Himegami is the actual new transfer student.

** Also averted in the fact that the 85% thing is about her memory, not "brain function" as the claim usually is with this trope.

* [[90% of Your Brain]]: 85% of Index's mind is taken up by the grimoire collection. This leaves her only able to maintain one year of memories. {{spoiler|Subverted when Komoe-sensei not only reveals that the 15% = one year explanation was completely wrong, and goes on to explain in layman's terms how the brain works with memory}}. Also averted in the fact that the 85% thing is about her memory, not "brain function" as the claim usually is with this trope.

* [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]: The first time {{spoiler|Accelerator}} actually tries to ''help'' someone with his powers and what does he get? {{spoiler|A bullet to the head for his troubles; though he survives, he gets brain damage that makes him reliant on the Sisters' [[Hive Mind]] to make up for the impaired brain functions. His powers are also reduced; he can only use them for 15 minutes at a time.}}

* [[Ninja]]: The ninja in the series stand out for how relatively normal they are. They're all [[Badass Normal|normal people without supernatural powers]], and use whatever tools or strategies they need to win. Though one group of ninjas, the one to whom Oumi belongs, are trying to gain supernatural powers in order to keep up in a changing world.

* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: The second round of Accelerator's battle with Kakine. [[Curb Stomp Battle|Not that it really could be even called a battle...]] {{spoiler|After attacking Yomikawa and awakening}} [[Too Dumb to Live|Kakine starts gloating about how Acclerator isn't even an opponent to him anymore, merely an object to test his new power on.]] The next line of text is [[Ludicrous Gibs|Splat...]]

* [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]: The first time Accelerator actually tries to ''help'' someone with his powers and what does he get? {{spoiler|A bullet to the head for his troubles; though he survives, he gets brain damage that makes him reliant on the Sisters' [[Hive Mind]] to make up for the impaired brain functions. His powers are also reduced; he can only use them for 15 minutes at a time.}}

* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: The second round of Accelerator's battle with Kakine. [[Curb Stomp Battle|Not that it really could be even called a battle...]] {{spoiler|After attacking Yomikawa and awakening}}, [[Too Dumb to Live|Kakine starts gloating about how Acclerator isn't even an opponent to him anymore, merely an object to test his new power on.]] The next line of text is [[Ludicrous Gibs|Splat...]]

* [[Nominal Importance]]: Averted with a character who, despite being important in Volume 15 and showing up again in Volume 19, is still only known amongst the fandom as [http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Girl_in_dress "Girl In Dress."]

* [[No Name Given]]: There are a lot of people or things that don't get named. Touma's school, which usually gets described as A Certain High School; the 6th Level 5 has yet to be named; the girl in the red dress, a member of ~~{{spoiler|~~SCHOOL}} never gets named; Heaven Canceller goes just by that; Accelerator's real name is never given; the same for Aogami. Index has taken that as her name, if she ever had a real one to begin with.

* [[No Name Given]]: There are a lot of people or things that don't get named. Touma's school, which usually gets described as A Certain High School; the 6th Level 5 has yet to be named; the girl in the red dress, a member of SCHOOL never gets named; Heaven Canceller goes just by that (or is nicknamed the "frog-faced doctor"); Accelerator's real name is never given; the same for Aogami. Index has taken that as her name, if she ever had a real one to begin with.

* [[Non Sequitur Scene]]: Regarding the [[Shout-Out|Heavy]] [[Show Within a Show|Object]] C-movie:

{{quote|'''Hamazura''': “IT’S BECAUSE YOU INTRODUCED THAT MOVIE! YOU ACTUALLY INTRODUCED SUCH A STUPID MOVIE!!”

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* [[Nosebleed]]: Touma in reaction to having a half-naked Index sleeping in his bed. Also subverted in that he had a nosebleed from humidity before he saw her, and lampshaded in that he defends himself by calling it unrealistic "manga-like" interpretation of a nosebleed. His nosebleed did get worse upon seeing her though.

* ~~{{spoiler|~~[[No Such Thing as Wizard Jesus]]: While the series makes it close to the line, there is no doubt that he was truly Divine.}}

* [[No Such Thing as Wizard Jesus]]: {{spoiler|While the series makes it close to the line, there is no doubt that he was truly Divine.}}

* [[Not Distracted by the Sexy]]:

* [[Not Distracted by the Sexy]]: Stiyl is not disturbed at all upon coming to complain to the {{spoiler|Archbishop Laura}} bathing. Probably because [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|he's used to her doing this kind of thing.]]

** Stiyl is not disturbed at all upon coming to complain to the Archbishop Lola bathing. Probably because [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|he's used to her doing this kind of thing.]]

** A hilarious one happens when {{spoiler|Touma}} accidentally walks into {{spoiler|Seiri}} topless. Instead of doing the usual response in these kind of scenarios, {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Funny|Touma makes fun of her big breasts!]]}}

** A hilarious one happens when Touma accidentally walks into {{spoiler|Seiri}} topless. Instead of doing the usual response in these kind of scenarios, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Touma makes fun of her big breasts!]]

* [[Nuns Are Funny]]: Volume 16 and Index in general

** Accelerator walks in on Yomikawa, Yoshikawa and Last Order bathing together, and merely asks why the door isn't locked.

* [[Nuns Are Spooky]]: {{spoiler|Agnese Forces and particular, Agnese herself.}}

* [[Nuns Are Funny]]: Index, Orsola, the members of the Agnese Forces.

* [[Nuns Are Spooky]]: {{spoiler|The Agnese Forces and in particular, Agnese herself.}}

* [[Nun-Too-Holy]]: Index, {{spoiler|Agnese and her army of nuns}}.

* [[Older Than They Look]]:

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Komoe-sensei looks like a young girl (and wears bunny pajamas), but her home is littered with cigarettes, beer cans, and neurology books.

** Komoe-sensei looks like a young girl (and wears bunny pajamas), but her home is littered with cigarettes, beer cans, and neurology books.

** Two lesser examples are Kamijo Shiina (Touma's mom) and Misaka Misuzu (Mikoto's mom). The former is described as very young looking, and the latter is often mistaken to be Mikoto's older sister. Index [[Lampshade Hanging|hangs a lampshade]] on how strange it is that all three adult women look so young.

** Two lesser examples are Shiina Kamijou (Touma's mom) and Misuzu Misaka (Mikoto's mom). The former is described as very young looking, and the latter is often mistaken to be Mikoto's older sister. Index [[Lampshade Hanging|hangs a lampshade]] on how strange it is that all three adult women look so young.

** Appears to happen on occasion in the Magic side, in the case of {{spoiler|Fiamma and Aleister}}, for example.

** Appears to happen on occasion in the Magic side, in the case of Fiamma and Aleister, for example.

* [[108]]: When rumors first surfaced about {{spoiler|the Sister clones}} running around, {{spoiler|Kuroko fantasizes about having 108 all for herself.}}

* [[108]]: When rumors first surfaced about the Sister clones running around, Kuroko fantasizes about having 108 all for herself.

* [[Omake]]: Much as there was with ''Shana'', there's a series of DVD specials titled ''Toaru Majutsu no Index-tan''. They include, among other things, a nod to another of J.C. Staff's works, ''[[Toradora!]]''.

* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: Much of the music, especially the battle music, is [[Badass]] Latin Chanting remixed to techno-pop, symbolizing the struggle between magic and science.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: In the 15th episode, Touma suddenly finds everyone around him inexplicably recast in different roles, with no one else the wiser. Among other things, Mikoto is now his [[Genki Girl]] cousin, Index is his mother, and '''''[[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Kuroko]] is now [[Barack Obama|President Obama]]''''' ("[[Gratuitous English|Yes. We. Can!]]"). He spends half the time yelling at everyone for playing a prank on him and the other half just wondering what the hell is going on before he finally finds out what's going on.

** Perhaps the best part is that the first one he notices is Mikoto as his cousin, and he just went through the Sisters arc. So he (and the audience) are thinking "Well, I guess Mikoto has one more clone than I thought, so I guess this makes sense..." and then Index shows up as his mother.

* [[Ordinary High School Student]]:

* [[Ordinary High School Student]]: The nature of Touma's power makes him fit the bill compared to all the other [[Superpower Lottery|superpowered]] individuals, so long as people are trying to find new and creative ways to ''kill him''. Touma's protests to Mikoto that he's just a "Level 0" are met with a compelling rebuttal in the form of a giant blast of (ineffectual) electricity.

