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[[File:amg.jpg|frame|Promotional art from the first OAV series]]
A [[Long Runners|long-running]] manga (since November 1988) that tells the romantic (and comedic) story of Keiichi Morisato, a short fellow with low self-esteem studying engineering in college, and the three [[Norse Mythology|Norse goddesses]] who move in with him. Because he is a genuinely good person, the sweet and beautiful Belldandy, Norn of the Present, is sent by "The Goddess Relief Agency" in Heaven to grant him a wish. Keiichi, convinced he's being set up for a practical joke by the upperclassmen in his dorm, [[Be Careful What You Wish For|wishes that a girl just like her would stay with him forever.]]▼
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So she does.
Keiichi and Belldandy enter into a very sweet, very low-key romance but then Belldandy's sultry elder sister Urd (the Norn of the Past) shows up, irritated because they haven't moved faster and into more advanced levels of intimacy. Then their kid sister Skuld (the Norn of the Future) appears, convinced that Keiichi is no good for her big sister and seeking to sabotage the relationship. Matters are further complicated by Keiichi's sister Megumi (who in the grand tradition of ''[[
''Ah! My Goddess'' combines the finest elements of America's 1960's [[Fantastic Comedy|"supernatural sitcoms"]] with a tender and sweet love story and no small amount of both lighthearted slapstick comedy and intense drama. True to its roots, the series has a noticeably subdued use of [[Fan Service]] (at least until Urd shows up) compared
It has spawned numerous adaptations, including a five-episode [[OVA]] series in the early 1990s (which this entry was originally written for), a motion picture, and a [[Gag Series|sequel series]] called ''[[Adventures of Mini
The manga was re-started in 2019 under the title ''Aa! Shuukatsu no Megami-sama!'', with a [[Time Skip]] that allows the series to comment on the contemporary Japanese economy. Because of the economic downturn putting Keiichi's job at risk, Belldandy has to find a job of her own.
Not to be confused with ''[[Ah My Buddha|Ah! My Buddha.]]''▼
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▲Not to be confused with ''[[Ah My Buddha
* [[A Form You Are Comfortable With]]: It's been stated by a demon that, even though she looked human, it wasn't her true form. She then proceeded to show Keiichi what she really looked like, effectively scaring him witless. She then points out that the Goddesses aren't showing him their true forms either, and the fact they look human is just so that people don't feel alienated from them. This causes Keiichi a moment of fright when Belldandy calms him down, but she acknowledges the issue and says that she does not mind. Keiichi then gets over the fear and decides he doesn't really care what Belldandy may really be, because he loved her for who she was, not how she looked.▼
** There are also points that show that goddesses and demons seem to have an actual preference for human forms (i.e. vanity), in addition to not wanting to terrify every human that they meet.▼
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* [[Above the Influence]]: In chapter 43 (episode 19 in the anime), thanks to a [[Magic Misfire]], Belldandy spends a day throwing herself at Keiichi (including, at least in the manga, taking him to watch a porn movie). He realizes that ''something's'' up and refrains.
** Sayoko shows up drunk at his temple house in episode 2 of Season 2, throwing herself, [[Squick|and throwing up]] on him. She later wakes up and finds herself sleeping in one of their futons.
* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: It's not surprising from Urd, or from [[Evil Is Sexy|Hild]]. But when ''Belldandy'' [http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/4939/belldandysurprise.jpg displays it], [[Head
** [[Covers Always Lie]]: The only time Belldandy has worn a more revealing outfit was when she was [[Evil Costume Switch|possessed by a demonic familiar]] (sort of the evil counterpart to a guardian angel) in the manga... or in [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|an erotic fantasy of Keiichi's in the OVA or
** In the second episode of ''Itsumo Futari De'' (translated by one group as "Together Forever"), well, it's a [[Beach Episode]] where the outfits of all three goddesses have officially crossed into Stripperiffic territory. Cue full on Brain Crash.
* [[Accidental Marriage]]: On the second-to-last page of the manga, Belldandy revealed to Keiichi that the wording of his wish [[Contrived Coincidence|happened to be]] the form for proposing marriage to a goddess. Then she asked him to [[Book Ends|say those words again]].
