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** Some fans see [[Foe Yay]] between Urd and Mara. It gets better when a clone of Urd is threatening to destroy Urd, and Mara shouts, "I can't lose you! I still haven't beaten you at Tetris yet, dammit!"

** Mara getting mistaken for a pervert is a repeat gag in the anime, with both Sayoko and Megumi thinking she's after them for sex (when actually she wants a minion and to [[That Came Out Wrong|possess Megumi's body]], respectively).

* [[Misaimed Fandom]]: Most of the franchise is essentially an animé/manga version of "''[[~~Bewitched (TV)|~~Bewitched]]'' meets ''[[Three's Company ~~(TV)~~|Threes Company]]''"-- sweet and innocent compared to most Seinen out there, and yet there's more fan-made [[Ecchi]] and [[Hentai]] of this series than anything else. It's not too surprising (and [[Most Writers Are Male|probably intentional]]).

* [[Misaimed Fandom]]: Most of the franchise is essentially an animé/manga version of "''[[Bewitched]]'' meets ''[[Three's Company|Threes Company]]''"-- sweet and innocent compared to most Seinen out there, and yet there's more fan-made [[Ecchi]] and [[Hentai]] of this series than anything else. It's not too surprising (and [[Most Writers Are Male|probably intentional]]).

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]:

** Hild manages to be downright terrifying by simply changing her tone of voice and adopting a [[Slasher Smile]]. The anime even punctuates this with [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]].

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* [[Purity Sue]]: Belldandy, arguably. However, she's shown to not be above jealousy or even ''outright anger'' in many cases, and in one chapter of the manga, Urd actually gets scared when Belldandy finds out about Urd's divine intervention.

** Also ''deconstructed'' in [[The Movie]], as Belldandy's purity and forgiveness '''are''' what {{spoiler|allows [[Magnificent Bastard|Celes]][[Evil Mentor|tine]] to use her as a pawn in his plans.}}

* [[The Scrappy]]: For many, Skuld is just plain annoying, since she deliberately gets in the way of Keii and Bell's relationship-- the focal point of the series. However, that factor '''really''' [[Depending On the Writer|depends on the incarnation]]-- In ''Flights Of Fancy'', she's ''literally'' a [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw-wielding maniac]] [[Clingy Jealous Girl|obsessed with Belldandy]]; in the [[Anime|first TV season]], she's still annoying and obsessed with Bell, but less so; in the [[Manga]], she's a pretty tolerable character [[Character Development|who grows up a little every so often]], and in the [[OVA]], she's an honestly sympathetic character who legitimately seemed to miss her big sister, but is still willing to play dirty to stay close to her.

* [[The Scrappy]]: For many, Skuld is just plain annoying, since she deliberately gets in the way of Keii and Bell's relationship-- the focal point of the series. However, that factor '''really''' [[Depending on the Writer|depends on the incarnation]]-- In ''Flights Of Fancy'', she's ''literally'' a [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw-wielding maniac]] [[Clingy Jealous Girl|obsessed with Belldandy]]; in the [[Anime|first TV season]], she's still annoying and obsessed with Bell, but less so; in the [[Manga]], she's a pretty tolerable character [[Character Development|who grows up a little every so often]], and in the [[OVA]], she's an honestly sympathetic character who legitimately seemed to miss her big sister, but is still willing to play dirty to stay close to her.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: Fujishima has made many detailed, awe-inspiring scenes of everything from Nekomi Tech festivals to Tariki Hongan Temple (Keiichi and Belldandy's home), drawn in a fusion of art noveau and shoujo-manga style. However, this could be an instance of [[Tropes Are Not Good]]: After the Mystery Child arc, Fujishima seems to be using ''a lot'' more panels than necessary than usual to fufill a storyline, [[Ending Fatigue|slowing down a series that only comes out once a month and that fans are desperate to see progress]]. It may not even be this case-- said panels have a tendency to be simpler and less detailed than they were prior to said arc.

* [[Technology Porn]]: Keiichi attends a technological institute where he is a member of a racing club. And the world is [[The Matrix|being run by the Almighty's computer]].

* [[This Loser Is You]]: People often acuse the [[Magical Girlfriend]] genre of being overly objectifying towards women. Keiichi was pretty guilty of this when he asked a girl he only knew for two minutes to stay with him forever, mostly because she was cute. {{spoiler|Guess what: ever since, he got his sex drived magically suppressed by Ygdrassill, forcing him to treat Belldandy as a person above all else. You know: the stuff that really matters in a serious relationship.}} A pretty cleaver jab at the typical fandom of a series like this huh?

* [[Uncanny Valley]]: The manga went through a period (between around volumes 27-33) where the characters eyes were usually drawn without reflections, and their noses were reduced to a pair of nostrils when seen from the front, giving them a disturbing dead-fish look. Thankfully, [[It Gets Better]].

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: Besides the '''glaringly obvious''' between Keiichi and Belldandy, part of Skuld's feelings about Keiichi have this as a motivator (see the end of Season 1), and Peorth still likes Keiichi, despite doing her best to [[Shipper On Deck|ship him and Belldandy together]].

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: Besides the '''glaringly obvious''' between Keiichi and Belldandy, part of Skuld's feelings about Keiichi have this as a motivator (see the end of Season 1), and Peorth still likes Keiichi, despite doing her best to [[Shipper on Deck|ship him and Belldandy together]].

* [[Villain Decay]]: Mara got hit by this trope '''hard''' in ''Flights of Fancy''. When she first appeared in the first season, she could easily give Belldandy and Urd a hard time by herself. Suddenly, she's working at the convenience store Keiichi and Belldandy used to work at (they gave her the job), lives in a rundown building (though, an abandoned arcade '''was''' her base of operations in the manga), sleeps alongside her rat scientists, and eats nothing but takeout food from the store she works at. She can't even get into Tariki Hongan Temple to cause any trouble because Banpei can dispatch her easily. Urd even points out how big a failure Mara is, causing her to break down and cry. Really, how can you '''not''' wonder where her badassery went and pity her at this point?

* [[The Woobie]]: Sora when she explains why she [http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/493/soraangelofdeath1.jpg thinks] [http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/7082/soraangelofdeath2.jpg she's] [http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8226/soraangelofdeath3.jpg a jinx]. Go on; tell me you ''don't'' feel like giving her a comforting hug. (Note: these translations were flipflopped; read left to right.)