** The nature of Touma's power makes him fit the bill compared to all the other [[Superpower Lottery|superpowered]] individuals, so long as people are trying to find new and creative ways to ''kill him''. Touma's protests to Mikoto that he's just a "Level 0" are met with a compelling rebuttal in the form of a giant blast of (ineffectual) electricity.

** Kakeru is both a parody and a deconstruction of this trope. He claims that he's perfectly normal, right after he {{spoiler|defeats Magic Gods in one hit using World Rejector, a power comparable to Imagine Breaker. However, it turns out that he really ''was'' a normal student until recently, and had the power forced on him suddenly. His character arc revolves around trying to deal with this}}.

* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: Apparently, if you {{spoiler|force an angel down from heaven, it goes berserk in the attempt to get back home to do whatever its job is and may destroy the world in doing so.}} They don't seem particularly thrilled about this.

** And there's also the {{spoiler|1=Artificial Angels created by Academy City like FUZE=Kazakiri. Don't confuse her with Hyouka Kazakiri.}}

** And there's also the {{spoiler|Artificial Angels created by Academy City like FUZE=Kazakiri. Don't confuse her with Hyouka Kazakiri.}}

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Mentioned in Aisa' backstory. They're described as being normally indistinguishable from humans, aside from immortality and a thirst for blood. Aureolus, who studied them, also claims that they have an infinite memory capacity as a [[Required Secondary Power]] for their immortality. However, no vampires have appeared or even been hinted at since then.

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]

== P-T ==

* [[Panty Shot]]:

* [[Panty Shot]]: Played straight and subverted. Soon after Touma just met her, Misaka Imouto gave him one. It's how he told her apart from Misaka, who always wears [[Modesty Shorts]].

** Played straight and subverted. Soon after Touma just met her, Misaka Imouto gave him one. It's how he told her apart from Misaka, who always wears [[Modesty Shorts]].

** [[Justified Trope|Justified]] as Kuroko needs to feel comfortable in order to do the calculations for her powers.

** Averted by Mikoto and Mugino, both whom [[Modesty Shorts|wear a pair of shorts under their skirt]] to avoid becoming [[Ms. Fanservice]].

* [[Papa Wolf]]: In episode 20 and the 5th novel, {{spoiler|Accelerator}} refused to kill Last Order and stood up against Amai Ao to protect the remaining sisters although {{spoiler|he got a bullet in the brain by Amai.}}

** Bonus points on this because the author, Kazuma Kamachi, clearly states on the Volume 22's Afterwords section that Accelerator is like a parent for Last Order.

* [[People Jars]]: Aleister spends most of the series floating in one, upside down.

* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: See the section on [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]].

* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Suffice to say that this applies to many, many characters in the series. There's every Level 5 esper, every Saint (and similar beings like Valkyries), angels, {{spoiler|Magic Gods}}...

* [[Phantom Zone]]

* [[Phantom Zone]]:

* [[Playing with Fire]]: Touma's first magic-using opponent, Stiyl, uses liberally distributed magical runes to throw 3000 °C fireballs and control an indefinitely regenerating fire demon. [[Incredibly Lame Pun|He's a firestarter, twisted firestarter.]]

** "People-clearing fields" are a spell universally used by magicians, to prevent normal people from entering an area.

** Fiamma of the Right is an even more powerful fire user.

** In NT Volume 4, one of these is created {{spoiler|by the clash between different supernatural powers in Baggage City. It was planned by GREMLIN to study the concept of holism, and had the effect of inciting conflict between people inside it.}}

* [[Pretty Freeloaders|Pretty Freeloader]]: Index, and thanks to {{spoiler|his memory-loss}}, {{spoiler|Touma doesn't even know why!}}

* [[Playing with Fire]]:

** Touma's first magic-using opponent, Stiyl, uses liberally distributed magical runes to throw 3000 °C fireballs and control an indefinitely regenerating fire demon. [[Incredibly Lame Pun|He's a firestarter, twisted firestarter.]]

** Fiamma of the Right is an even more powerful fire user. He can conjure up a colossal [[Flaming Sword]] that can cut entire mountains.

* [[Physical God]]: The concept of a Magic God, one who reaches the pinnacle of magic. {{spoiler|Multiple examples appear as major villains in New Testament}}.

* [[Playing with Syringes]]: Academy City is built around this trope. Its stated purpose is development of esper powers through experimenting on children on a massive scale. And then there's the countless experiments done in the dark side, which don't even have to pretend to be ethical...

* [[Pretty Freeloaders|Pretty Freeloader]]: Index, and thanks to {{spoiler|his memory-loss}}, {{spoiler|Touma doesn't even know why!}} Later on, {{spoiler|Othinus becomes a second freeloader. Thankfully, her smaller size means she doesn't increase living expenses too much.}}

* [[Post-Modern Magik]]: Especially used by the Amakusa Catholics.

* [[Power Born of Madness]]: The basis of esper abilities is being so out of touch with reality, that you can force it to behave the way you want. This is especially apparent with the seven Level 5s, the most powerful and the most delusional of them all.

* [[Powered Armor]]: Widely used by Academy city's military and other departments.

* [[Power Gives You Wings]]: More prevalent in the Science side than the Magic side, but once you reach a certain tier, you're most likely going to grow wings. Just ask {{spoiler|Accelerator, Kakine, Hyouka and Index.}}

* [[Power Limiter]]: {{spoiler|Shizuri Mugino}} has one to prevent her powers from harming her. Apparently if she released it {{spoiler|she could kill Mikoto instantly but at the price of her life. She came back to life, [[Came Back Wrong|but not in a good way]].}}

* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: A mundane version. Touma loses a bet with Mikoto, [[Wager Slave|where the loser has to do everything the winner says for an entire day]]. The night before the day in question, Mikoto is writhing around on her bed, moaning and muttering "What should I have you do next?" Kuroko notes she's been like that for a few days.

* [[Power Trio]]:

* [[Power Trio]]: The Delta Force, consisting of Touma, Tsuchimikado and Aogami, is a group of idiots who basically do nothing but screw around... {{spoiler|except Touma is [[The Hero]], Tsuchimikado is a Super Spy and no one knows what's going on with Aogami, but considering that isn't his actual name, there a theories he's not what he first appears to be.}}

** The Delta Force, consisting of Touma, Tsuchimikado and Aogami, is a group of idiots who basically do nothing but screw around... {{spoiler|except Touma is [[The Hero]], Tsuchimikado is a Super Spy and no one knows what's going on with Aogami, but considering that isn't his actual name, there a theories he's not what he first appears to be.}}

** Touma, Accelerator and Hamazura may also count, despite the fact that any time they interact with each other they are trying to commit at least bodily harm to the other. {{spoiler|Until New Testament at least.}}

** Just for New Testament volume 3, Shiage, Worst and Umidori.

* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: Surprisingly for a [[J.C.Staff]] light novel adaptation, the anime is very faithful to the novels. However some parts of the novels have to be cut for time and constraint like {{spoiler|the serial killer in the Angel Fall arc.}}

* [[Private Military Contractors]]: {{spoiler|~~Trident,~~ introduced in New Testiment Volume 3, hired by a media mogul to assist GREMLIN and defeat the American military stationed there.}}

* [[Private Military Contractors]]: Trident, {{spoiler|introduced in New Testiment Volume 3, hired by a media mogul to assist GREMLIN and defeat the American military stationed there.}}

* [[The Protagonist]]: The novels as a whole take great pains in delving into the differing natures of 'protagonists' and ~~heros~~ (or heroines). Of the three mains, one is the type who will always do what he feels is right, another is the type who wants to right what he ~~precieves~~ as wrongs, and another just wants to protect the girl who is closest to him. They also go into detail about what a protagonist is and how they affect the people around them.

* [[The Protagonist]]: The novels as a whole take great pains in delving into the differing natures of 'protagonists' and heroes (or heroines). Of the three mains, one is the type who will always do what he feels is right, another is the type who wants to right what he percieves as wrongs, and another just wants to protect the girl who is closest to him. They also go into detail about what a protagonist is and how they affect the people around them.

* [[Psychic Children]]: Nearly ever esper encountered in the series is a teenager or younger. This is ~~perhaps~~ justified by natural born espers being rare, and all the children in Academy City are students taking part in an esper development program.

* [[Psychic Children]]: Nearly ever esper encountered in the series is a teenager or younger. This is justified by natural born espers being rare, and all the children in Academy City are students taking part in an esper development program. Said program only reached the point of being able to mass-produce espers fairly recently, so older espers are a rarity.