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The first TV series focused on Keiichi and Belldandy's romance; everything that didn't support or relate to that plotline was cut out, and as a result, they could take the romance far further and deeper than the manga. Furthermore, as it was intended to be a self-contained series from the beginning, the romance arc reached its resolution: {{spoiler|[[They Do]], as of Episode 24}}.
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: Episode One of the TV series sets up Keiichi's situation as the [[Nice Guy]] who is always taken advantage of but always does the right thing. The episode ends with the [[Meet Cute|first scene]] of the manga.
* [[Adaptation
* [[A Day in
* [[Affably Evil]]: Urd's mother Hild is queen of demons, a caring parent, and a big flirt. She can still be evil, once stealing Keiichi from Belldandy just to get a reaction (in ''Flights of Fancy'').
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Urd, partially because drinking booze restores expended energy for her.
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** Both TV series, and the TV special ("Tatakau Tsubasa", the Lind Arc) also fit into one continuity, albeit a different one-- they're more or less the original manga, except set in the mid-to-late 2000s (around the time ''they'' debuted).
** ''Itsumo Futari de'' has gone all out on this trope. Both stories as of Sept 2011 are original to the anime, and have no basis at all in the manga. The second episode introduces both a school for young Goddesses (Seizu Girls' Academy), and two new characters: Eri and Saga, two ''teenage'' goddesses obsessed with being the best.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Averted. Women (and [[Overnight Age
** In fact, Aoshima set up an [[Attempted Rape]] of Belldandy at one point in the manga, and even though it fails miserably (she threw him out the window with a tornado), [[Moral Event Horizon|the bastard was considered by most readers to be an irredeemable asshole]]. The later chapters and the anime don't do much to dispel this notion.
** Even the bad girls, by which I mean Hild, also seem to want Keiichi, though her attraction to him mostly seems to be because she wants to seduce him for fun.
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* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Lind's preferred weapon.
* [[The Archer]]: Holy Bell, Belldandy's angel, can summon a bow and arrows formed of [[Elemental Powers|wind-elemental energy]].
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: When Marller causes Belldandy to become a demon, she tells the former goddess to commit crimes in order to avoid more troubles for Keiichi. One of the "evil" deeds she commits is jaywalking.
* [[Art Evolution]]: Expected, seeing as the series has been running for over 20 years. The whole franchise is practically a record of how Fujishima's art style has changed over the decades.
** A specific case: there's been an evolution in the general look of characters overall. Belldandy, believe it or not, started out as a bit of a [[Gonk]]; supernaturally-gorgeous Belldandy is a later development which was [[Retcon]]ned back into the various versions in other media.
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Senbei's powers seem to use this as a premise.
** Aoshima pretty much brings misfortune on himself. Because he's an asshole.
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** [[Author Avatar]]: Like Fujishima, Keiichi loves mechanics; in fact, Fujishima has gone on the record stating that some of the events in ''AMG!'' were autobiographical.
* [[Awful Truth]]: In chapter 285 Hild drops a bombshell on Keiichi. {{spoiler|When he first made the contract with Belldandy, Heaven altered his mind to suppress his desire towards Belldandy. This was done to maintain the separation between gods and men in the face of a contract that bound a goddess to a mortal. And Belldandy knew this all along.}}
* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Even tough Urd will never openly admit she loves her demon queen mother, every single scene between her and Hild oozes this trope.
* [[Badass]]: All the goddesses and demons get a chance to display this, with Lind being the straightest example.
** [[Badass Abnormal]]: If you are of divine or demonic origin, this is part of the package.
** [[Badass Normal]]: Keiichi during the Lind Arc. {{spoiler|He bore an angel and kicked ass despite NOT being a god. Apparently, his pureness of heart, which is needed to bear an angel, was at god level, even though he was an ordinary mortal.}}
*** Chihiro, who can cow Otaki and Tamiya with a glance, qualifies as well.
** [[Badass Pacifist]]: Belldandy.
** [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Banpei was designed this way.
** [[Four
** [[Little Miss Badass]]: Skuld gets a couple moments like this: in the dream castle arc, again in the Lind arc, and in [[The Movie]] where she manages to wound Morgan in the arm.