* [[Psycho Lesbian]]: [[Played for Laughs]] with Shirai Kuroko.

* [[Rant-Inducing Slight]]: Touma insults [[Those Two Guys|Aogami's]] infatuation with girls that fall from the sky, and he goes into an incredible [[Troperrific]] rant about what he's into that contains so much [[Fetish Fuel]] it has to be [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/to_aru_majutsu_no_index/v05/c022/25.html seen] to be believed. Here is the original list from the novels, be prepared:

{{quote|'''Aogami''': "Haaa, you're too naive, Kami-yan. I have a [[Anything That Moves|wide range of acceptance]] when it comes to women, not just including fallen female main characters, but also includes [[Not Blood Siblings|foster sisters,]] [[Parental Incest|foster mother, foster daughter,]] [[Twin Threesome Fantasy|twins,]] [[College Widow|widows,]] [[Senpai Kouhai|senpais, kouhais,]] same-class classmates, [[Teacher-Student Romance|teachers,]] [[Victorious Childhood Friend|childhood-friends,]] [[The Ojou|ojou-samas,]] [[Hair of Gold|blondes,]] [[Shiny Midnight Black|brunettes,]] brown-haired, [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|silver-haired,]] [[Rapunzel Hair|long-haired,]] medium-length haired, short-haired, [[Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs|girls wearing bobby pins,]] wavy hair, [[Girlish Pigtails|twin-tails,]] pony tails, one-sided pony tails, twin braids, [[Idiot Hair|ahoges,]] [[Princess Curls|curly hair,]] [[Sailor Fuku|girls in sailor clothes,]] blazers, judougis, [[The Archer|kyuudougis,]] [[Hospital Hottie|kindergarden nurses,]] [[Meido|maids,]] policewomen, [[Cute Witch|witches,]] [[Miko|shrine maidens,]] [[Naughty Nuns|nuns,]] military women, [[Office Lady|secretaries,]] [[Lolicon|lolis,]] [[Shotacon|shotas,]] [[tsundere]]s, [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders|cheerleaders,]] [[Mile-High Club|stewardesses,]] [[Fan Service with a Smile|waitresses,]] [[Goth|Goth girls wearing black,]] [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Goth girls wearing white,]] [[Chinese Girl|girls in China dresses,]] [[Ill Girl|frail girls,]] albino girls, [[Cloudcuckoolander|fantasists,]] [[Split Personality|girls with split personalities,]] [[The High Queen|que]][[Wholesome Crossdresser|ens,]] [[Everything's Better with Princesses|princesses,]] [[Zettai Ryouiki|thigh-high socks,]] garter belts, [[Sweet Polly Oliver|girls who crossdress as guys,]] [[meganekko]]s, [[Eyepatch of Power|girls who wear an eye-patch,]] [[Bandage Babe|girls who wear bandages,]] [[School Swimsuit|girls in school swimsuits,]] one-piece swimsuits, bikinis, V-shaped bikinis, [[Barely-There Swimwear|bikinis that barely cover anything,]] [[youkai]]s, [[Cute Ghost Girl|ghosts,]] [[Petting Zoo People|kemonomimi girls]] etc. Any female is within my area of acceptance".

'''Touma''': [[Wholesome Crossdresser|"At least one of them]] [[Shotacon|isn't a female right?"]]. }}

* [[Reality Ensues]]:

** Touma might be the main protagonist with an [[Anti-Magic]] fist... but he's still one person without formal combat training. Against multiple opponents, people who actually know how to fight, or people with proper weapons, he's at a clear disadvantage.

** All the time Touma has to spend on heroics cuts into his school attendance. His failing grades are a [[Running Gag]], and actually end up becoming plot-important in NT Volume 13.

** Mikoto tries to take down the Level 6 Shift Experiment on her own, refusing to let anyone else know about it. But even a Level 5 esper with power over electricity can't do much against a project with the resources of an entire city behind it.

* [[Reality Subtext]]: in the Index-tan special, someone who used a voice changer asked Kaori Kanzaki about her age, her Stripperific outfit, ''and'' her [[Shizuka Ito|voice actress']] [[Lady Drunk]] antics in the launch of the anime.

* [[Reality Warper]]: Aureolus Izzard by all appearances. {{spoiler|In reality, it's a combination of [[Your Mind Makes It Real]] and [[Master of Illusion]].}}

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* [[Redemption Demotion]]: {{spoiler|Accelerator}}, after becoming more of an [[Anti-Hero]], is weakened in later novels. There is however a time-sensitive workaround for his disability. He also wields a pretty massively increased power when he {{spoiler|summons his wings.}}

* [[Redshirt Army]]: The extent of Anti-Skill's abilities seems limited to damage control, cannon fodder, and cleanup after whatever mess the protagonists get into is over. This is partially explained in-show because they are hamstrung by bureaucracy and the higher-ups, but one has to wonder about the merits of having a group of normals, even [[Badass Normal]]s, guarding a city of superpowered children.

* [[Relationship Values]]:

* [[Relationship Values]]: In a [[Shout-Out]] to these, Last Order declares to {{spoiler|Accelerator}} that her "love index" will go up if he feeds her.

** In a [[Shout-Out]] to these, Last Order declares to {{spoiler|Accelerator}} that her "love index" will go up if he feeds her.

** Also in the end of the first arc of the series {{spoiler|Index confessed her love towards Touma.}}

* [[Religion Is Magic]]: Whereas ESP is science.

* [[Religious Bruiser]]: The magic side is filled with them.

* [[Rescue Romance]]: Subverted: Touma tries to get a delinquent hitting on Mikoto in a diner to leave her alone—saying that he's troubling her—and winds up getting chased off when the delinquent's friends return from the bathroom. When he finally seems to lose them and stops to rest, Mikoto walks up and admits to frying them to save trouble. Turns out Touma had known she was a powerful lightning esper the entire time, and had been trying to protect the ''delinquents''. [[Mugging the Monster|from her]]. The "fight" that follows only strengthens her determination as his [[Unknown Rival]].

* [[Rescue Romance]]: Subverted at the beginning of the series. Touma tries to get a delinquent hitting on Mikoto in a diner to leave her alone—saying that he's troubling her—and winds up getting chased off when the delinquent's friends return from the bathroom. When he finally seems to lose them and stops to rest, Mikoto walks up and admits to frying them to save trouble. Turns out Touma had known she was a powerful lightning esper the entire time, and had been trying to protect the ''delinquents'' [[Mugging the Monster|from her]]. The "fight" that follows only strengthens her determination as his [[Unknown Rival]]. Played straight with many other girls that Touma rescues.

* [[Retcon]]: The space elevator Endymion, which plays a major role in the movie. Supposedly, it's been under construction for several years, yet is never mentioned in the series or it's [[A Certain Scientific Railgun|spinoff]] (at least, not in instalments released before the movie).

** Played straight with many other girls that Touma rescues.

* [[Ret-Gone]]: The Queen of the Adriatic Sea is capable of not just physically destroying a city, but outright erasing its influence from history. {{spoiler|Volume 11 is about preventing this being done to Academy City}}.

* [[Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves]]: Etzali, {{spoiler|the Aztec magician who disguises himself as Unabara Mitsuki, betrays his organization. So they send a magician to kill him as punishment. She fails.}}

* [[Robo Speak]]: Index seems to enter verbose debug mode when ever accessing the tomes.

* [[Rotating Protagonist]]: ~~Sort~~ ~~of.~~ ~~Occasionally,~~ the ~~role of~~ protagonist ~~for~~ a ~~particular~~ ~~arc~~ ~~may~~ ~~shift~~ to ~~someone~~ ~~other~~ ~~than~~ ~~Kamijou,~~ ~~but~~ ~~ultimately~~, ~~his~~ ~~seat~~ as ~~main~~ ~~character~~ ~~goes~~ ~~largely~~ ~~unchallenged~~.

* [[Rotating Protagonist]]: Touma is initially the sole protagonist, but later on Accelerator and Shiage are introduced. The point of view rotates between them, with the latter two having entire volumes (e.g. 15 and 19) to themselves. That said, Touma still has the most appearances.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: The British royal family, composed of Queen Elizard, first princess Rimea, second princess Carissa and third princess Villian. They are part of a power triangle that controls Britain (the other two being the Knights and the Church). {{spoiler|All of them play important roles in the civil war in Volumes 17 and 18, and Carissa fights personally in World War III.}}

** However, the heroines aren't so lucky. While Index and Misaka are considered to be the series' main heroines, the heroine of a particular arc may be someone entirely different. {{spoiler|In Vol.1, it's Index. For Vol.2, it's Himegami Aisa. In Vol.3, it's Misaka Mikoto. In Vol.4, it's Kanzaki Kaori. Vol.5 switches between Misaka, Last Order and Index. Vol.6's main heroine is Kazakiri Hyouka. Vol.7's heroine is Orsola Aquinas. In Vol.8, the role goes to Misaka again (with Shirai Kuroko serving as the protagonist). Vol.9 and 10 seem to have a balance between Index, Misaka, Himegami Aisa and Fukiyose Seiri. During Vol.11, the heroine role seems to be shared between Orsola and Agnese Sanctis. In Vol.12, it's Misaka and Last Order. Vol.13's primary heroine seems to be on Last Order as well. For SS Vol.1, the role seems to be shared between Misaka Misuzu and... a washing machine. In Vol.15, Takitsubo Rikou takes the heroine's helm. Vol.16's heroine is Itsuwa. Vol.17's heroine shifts from Index to Oriana, while Vol.18's secondary focus falls on Third Princess Villian. Vol.19's heroine is Xochitl. Vol.20 and 21's heroine depends on who the focus is currently on; if it's Touma, then the heroine role goes to Lessar, and if it's Hamazura, it falls to Takitsubo. Vol.2 features multiple heroines as well (Index, Misaka, Takitsubo, Last Order). New Testament Vol.1's heroine is Fremea Seivelun, Vol.2's is Leivinia Birdway and Vol.3's is Misaka Mikoto.}}

* [[Running Gag]]:

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]- {{spoiler|The English Magic Civil War where Second Princess Carissa fights Queen Regnant Elizard, First Princess Rimia and Third Princess Villian in a revolution to save the UK.}}

** Whenever Index is mad at Touma, she will take a bite out of him. Several, in fact. Even when she draws blood, it's [[Played for Laughs]].

** Furthermore, the Royal Family is part of the the power triangle of Knights, Church and Royalty, wherein they have a strong influence on the former.

** Another [[Running Gag]] is how many times Touma has been in the hospital, which still doesn't explain how he couldn't have brought up a huge bill by now or that his parents aren't coming by Academy City more often considering how many times he's been injured.

** Even further during {{spoiler|the onset of the Third (Magic) World War between the world versus Academy City when Carissa fights against the archangel Gabriel. Heck, she qualifies for the [[Boobs of Steel]] trope as well.}}

* [[Running Gag]]: Whenever Index is mad at Touma, she will take a bite out of him. Several, in fact. Even when she draws blood, it's [[Played for Laughs]].

** Another [[Running Gag]] is how many times Touma has been in the hospital, which still doesn't explain how he couldn't have brought up a huge bill by now or that his parents aren't coming by academy city more often considering how many times he's been injured.

{{quote|'''Doctor:''' "You've been hospitalized twice in ten days." [[Beat|*beat*]] "Don't tell me you have a nurse fetish?"}}

** One of the biggest running gags in the series (in fact one that frequently results in his subsequent mastication by Index) is Touma's tendency to walk in on girls while they are a) in the middle of changing clothes or b) just plain naked. Worse still, even when Touma tries to be [[Genre Savvy]] and avoid this, fate somehow ''still'' manages to conspire to force naked women right into his line of sight, none of the above ever seems to deter Index from pinning the blame entirely on Touma. Yes, he really is ''that'' misfortunate.

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** [[Reality Warper]]

* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]]: Kuroko, who gets concerned at how much [[Foe Yay|fun]] [[Tsundere|Mikoto]] seems to be having in her [[Unknown Rival|rivalry]] with Touma. [[Clingy Jealous Girl]], too.

* [[Science Destroys Magic]]: The power of magic and the various churches built around them have largely declined, leading to a balance of power that is roughly even between that of the Science and Magic sides. While science continues to grow, magic largely stays the same or lessens.

* [[Science Destroys Magic]]: The power of magic and the various churches built around them have largely declined, leading to a balance of power that is roughly even between that of the Science and Magic sides. While science continues to grow, magic largely stays the same or lessens. Becoming a scientific esper removes a person's ability to use magic (without risking death). {{spoiler|Aleister's ultimate goal is to destroy magic and return the world to a state of pure science}}.

* [[Science Fantasy]]

* [[Send in the Clones]]: {{spoiler|Double}} subversion, it's not {{spoiler|the Sister clones that Academy City is sending to Russia, its their 2nd generation counterparts, The [[Evil Twin|Misaka Worst clones]]!}}

* [[Serious Business]]: Touma's class, especially the Delta Force, eat and breathe a mix of [[Serious Business]], [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]] and a dash of [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]]. When someone made Komoe-sensei cry, their response was more like an all out war than anything. The cafeteria sold out because the class was let out late? Organize a small scale break out so some members can go get some food from a local store. Someone mention Nabe? Let's all go out too eat~! Of course, the Delta Force (Touma, Aogami and Tsuchimikado) are the worst, getting into fist fights over being called Onii-chan by Tsuchimikado's [[Brother-Sister Incest|beloved]] [[Not Blood Siblings|little step]] [[Meido|sister]] and which is better: Red, black or white bunny girls.

** In the second SS Novel, Jeans.

* [[Shadow Archetype]]: Kakeru is this to Touma. Both are self-proclaimed normal highschool students, with an [[Unwanted Harem]] and a special ability in their right hand. Both are compelled to save people in need. While Touma's Imagine Breaker destroys illusions, Kakeru's World Rejector drags people into their desired world. {{spoiler|However, Kakeru absolutely hates his power, thinking that it has warped the minds of the girls around him and that they are only interested in him because of it. Unlike Touma, he actually grew up as a normal person, only gaining World Rejector recently.}}

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Now, how do we begin with to describe? Let's name a few:

** Index/Touma: Surprisingly, ~~{{spoiler|[[Hot Shounen Mom|~~Mikoto's mother Misuzu~~]]}}~~ is very well aware of this and...

** Index/Touma: Surprisingly, Mikoto's mother Misuzu is very well aware of this and...

** Mikoto/Touma: ... ''this'' too.

** ~~{{spoiler|~~Kaori/Touma}}: Tsuchimikado seems to love teasing her about this... and so do [[Everyone Can See It|her former comrades from the Amakusa Catholics.]] {{spoiler|Later ''half of England'' finds out about this.}}

** Kaori/Touma: Tsuchimikado seems to love teasing her about this... and so do [[Everyone Can See It|her former comrades from the Amakusa Catholics.]] {{spoiler|Later ''half of England'' finds out about this.}}

** ~~{{spoiler|~~Itsuwa/Touma}}: Nee-chin, you're going to be in a very heated [[Lover Tug of War]] with your kouhai: and to make things worse your former comrades are all cheering for her [[Verbal Tic|nya~]]

** Itsuwa/Touma: Nee-chin, you're going to be in a very heated [[Lover Tug of War]] with your kouhai: and to make things worse your former comrades are all cheering for her [[Verbal Tic|nya~]]

* [[Ship Tease]]: Anytime Touma spends time with any of the girls (who have a crush on him), they are just darn right adorable.

** In New Testament Volume 1, Misaka Worst raises the flag when she tells Accelerator that she'd be willing to let him touch her tits and ass, if it means ruining his relationship with Last Order.

* [[Shock and Awe]]: Mikoto has power over electricity, which she exploits in her signature railgun attack, accelerating a coin to multiple times the speed of sound.

* [[Shout-Out]]:

* [[Shout-Out]]: After Touma finally loses the delinquents in the aforementioned first episode, when Mikoto tracks him down.

** After Touma finally loses the delinquents in the aforementioned first episode, when Mikoto tracks him down.

{{quote|'''Mikoto:''' Being a good Samaritan by protecting the delinquents? Are you a [[Great Teacher Onizuka|certain hot-blooded teacher?]]}}

** In one episode, Touma passes an old man and a little kid (illusions) reading a magazine with [[Shakugan no Shana|Shana-tan]] on it. "Shana-tan, [[Moe Moe|moe]]~"

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** When Accelerator is trying to {{spoiler|erase the virus in Last Order's brain}}, he repeatedly says "Delete!" a.k.a "SAKUJO!!!". [[Death Note|I wonder where he got that from...]]

** In her official identification photograph, Index is repeating the word holding [[Vocaloid|a leek.]]

** In NT Volume 1, Shiage and Saiai watch a movie based on [[Heavy Object]], another series by Kamachi.

** At the start of NT Volume 7, Misaki watches a TV show based on [[The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village]].