* [[Bait and Switch Credits]]: Mara appears in the opening credits of the OVA series but never actually appears in the series itself. This was apparently due to the fact that the animators couldn't animate her hair correctly.
* [[Barehanded Blade Block]]: Hild does this in two separate fights with Lind, once in the Fighting Wings arc and again in chapter 248.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Urd and Peorth, as well as Hild's [[Super
* [[Baseball Episode]]: Actually, "chapter" #58 of the manga, to be precise, with a ragtag team led by Megumi and a somewhat reluctant Belldandy.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: From Keiichi, of all people. In the latest arc he asks to go to Nifelheim, knowing full well that Belldandy will have no choice but to protect him, eliminating any scenarios where she uses her full power to solve the current crisis.
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* [[Big Fancy House]]: While the Tariki Hongan Temple where the main characters live is pretty average sized (for a temple), the grounds are positively huge, with a small forest in the back. Also, Sayoko's parent's house before Urd and Skuld trashed it.
** Satoko's house is also considered to be big compared to the average Japanese family home.
* [[Bishoujo Genre]]: With some of the bishiest bishoujo ever put on paper too. Of course that's [[Justified Trope|justified]] because they are divine beings. (Or sometimes [[Hot
* [[Biker Babe]]: Chihiro and Megumi.
** Belldandy also has the riding skills to count, although she doesn't ride as much as the other two.
* {{spoiler|[[Big Damn Kiss]]}}: {{spoiler|Finally in chapter 278, complete with thousands of FLOWERS bursting from the floor}} [[Squee|Thank your Goddess of choice!]]
** {{spoiler|And they do it again in the very next chapter.}}
* [[Big, Thin, Short Trio]]: Arguable-- Skuld is short, Belldandy is thin, and while Urd is only a little taller than Belldandy, she's '''definitely''' more voluptuous.
** After Chihiro's introduction, Tamiya, Otaki and Chihiro can be seen like this. Only that Chihiro's height is average, Tamiya and Otaki must have been blessed with growth hormones.
* [[Bland
* [[Blank White Eyes]]
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: Mara and Hagall.
** Averted with Belldandy, though — under normal circumstances, her hair ranges from dark blonde to sand-blonde in the OVA, TV series, and as early as Chapter 50 of the manga (though she began the manga with silvery hair).
* [[Blue
* [[Body Snatcher]]: Poor Keiichi suffers this twice. It happens to him in the movie but more prominently during the Lord of Terror arc in which Urd is also a victim. See the next Trope.
** The movie is basically a [[Broad Strokes]] adaptation of the Lord of Terror arc anyway.
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* [[Body to Jewel]]: In one chapter Hild extracts a fragment of herself in crystallized form to give to Keiichi to use against Hagal.
* [[Bottled Heroic Resolve]]: In the second episode of the OVA, Urd gives Keiichi a love potion under this guise. It makes Kei pass out, and fall deeply in love with the first person he sees when he wakes up. Unfortunately, that turned out to be Sayoko. Fortunately, [[Fighting From the Inside|he was able to fight it]], and his relationship with Belldandy became stronger because of it.
* [[Bratty Half
* [[Break the Cutie]]: The demons try this with Bell all the time. [[Lighter and Softer|Nothing really disturbing ever happens though]].
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: After the usual madness—which happened, thankfully, without him—he said that he "could'a stayed in bed this issue".
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* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Urd's inherent powers are potentially leagues above those of her sisters and possibly any other deity except The Almighty and Hild, but she prefers to hang out with her siblings to watch over them and have some fun instead.
* [[Broken Bird]]: Morgan LeFay from [[The Movie]] {{spoiler|lost faith in love after deserting her lover, thus she became [[The Dragon]] for Celestine}}
** Arguably Urd as well, at least in the continuities that develop her character in depth. Despite her surface persona, she has ''a lot'' of sadness in her past,
* [[Brother
* [[Brutal Honesty]]: Keiichi refuses to lie about himself to Belldandy and frequrntly tells he why she would be better off with a different boy (e.g., citing the fact that she is taller than him). However, Belldandy selflessly refuses to look down on him, so Keiichi decides to wish that she would be with him forever.