** The [[Heavy Object]] movie comes up again in NT Volume 17, where Touma uses a trick he learned from it.

* [[Shrouded in Myth]]: Pierce Aogami to the fandom.

* [[Skirt Over Slacks]]: Mikoto and Mugino.

* [[Slasher Smile]]: Accelerator's smile when he get serious or when he is enjoying a fight... or a murder.

** Touma' smile at the end of the second arc where his arm got severed by Aureoulus Izzard, also this plus his evil laugh which scared the alchemist.

* [[Social Darwinist]]: Academy City to a tee, in all its laws and regulations; level zeros (ordinary humans) might as well not exist, and are given just enough money to survive if they don't have a job (~~Kamijou~~ Touma), while level 3s,4s and 5s are given multi-million dollar allowances, live in gated communities and ride in buses capable of taking hits from anti-tank rockets. Furthermore, crimes commited against level zeros by espers are rarely reported, even covered up by city management, to the point where some level 4s and all but one of the level 5s could take out an entire neighborhood, stick the heads of the dead on pikes and management would do ''nothing''.

* [[Social Darwinist]]: Academy City to a tee, in all its laws and regulations; level zeros (ordinary humans) might as well not exist, and are given just enough money to survive if they don't have a job (Touma), while level 3s, 4s and 5s are given multi-million dollar allowances, live in gated communities and ride in buses capable of taking hits from anti-tank rockets. Furthermore, crimes commited against level zeros by espers are rarely reported, even covered up by city management, to the point where some level 4s and all but one of the level 5s could take out an entire neighborhood, stick the heads of the dead on pikes and management would do ''nothing''.

* [[Sorting Algorithm Of Evil]]:

* [[Spanner in the Works]]: {{spoiler|Shiage was a nobody that somehow defeated Mugino}}. Something [[The Chessmaster|Crowley did not expect.]]

** The successive members of God's Right Seat are each more powerful than the previous one, with Fiamma being the strongest of them all.

** Othinus stands far above God's Right Seat, In her first appearance, {{spoiler|she easily crushes the Invisible Thing, which terrified Fiamma in his most powerful state}}!

** But even Othinus can't hold a candle to {{spoiler|the Magic Gods of the true GREMLIN, whom she had no idea even existed}}.

* [[Spanner in the Works]]: Shiage was a nobody that somehow defeated {{spoiler|Mugino}}. Something [[The Chessmaster|Aleister did not expect.]]

* [[Squishy Wizard]]: {{spoiler|After his fire summon is negated, Stiyl}} goes down with a single uppercut from Touma, who to be fair has a pretty impressive punch. {{spoiler|Accelerator, the strongest psychic in Academy City,}} has no experience in streetfighting and subsequently [[Glass Cannon|thus goes down to a flurry of Touma's punches]] as well.

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]:

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Although at that point the crush part is debatable, Mikoto did follow Touma quite excessively, including once chasing him around for a full night.

** Although at that point the crush part is debatable, Mikoto did follow Touma quite excessively, including once chasing him around for a full night.

** There's {{spoiler|the fake}} Unabara Mitsuki, who forced Misaka to use Touma as a fake boyfriend to get him off her trail. {{spoiler|Doesn't really work.}}

** There's {{spoiler|the fake}} Unabara Mitsuki, who forced Misaka to use Touma as a fake boyfriend to get him off her trail. {{spoiler|Doesn't really work, since (while he did develop romantic feelings for her of his own accord) he was actually sent to spy on the developing Kamijou Faction.}}

* [[Starfish Language]]: Angelic language, first heard when {{spoiler|Accelerator}} awakens.

* [[Step Three: Profit]]: The Jeans Slasher in the second SS volume.

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Step 3: [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence|Become a Valkyrie]]. }}

* [[Strange Minds Think Alike]]: When Mikoto accosts Touma to have him fulfil his promise to temporarily act as a servant, he does so sarcastically by getting down and fanning her from below. Upon seeing this, Kuroko is enraged at the fact that (in her opinion) he's stealing her role, and proceeds to do the same.

* [[Suicide by Cop|Suicide By Accelerator]]: {{spoiler|Seeing how his revolution failed, Komaba Ritoku shot at Accelerator at close range, knowing that the bullet would reflect back}}

* [[Suicide by Cop|Suicide By Accelerator]]: Seeing how his revolution failed, Komaba Ritoku shot at {{spoiler|Accelerator at close range, knowing that the bullet would reflect back}}

* [[Super-Hero School]]: Subversion. Academy city doesn't teach their students to become super heroes, they just teach them how to use and improve their powers.

* [[Superpower Lottery]]: On one end, you have people like Mikoto who worked hard to raise their [[Random Power Ranking|rank]] and have intimidating powers. And then you have {{spoiler|Gunha Sogiita the 7th Level 5 psychic who was [[Born Winner|born with his powers]].}}

** And then there's Accelerator. He can change the velocity vectors of anything he comes into contact with, be it bullets or [[Elemental Powers]]—even automatically if he is in danger. When a character can theoretically [[Flight|fly]], replicate the effects of a variety of other offensive powers, [[Won't Work On Me|shrug off]] a nuclear bomb without even trying, and still have time for an [[Evil Laugh]], you have to wonder if something went wrong somewhere...

** On the other hand of the spectrum you have people like Uiharu who, while her friends can shoot lightning or teleport, has the amazing superpower to {{spoiler|keep things she touches at a constant temperature. But only things which aren't too hot or cold for her to hold}}. People being frustrated with their weak powers is also the plot hook for the "Level Upper" arc in Railgun.

** In the magic side we have, {{spoiler|William Orville. He is special because he is blessed by God's power yet at the same time can use magic when the price of God's blessing is that they can't use magic. He can cast more powerful spells than most magicians and furthermore, he's a Saint which gives him super strength and the ability to call upon God's powers! Heck, this man is a Walking Hax, hence his nickname "Superman".}}

** In the magic side we have, {{spoiler|William Orville, better known as Acqua of the Back. He is special because he is blessed by God's power yet at the same time can use magic when the price of God's blessing is that they can't use magic. He can cast more powerful spells than most magicians and furthermore, he's a Saint which gives him super strength and the ability to call upon God's powers! Heck, this man is a Walking Hax, hence his nickname "Superman".}}

** And then you have ~~{{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist|~~Fiamma of the Right~~]],~~ Why? He's a bloody [[SNK Boss]]! The guy can move at godlike speed, destroy everything including a city in one move without any destructive force, and cast a gigantic 40 km [[Flaming Sword]]!}}

** And then you have Fiamma of the Right. Why? He's a bloody [[SNK Boss]]! The guy can move at godlike speed, destroy everything including a city in one move without any destructive force, and cast a gigantic 40 km [[Flaming Sword]]!}}

** {{spoiler|Touma. Yes, that Touma. Revealed on Volume 22 that on the off-chance of someone chopping of his right arm (again), he will manifest something on his shoulder that will make anything the above mentioned Fiamma can pull off pale in comparison, and he still has something even stronger that can literally swallow the first power and regrow lost limbs. He discarded both though.}}

** Surprisingly, {{spoiler|Takitsubo, the esper with [[Mega Manning|the power manipulate AIM fields]], which are themselves the source of esper powers. While her powers aren't fully developed yet, if she became level 5 she'd single-handedly make the entire Academy City esper program obsolete.}}

** Magic Gods make all of the above look weak. {{spoiler|They can casually destroy the universe on a whim, and recreate it with the same amount of effort}}.

** Kakeru is a third person with a unique ability in his right hand, known as World Rejector. He can banish anyone with conflicting desires in their heart, {{spoiler|even Magic Gods}}!

* [[Super Weight]]: All over the place. See the main entry for details.

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Index, rather triumphantly.

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** A similar event happens earlier in the fourth novel where Kaori forcefully removes Touma's clothes! [[Something Else Also Rises|He gets a boner]].

** In episode 19, Accelerator pulls this trope off with '''''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0bDWaUmdVo Last Order]'''''. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]: A lot of people in this show have the strange habit of starting [[Mr. Exposition|long ~~monologes~~ to explain what they're about to do]] while attacking an enemy.

* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]: A lot of people in this show have the strange habit of starting [[Mr. Exposition|long monologues to explain what they're about to do]] while attacking an enemy.

* [[Tantrum Throwing]]: Index throws things at Touma a number of times, often because of things that weren't really his fault to begin with.

* [[Teen Genius]]: Accelerator. What really makes him awesome (aside from being an unorthodox psychopath and grand prize winner in the [[Superpower Lottery]]) are his [[Good with Numbers|outstanding calculation abilities]]. Most notably, {{spoiler|saving ~~L.O.~~ by [[Hollywood Hacking|reprogramming her brain with electricity]]. Which required translating inbetween computer code on screen (memorized by being looked at once), electric signals, biological memories and what they actually mean in human context in a very short amount of time, totally improvised; calculating the flow of the winds to use vector shift to make the air form plasma, which requires either a high amount of density or temperature; figuring out and integrating the formula of dark matter, a "substance" he's never come across and is supposed to be completely alien to the common laws of physics, in his calculations to disarm Kakine. The world's greatest [[Good with Numbers|mathematical genius]] and [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check|you send him to kill of a bunch of middle schoolers]].}}

* [[Teen Genius]]: Accelerator. What really makes him awesome (aside from being an unorthodox psychopath and grand prize winner in the [[Superpower Lottery]]) are his [[Good with Numbers|outstanding calculation abilities]]. Most notably, {{spoiler|saving Last Order by [[Hollywood Hacking|reprogramming her brain with electricity]]. Which required translating inbetween computer code on screen (memorized by being looked at once), electric signals, biological memories and what they actually mean in human context in a very short amount of time, totally improvised; calculating the flow of the winds to use vector shift to make the air form plasma, which requires either a high amount of density or temperature; figuring out and integrating the formula of dark matter, a "substance" he's never come across and is supposed to be completely alien to the common laws of physics, in his calculations to disarm Kakine. The world's greatest [[Good with Numbers|mathematical genius]] and [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check|you send him to kill of a bunch of middle schoolers]].}}

** Proven even more by the fact that it takes 10,000 clones to make up for his calculation skills.

** Proven even more by the fact that it takes {{spoiler|10,000 clones}} to make up for his calculation skills.

* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]:

* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]: Kuroko can teleport herself or anything she comes in contact with as long as it weighs 137 kg. The higher concentration required relative to other types of powers prevents her from using it if she can't stay focused.

** Kuroko can teleport herself or anything she comes in contact with as long as it weighs 137 kg. The higher concentration required relative to other types of powers prevents her from using it if she can't stay focused.

** And there's {{spoiler|Awaki, who's even more powerful than Kuroko as not only can she teleport objects without touching them, she can teleport objects as heavy as 4,500kg! She gets [[Teleportation Sickness|ill]] from teleporting herself, though.}}

** And there's Awaki, who's even more powerful than Kuroko as not only can she teleport objects without touching them, she can teleport objects as heavy as 4,500kg! She gets [[Teleportation Sickness|ill]] from teleporting herself, though.

** In Volume 17, the spiritual item known as Skíðblaðnir is introduced, a group of suitcases which allow the transportation of objects to the other identical suitcases over a range of 100 km.

* [[That Came Out Wrong]]: When Misaka and Kuroko are discussing lingerie, and Kuroko suspects Misaka might want to buy breast pads to please Touma.

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** Actually, Touma weaponizes [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] relatively often. It's how he managed to live through his first battle through Kaori (and eventually get her friendship), and how he managed to distract Izzard {{spoiler|long enough to make his powers stop working so he could hit Izzard with Imagine Breaker.}}

** Played straight with Accelerator who enjoys mocking his opponents and telling them why they'll lose.

* [[The President's Daughter]]: ~~{{spoiler|~~Lindy Blueshake, the eight-year old estranged daughter of media mogul Olay Blueshake, and the only living heir to Blueshake's business empire. She ends up being targeted because Olay is the one who hired the Trident mercenary group to support GREMLIN in the invasion of Hawaii. ~~Incidently~~, the President knows of this is because he was involved with hiding Lindy from her mother, [[Contrived Coincidence|and by coincidence, she's hidden on another one of Hawaii's islands.]]}}

* [[The President's Daughter]]: Lindy Blueshake, the eight-year old estranged daughter of media mogul Olay Blueshake, and the only living heir to Blueshake's business empire. {{spoiler|She ends up being targeted because Olay is the one who hired the Trident mercenary group to support GREMLIN in the invasion of Hawaii. Incidentally, the President knows of this is because he was involved with hiding Lindy from her mother, [[Contrived Coincidence|and by coincidence, she's hidden on another one of Hawaii's islands.]]}}

* [[Third Person Person]]: The Sisters narrate everything they say in third person, complete with descriptions of how they are speaking and what they are doing at the time. {{spoiler|It probably goes with the [[Hive Mind]].}}

** {{spoiler|Last Order}} takes this a step further by stating said descriptions of intonation and current activity ''twice''.

* [[This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman]]: Even though [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|Touma's abilities aren't really that spectacular when compared with the abilities of everyone else]], they end up being the only thing that can save the day most of the time.

* [[This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman]]: Even though [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|Touma's abilities aren't really that spectacular when compared with the abilities of everyone else]], they end up being the only thing that can save the day most of the time. Which is [[Justified Trope|justified]] because most of Touma's opponents rely on their supernatural powers. Against opponents who are able to fight without powers, he has trouble.

** Which is [[Justified Trope|justified]] because everyone well most of everyone Touma has fought relied on their [[Game Breaker|powers or items]] when taken away they become just like normal people. Also helps his power is to negate the stuff they throw at him...unless it misses the right arm.

* [[Thunder Shock]]: Index and Aisa (plus a [[Color Failure]]), when Komoe starts [[Squee|happily]] talking about how Touma was a naughty boy, and how "various things" happened. Though in this case it's more like a Thunder ''Rage'':

{{quote|'''Index:'''"[[Harem Genre|Another one]]?"

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* [[Through His Stomach]]: Because of Index, this has turned into the main way Touma deals with women. Misaka Imouto angry? Offer to feed her. Last Order annoyed? Popcorn is the perfect solution. He even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades it.]]

* [[Training from Hell]]: The Necessarius training ground. It was actually toned down by the time of Volume 17, which involves being trapped in an isolated room and forced to conjure survival gear through magic. It was used against one of the New Light members.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: ~~{{spoiler|~~The escaping Hound Dog from the factory battle who thought it would be a good idea to stop just before making it to safety, turn around, and [[Do Not Taunt Cthulhu|taunt Accelerator]] about how his comrades were going to kill Last Order.}}

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: The escaping Hound Dog from the factory battle who thought it would be a good idea to stop just before making it to safety, turn around, and {{spoiler|[[Do Not Taunt Cthulhu|taunt Accelerator]] about how his comrades were going to kill Last Order.}}

* [[Token Minority|Token Minorities]]- Within Necessarius, a British Anglican organization these three are the token minorities within the organization.

** Kaori Kanzaki: Japanese, Catholic, Swordswomen ~~{{spoiler|~~and a Saint}}.

** Kaori Kanzaki: Japanese, Catholic, Swordswomen and a Saint.

** Sherry Cromwell: British, [[Darkskinned Blonde]], Jewish and Golem summoner.

** {{spoiler|Motoharu Tsuchimikado}}: Japanese, Onmyodo, ~~{{spoiler|~~Spy with questionable loyalties and Magician/Esper Hybrid}}.

** {{spoiler|Motoharu Tsuchimikado}}: Japanese, Onmyodo, Spy with questionable loyalties and {{spoiler|Magician/Esper Hybrid}}.

*** ~~{{spoiler|~~And lets not talk about those European Catholic Battle Nuns lead by Italian Agnese Sanctis, once they join Necessarius.}}

*** And lets not talk about those {{spoiler|European Catholic Battle Nuns lead by Italian Agnese Sanctis, once they join Necessarius.}}

** ~~{{spoiler|~~While most of the members of Team GROUP are Japanese, Mitsuki Unabara is the [[Token Minority]] of the group since he's actually an Aztec sorcerer named Etzali in disguise.}}

** While most of the members of Team GROUP are Japanese, {{spoiler|Mitsuki Unabara is the [[Token Minority]] of the group since he's actually an Aztec sorcerer named Etzali in disguise.}}

** There's Frenda Seivelun of ITEM, who's the only foreigner in their group.

* [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]]: When Index mentions a few of the books she houses, they [[Shout-Out|include]] both the [[H.P. Lovecraft|Book of the Dead (a.k.a. the Necronomicon) AND the Book of Eibon]]. [[Eldritch Abomination|Is it any wonder she's wanted so badly?]]