▲* [[Brother Sister Incest]]: Drastically subverted, at one point a botched love potion fed to Keiichi causes any female who meets his eyes to become passionately infatuated with him — starting with his sister Megumi. She says, "Our love can transcend these foolish bonds of blood!" His horrified reaction: "Oh no it can't!" And he runs for it. Fortunately, neutralizing the potion wipes her memory of the incident.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Poor, poor, Keiichi
▲*** Anime has him as a Earth Spirit that was haunting Megumi's residence once she moved into town. Belldandy defeated him, then assigned him to watch over Megumi. He took the form of a rat in order to do this.
** Aoshima to Urd.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: The goddesses' battle outfits, and the [[Bridge Bunnies]] Ere, Ex and Chrono, first appeared in [[The Movie]] and weren't incorporated into the manga until several years later.
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** Actually, it may be the other way around. Keiichi has been shown in the manga as waiting on a go signal from Belldandy (during the early part of the ''Miss Keiichi'' arc, and when they were outside the love motel during Urd's exam arc), but Belldandy seems to be completely content with their relationship as it is. Belldandy is more open with her feelings than Keiichi, an issue that was somewhat addressed when Peorth trained him to be able to say "I Love You" to Belldandy (see below).
** Note that fairly early in the manga (chapter 50), Keiichi ''did'' explicitly say "I love you" while on a romantic moonlight stroll along the seashore with Bell. Unfortunately, Skuld had stepped between them at just that moment, and it was treated for some reason as if she'd ''intercepted'' the words intended for Belldandy.
** Also, [[Love Goddess]] and [[Shipper
*** Episode 18 of the TV series has virtually the same plot as manga chapter 50, but with one '''Earth-shattering''' difference: There's an epilogue scene where Belldandy is back home, folding laundry (presumably the day after the vacation), and quietly says to herself, [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|"He actually told me that he loved me..."]]
* [[Can Not Tell a Lie]]: Belldandy, and, well, all goddesses in theory - her sisters would have more ranking if they were able to follow this stricture.
** More accurately, Urd ''could'' be. Skuld's still too young and inexperienced to be a Goddess 1st Class yet. Urd's actually passed the promotion exam, but decided to stay at 2nd Class because she thinks the ability to lie is more useful than some extra firepower.
** It should also be noted that in the OVA and anime's first season, although the Trope still applies to Belldandy, [[Character Development|she does dance around the truth a couple times]], such as the time she tried to get back to Keiichi's house via the girl's bathroom:
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'''Sayoko:''' Belldandy, what was that?
'''Belldandy (panicked):''' Oh, there's a spot on the mirror.
''(Bell licks her finger and tries to scratch out a stain on the mirror)'' }}
* [[Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Averted for Urd, for whom it's a power source. [[Never Gets Drunk|Super-averted]] for Belldandy. Just keep ''her'' away from the soda.
* [[Card
* [[Casanova]]: Aoshima thinks of himself this way.
* [[Catch a Falling Star]]: Belldandy, by letting Urd and Keiichi land on her.
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* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: The movie, which was rather dark with next to no humor, certainly a surprise given how lighthearted the manga and other adaptions are.
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Keiichi, from someone who would gladly kiss Belldandy given the chance early in the manga ("Mustn't... give up attempt... to score....") to someone who practically has a phobia of physical intimacy (especially in the TV series).
** When Urd first appears in the manga she tries to rape Keiichi ([[Double Standard Rape (Female
* [[Chastity Couple]]: Keiichi and Belldandy-- despite the implications that neither one really wants it that way...
* {{spoiler|[[Childhood Marriage Promise]]}}: The final episode of the OVA revealed there was one between Keiichi and Belldandy.