** All grimoires appear to be this. They only want to have their knowledge spread. Knowledge that is extremely dangerous to anyone who reads it, and in order to have it read they will do anything.

* [[Took a Level in Badass]]:

* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Remember {{spoiler|Kazakiri Hyouka? The useless, [[Shrinking Violet|scaredy]], [[Meganekko]] girl with big boobs.}} Well, by episode 24, she's not the same person you know once she {{spoiler|started to kick the Golem's ass with [[Super Strength]].}}

** In the later novels, she takes this trope [[Up to Eleven]] when {{spoiler|1=she became FUZE=Kazakiri.}} ~~Forget~~ ~~about~~ ~~mocking~~ ~~her~~ ~~anymore~~, ~~her~~ ~~[[Pure~~ ~~Awesomeness|mere~~ ~~presence~~ ~~will~~ ~~make~~ ~~mere~~ ~~mortals~~ ~~faint.]]~~

** Remember Kazakiri Hyouka? The useless, [[Shrinking Violet|scaredy]], [[Meganekko]] girl with big boobs? Well, by episode 24/the end of Volume 6, she {{spoiler|fights an enormous Golem with [[Super Strength]].}} In the later novels, she takes this trope [[Up to Eleven]] when {{spoiler|she became FUZE=Kazakiri. In this form, she can fight Archangel Gabriel, a being capable of casually destroying the planet, singlehandedly}}!

** This takes this trope to [[Readings Are Off the Scale|OVER NINE THOUSAND]] when she goes to Russia on her FUZE mode on her own, WTF-Pwned any and all enemies on her way, and ended it with a battle of epic proportions {{spoiler|against the Archangel Gabriel. Yes, '''that''' [[Holier Than Thou|Ga]][[Person of Mass Destruction|bri]][[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|el]].}}

** Subverted by Touma, who doesn't ever actually improve over the course of the novels. He just repeatedly uses the same thing over and over again to more and more awesome results, though he does get [[Spider Sense|precognition]] later on, simply by having the shit beaten out of him so many times by [[Game Breaker|crazy powerful opponents]] that his mind starts to sense these powerful attacks coming.

* [[Traintop Battle]]: Touma fights Freyja on board a subway train.

* [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty]]: Touma to a small degree. Using psychological warfare on one enemy and throwing a shovel full of dust at another, he's shown not to really care much about fighting fair.

** On the other hand, just look at who his enemies are... no, more importantly, just look at ''what they have.'' It's less "fighting dirty" and more the use of quick thinking to negate the overpowering disadvantage he's at.

* [[Tsundere]]: ~~Mikoto over Touma, obviously.~~

* [[Tsundere]]:

** Mikoto over Touma, obviously.

** Index also displays lapses of [[Tsundere]]-ish behavior from time to time, especially when Touma ends up in the hospital without her knowing why.

** Probably Fukiyose Seiri is one too with Touma.

== U-Z ==

* [[The Un-Reveal]]: Some examples along the series:

** {{spoiler|We never learn what Touma said to Etzali when the latter asked him to protect Mikoto. Whatever Touma said, Mikoto thinks she's misunderstanding him, but it [[Ship Tease|sure made her blush!]]}}

*** {{spoiler|Etzali later reveals to GROUP that Touma swore to protect Mikoto, and since Etzali believes Touma he goes out of his way to save a target that he's supposed to be assassinating, Misaka Misuzu.}}

*** Later this is '''partially''' revealed when Kuroko ask Touma why he helps her:

{{quote|'''Touma''': “…That’s right, it’s a promise. This promise is to protect Misaka Mikoto and the world around her. This is my agreement with a certain nameless person who fell in love with her so quickly.”}}

** We still haven't seen {{spoiler|the fifth (but at least we know about her powers) and the sixth Level 5 esper.}}

** From ~~the~~ Vol.7, we don't know the contents of Kaori's letter because she refused to hear the contents from Touma in front of her while blushing, even worse when Tsuchimikado bumped in to the room:

** From Vol.7, we don't know the contents of Kaori's letter because she refused to hear the contents from Touma in front of her while blushing, even worse when Tsuchimikado bumped in to the room:

{{quote|'''Kaori''': “Do I have to say it in front of this guy? Why is this guy so inopportune in coming here?”}}

** In Vol. 22 {{spoiler|besides his memory loss, Touma tells something else to Index before disappearing after crashing the [[Star of Bethlehem]] on Gabriel~~, whatever he said~~ ~~only~~ Index and Touma himself ~~knows~~.}}

** In Vol. 22, {{spoiler|besides his memory loss, Touma tells something else to Index before disappearing after crashing the [[Star of Bethlehem]] on Gabriel}}. Only Index and Touma himself know what it was.

* [[Unusual Chapter Numbers]]: In multi-volume story arcs, the numbering of chapters in a volume continues from the previous one. So if one volume has four chapters, the next one will start with Chapter 5.

* [[Unwanted Harem]]: Played straight, Touma is one of the rare [[Harem Anime]] protagonists who genuinely find their position unfortunate.

** NT Volume 9 (in addition to being part of a multi-volume arc) has three different versions of Chapter 6 in a row, differentiated by their English subtitles. {{spoiler|It's because in each one, Touma is forced to experience a different type of hell}}.

* [[Unwanted Harem]]:

** Played straight, Touma is one of the rare [[Harem Anime]] protagonists who genuinely find their position unfortunate.

** And now that Accelerator and Shiage have harems of their own, it would seem that this is a requirement for being a protagonist.

** Kakeru is this [[Played for Drama]]. He believes that he isn't deserving of his harem as (unlike the previous examples) he really was just an ordinary student before receiving the power of World Rejector.

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: {{spoiler|The Pope. Under the belief that Touma is some herectic that wiil destroy the world by his former mentor Fiamma, he follows Fiamma advice on what the Catholic Church should do during the series without even asking about it. By the time the Pope [[Heel Realization|realizes that everything Fiamma told him to do was not for the church but for his selfish ambitions]], Fiamma casts a spell to [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|destroy the the Vatican]],which the Pope diverts the spell [[Heroic Sacrifice|onto himself]] to save the Vatican. Though he survived, he is now hospitalized.}} Touma might be the worse case. He is used by ''everyone'' for whatever reason, and sad thing is he doesn't realizes it until it's too late.

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]:

** {{spoiler|In New Testiment Volume 3, the GREMLIN members that the heroes face are themselves unwitting pawns for the true members of the organization. They only sought to make the volcano erupt as part of an experiment.}}

** {{spoiler|The Pope. Under the belief that Touma is some herectic that wiil destroy the world by his former mentor Fiamma, he follows Fiamma advice on what the Catholic Church should do during the series without even asking about it. By the time the Pope [[Heel Realization|realizes that everything Fiamma told him to do was not for the church but for his selfish ambitions]], Fiamma casts a spell to [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|destroy the the Vatican]]. The Pope diverts the spell [[Heroic Sacrifice|onto himself]] to save the Vatican. Though he survives, he is hospitalized.}}

** Touma is used by ''everyone'' for whatever reason, and never realizes it until it's too late.

** {{spoiler|In New Testament Volume 3, the GREMLIN members that the heroes face are themselves unwitting pawns for the true members of the organization. They only sought to make the volcano erupt as part of an experiment.}}

** The ending of NT Volume 10 reveals that even {{spoiler|Othinus}} was no more than a pawn for {{spoiler|the true GREMLIN, an organization of Magic Gods that she knew nothing about}}.

* [[Urban Fantasy]]

* [[Urban Segregation]]: Depending on which district of Academy City you go, it's either good or bad. For example: The School Garden is one of the best district to go as not only it looks like an European city, it where most of the elite girl schools and high class shops are located. However only elite school girls are allowed in the School Garden and school girls from other districts need permission to enter there. District 10 aka "The Strange" is one of the worst district as not only is it dirty and many building are run down and in disrepair, it's also where most of the gangs like the Skill-Out's lived. It comes to no surprise why the city's only cemetery and correctional facility is also located there.

* [[Unknown Rival]]:

* [[Unknown Rival]]: Mikoto hounds Touma on a regular basis trying to get him to fight seriously with her, having misinterpreted [[Anti-Magic|his mysterious ability to negate]] her [[Shock and Awe|lightning]] as a sign of some incredible power that he's holding back. His nonchalance toward her and her otherwise remarkable power is a blow to her pride as one of the strongest espers in the city.