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* [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]]: This is how Skuld makes all her gadgets. She doesn't really [[Gadgeteer Genius|invent]] stuff but instead [[Reality Warper|wishes it into existence.]] It can only work because she is a goddess, even though she herself doesn't seem to be aware of it. Belldandy once constructed a superbike out of some random junk using the same kind of magic.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Belldandy, though what sets her off varies, and usually Keiichi explaining that something isn't what it looks like is enough to calm her down. After all, she trusts Keiichi fully, and Keiichi is not the kind of a jerk to hit on other girls.
** When the GATE TO HEAVEN asks Belldandy to continue [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?|teaching her about love]], even though she had promised to help, she refused.
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'''Belldandy:''' No.
'''GATE:''' Why not? You said you would do everything in your power. . .
'''Belldandy:''' Yes, but . . . not with this person.
'''GATE:''' ''(with [[Luminescent Blush]]) Despite being a goddess, your heart sure is small . . .
'''Belldandy:''' Yes, when it comes to Keiichi, I am not so generous. }}
** Skuld displays this trope towards Belldandy from time to time.
** Urd utilizes this trope to help banish a demon that Shiho accidentally summons in episode 6 of Season 2...by making [[People Puppet|Keiichi unwittingly]] [[Thanks for
* [[Clone Degeneration]]: Happens to a clone of {{spoiler|Urd}} at one point, when Mara duplicates her.
** Also, it was shown in ''The Adventures Of Mini Goddesses'' manga that making too many [[Super
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Tamiya and Otaki are a tad eccentric, with Tamiya coming up with some strange ideas for the Motor Club, and Otaki wearing spark plugs as jewelry.
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: Despite Belldandy being pretty much perfect in a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] kind of way, she still manages to make Keiichi's life pretty miserable at times. And [[Anime in Laws|Skuld]] doesn't help, especially in ''Flights of Fancy''.
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* [[Comic Book Time]]: Partly explains the ironic freeze in a relationship already bordering on marriage.
* [[Comic Role Play]]: When Peorth has Keiichi pretend she's Belldandy so he can practice saying "I love you".
* [[Commuting
** Sayoko's back in Vol. 38 of the Manga, Sora and Aoshima show up in 39.
* [[Compelling Voice]]: Belldandy does it to Aoshima in the first season, and uses what was apparently the stun setting to stop Urd and Skuld from harassing Keiichi in the first ''Flights of Fancy'' episode.
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* [[Correspondence Course]]: Shiho learned how to be an exorcist this way.
* [[Crazy Jealous Guy]]: Urd's ex-boyfriend Troubador. When they were dating he'd make insects crawl out of the bodies of any man who flirted with her, and tried the same thing on Keiichi.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Mara spends most of the later chapters being ineffective and acting as comic relief whenever she tries anything against the goddesses. However, this seems to be due to her being a [[Punch Clock Villain|old friend]], when she and Hild were threatened by {{spoiler|a monster from hell sent by Hagal}}, she was demonstrated that she was a force to be reckoned with and was able to defeat her attackers easily (the only reason she got hurt was due to the sheer power of her own spell).
* [[Cross
* [[Cursed
* [[Cute Mute]]: The angels never speak. But they sure are cute. [[Kawaiiko|Especially Noble Scarlet]]
* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: Chihiro is a sucker for anything cute. ([[Berserk Button|Don't call her out on it, though.]])
* [[Cut Short]]: The TV series was not renewed after ''Flights of Fancy'', the second season.
* [[Dark
* [[Death Glare]]: In the anime's first season, Belldandy's aforementioned [[Compelling Voice]] toward Aoshima was accompanied by one of these.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: After being defeated by Belldandy in episode 6, the Earth spirit haunting Megumi's apartment promises to look after her when the goddess restores his connection to the Earth. He delivers on it later when Marller possesses Megumi in a later episode, and warns Belldandy about the possession in episode 16.
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* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Most of the human characters in the second season. While most of them are still seen around, and even some get an episode or two that focuses on them, for the most part most of the arcs are centered around the goddesses and Keiichi.
* [[Deus Sex Machina]]: Urd tries to invoke this trope in her introductory chapter, telling Keiichi that he has to have sex with her in order to repair/recharge the system force, and that if he doesn't have sex with her, Belldandy will have to return to heaven. He almost goes through with it until Belldandy comes in and reveals it was a trick.