** Mikoto hounds Touma on a regular basis trying to get him to fight seriously with her, having misinterpreted [[Anti-Magic|his mysterious ability to negate]] her [[Shock and Awe|lightning]] as a sign of some incredible power that he's holding back. His nonchalance toward her and her otherwise remarkable power is a blow to her pride as one of the strongest espers in the city. And then she's ''really'' unknown after Touma's memory is erased and he can't even remember their original meeting.

** And then she's ''really'' unknown because {{spoiler|his memory was erased. He has no idea who she is anymore.}}

** Although not really focused on, Kuroko has a small rivalry with Touma over her [[Onee-Sama]]'s affections. He has no idea about this, and even if he did his response would probably be along the lines of 'Wait, what?'

* [[Verbal Tic]]: Several characters have unique ways of speaking, ~~one of the more obvious ones being Last Order's tendency to repeat the "said Misaka" portion of her [[Third Person Person]] speech twice.~~

* [[Verbal Tic]]: Several characters have unique ways of speaking.

** All of the Sisters narrate their actions after they say something. Last Order takes this further, as she says the "said Misaka" portion of her narration twice.

** Specifically she's announcing herself as the subject of the sentence twice (and she's the subject of all her sentences, given that she's narrating her own dialog), although the translators necessarily took some liberties in how it was phrased. This is also a case of a [[Verbal Tic]] being embedded inside another [[Verbal Tic]], possibly making her the most annoying character to listen to ever devised. [[Your Mileage May Vary|Or not.]]

** And her [[Verbal Tic]] branches off from the universal Verbal Tic she shares with all the MISAKA clones, namely narrating themselves and all actions involved with their speaking. So she's narrating herself [[Divide by Zero|narrating herself]].

** Komoe-sensei has the ever-recognizable -desu! Results from her always speaking in a formal dialect.

* [[Waif Fu]]: Kuroko, Awaki, several other female characters.

* [[Wager Slave]]: Touma and Mikoto bet on who's school will win the sports meet, with this as the punishment. Mikoto eventually makes him go on a date with her.

* [[The Walls Have Eyes]]: ~~Supplies~~ ~~the~~ ~~picture~~ ~~under~~ ~~[[Eye~~ ~~Tropes]]~~.

* [[The Walls Have Eyes]]: Sherry can literally invoke this, by turning parts of a wall into eyes to gather information.

* [[Webcomic Time]]: The series has an incredibly short timespan. It begins in late July, and by New Testament Volume 18 (40 main series volumes and 13 years later) it's December 11.

* [[We Have Reserves]]: The Sisters. See For Science for details.

** Also, this seems to be the Roman Catholic Church's approach to everything—with two billion members, everyone except for God's Right Seat is considered expendable.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: ''Everyone'', even Accelerator, to the point that Touma had to give a [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|punch to the face,]] for almost all of them.

* [[Wetware Body]]: Index's body is possessed by an AI of sorts some of the time. It's pretty competent really.

* [[Wham! Line]]: ~~"Conclusion: {{spoiler|Dark Matter is within this building}}.”~~

* [[Wham! Line]]:

** "Conclusion: {{spoiler|Dark Matter is within this building}}.”

** “Begin the invasion. I now have Curtana Original, the sword that decides the king, within my grasp. This makes me, {{spoiler|Carissa}}, the ruler of the United Kingdom. Anyone that does not want to see the country decay under the rule of the previous pacifist queen, stand up of your own will. [[Oh Crap|To bring about the new United Kingdom, leveling some things will be necessary and some destruction will be necessary.]]”

** "We are deeply concerned over the likelihood that Academy City personnel intervened in the recent issues in the Hawaiian Islands. We do not wish to hold power that can easily influence the flow of events of an entire nation, especially one large enough to be known as the world police. We began cooperating with Academy City in order to increase the benefits for both parties, but our roots remain in our respective countries. Dispatching personnel to alter the history of other countries like this is not what we would call ‘cooperation’. We may work for Academy City, but we are not its slaves. As the twenty-seven largest cooperative institutions, we are now ending all cooperation with Academy City. This is a necessary step to protect our own countries."

** "We are deeply concerned over the likelihood that Academy City personnel intervened in the recent issues in {{spoiler|the Hawaiian Islands}}. We do not wish to hold power that can easily influence the flow of events of an entire nation, especially {{spoiler|one large enough to be known as the world police}}. We began cooperating with Academy City in order to increase the benefits for both parties, but our roots remain in our respective countries. Dispatching personnel to alter the history of other countries like this is not what we would call ‘cooperation’. We may work for Academy City, but we are not its slaves. {{spoiler|As the twenty-seven largest cooperative institutions, we are now ending all cooperation with Academy City. This is a necessary step to protect our own countries}}."

** "These small fights are such a pain. I think I'll just {{spoiler|end the world." And exactly as she had announced, everything was immediately destroyed}}.

* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer|When All You Have Is The Ability To Cancel Magic or Esper Powers]]: Touma's complete lack of offensive power basically reduces his strategy to running at the enemy—using his hand to shield himself—and punching them really hard in the face. Some thought to [[Puzzle Boss|figuring out the weakness]] in his enemy's flashy attack may be required first.

** Something with which he is actually decent. Sometimes he has to bounce something that makes no sense off Index (here's looking at you, Spear of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli), but he's good at pulling apart a magician's tricks on his own after seeing it a few times.

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* [[Wife-Basher Basher]]: Kamijou Touma is a subversion of this trope: even though he is more than willing to [[Would Hit a Girl|hit a woman]] if she is willing to cause the death of innocent millions to further her own selfish agendas, he ''will'' hunt you down like a dog and kick you to the middle of next week if you harm helpless and nice girls; just ask Accelerator, the murderer of the gentle and innocent clone-sisters of Misaka Mikoto.

* [[The Wiki Rule]]: [http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Toaru_Majutsu_no_Index_Wiki Toaru Majutsu no Index Wiki]

* [[Wild Card]]:

* [[Wild Card]]: {{spoiler|Tsuchimikado Motoharu}}—self-professed liar—plays at this; at the end of the arc where his secret identity is revealed, he claims to be an agent, or maybe a double agent, or maybe a double double agent, etc... for the Church or Academy City. Conveniently, his esper power is [[Healing Factor|slow regeneration]], thus allowing him to survive the bloody backlash that accompanies an esper using magic.

** {{spoiler|Tsuchimikado Motoharu}} — self-professed liar — plays at this; at the end of the arc where his secret identity is revealed, he claims to be an agent, or maybe a double agent, or maybe a double double agent, etc... for the Church or Academy City. Conveniently, his esper power is [[Healing Factor|slow regeneration]], thus allowing him to survive the bloody backlash that accompanies an esper using magic.

** Touma himself ''very'' loosely, if seen from the side of Academy City. One moment fighting in their best intrests , and the next against them, depending on what he thinks is right. {{spoiler|Tsuchimikado even warns Crowley that if he keeps using Touma this way he might turn against him.}}

** Touma himself ''very'' loosely, if seen from the side of Academy City. One moment fighting in their best intrests , and the next against them, depending on what he thinks is right. {{spoiler|Tsuchimikado even warns Aleister that if he keeps using Touma this way he might turn against him.}}

* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: Uiharu and Accelerator in season 2 OP and ED. Mikoto in the official artwork.

* [[The Worf Effect]]:

** In Volumes 16 and 18, Kaori is at a disadvantage against the new villain, being immediately defeated in the latter.

** The {{spoiler|Invisible Thing}} switches between being on the giving and the receiving end of this trope. When first introduced in Volume 22, {{spoiler|it terrifies Fiamma (after he's become the One Above God), but is itself forced back into its seal by Touma}}. In its next appearance, {{spoiler|Othinus}} crushes it easily, even claiming that it wasn't much. When it appears in the fight against {{spoiler|Kakeru, it overpowers the latter's World Rejector, even after that ability had overpowered Imagine Breaker}}. And against {{spoiler|Aiwass}}, it's easily crushed again.

* [[World of Badass]]

* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Despite his [[The Dulcinea Effect|chivalrous nature]] Touma has no problem attacking females he knows that are harming/murdering innocent people or his friends.

* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: Aleister and Lola play this with each other, incorporating new elements ({{spoiler|Shiage managing to defeat Shizuri, Kakeru's appearance}}) into their plans as they appear.

* [[You Leave Him Alone|You Leave Her Alone!]] Invoked by Touma as challenges the invicible heartless psychopath Acceleratror to stop him from murdering yet another Misaka sister, armed with nothing but bravery, kindness and a mean right jab.

* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[X-Men]]'' meets ''[[Angels & Demons]].''