* [[Did We Just Have Tea
** In one ''Flights of Fancy'' appearance, she sleeps with Keiichi. However, it's obvious it's an attempt to [[Mind Screw]] with Belldandy.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Just about all the demons are rendered powerless by a certain form of music. For example, if Mara hears heavy metal (polka in the original English manga), she can't keep herself from dancing.
** Actually in the manga it was Urd who was rendered powerless by polka and Mara who can't keep herself from dancing if she hears disco music.
* [[Divine Date]]: The main plot of the show.
* [[Do Not Taunt Cthulhu]]: Subverted; Hild lets Urd get insulting because she's her daughter.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Lampshaded in the manga when the embodiment of the Gate to Heaven asks Keiichi to unlock her -- by inserting a huge key into a keyhole ''on her torso''. He protests, "It's so big! Long! ''Hard''! How would it ''fit''?!" and Urd remarks, "Do you have ''any'' idea what you sound like?" Highlighted by the way Gate blushed and smiled when she made the request, the fact she was magically infatuated with him at the time (Urd and possibly Peorth's fault), and her, ummm, ''moaning'' as he put it in....
** Peorth and Urd -- I say again, ''Peorth and Urd'', the two most <s>nearly</s> [[Ecchi]] of the goddesses -- were ''blushing'' as they watched....
** Skuld in the Nidhogg arc, Mokkurkalfi points out that her {{spoiler|Super Banpei}} only has two arms, while [[Ambiguous Gender|his/hers]] has three which Skuld follows with an "ewww"...
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* [[Dojikko]]: Chrono. Very much. {{spoiler|Peorth actually relied on her clumsyness to get her job done: Breaking the rythm orb.}}
** Lind [[Lady of War|of all people]] is hilariously clumsy when it comes to {{spoiler|getting restoration magic right.}}
* [[Double Standard Rape (Female
** In Peorth's debut arc, she seduced Keiichi several times with the intent of satisfying his carnal desires. However, she crossed the [[Moral Event Horizon]] when she slipped a "love drop" in Keiichi's drink to get him aroused -- a rough equivalent of slipping someone a date-rape drug. Fortunately -- and unfortunately -- for Keiichi, the plan [[Epic Fail|backfired in the most incredible way possible]]...
* [[Drunk
* [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness]]: Belldandy's eyes get this way a few times in the TV series, such as the episode where Hild uses time travel to steal Keiichi or the time Belldandy walks in on Keiichi [[Comic Role Play|practicing]] saying "I love you" with Peorth.
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Hild is on the receiving end of one of these a couple of times. Usually done by a goddess, from orbit and with the speed of light. [[Badass|She always parries them with ease tough.]]
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** However some trippy imagery that is shown {{spoiler|during the long-overdue kiss}} suggests that while Belldandy definitely isn't human, she isn't scary either. {{spoiler|More like a being of overwhelming affection.}}
* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]: Hagall dresses in this style.
* [[Elemental Powers]]: Belldandy: [[Blow You Away|Wind]], Skuld: [[Making a Splash|Water]], Urd: [[Playing
** On the demon side: Hild: Lighting/Wind, Mara: Fire/Wind, and the manga features a demon who has [[Casting a Shadow|darkness]]-based powers.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: {{spoiler|In the current (maybe final?) arc, Hild and Mara are forced to team up with the goddesses to restore the balance disrupted by Hagall.}}
* [[Evil Costume Switch]]: Technically Keiichi does when he is possessed in the movie.
** More prominently both Urd and Keiichi get this during the Lord of Terror arc when possessed. Keiichi's hair even grows longer and is dyed blond in the manga and TV series. However, when the Lord of Terror is defeated and is expunged from Keiichi his hair remains long and goes black and Keiichi is surprised at what he is wearing. In the anime his hair reverts to being short as well.
*** Belldandy also gets this in the recent 20-year anime anniversary special, as well as [https://web.archive.org/web/20160416000847/http://gateway.cjb.net/AMG/Gallery/Bell/bell-v25c161.jpg on one occasion in the manga].
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Hild wants to increase the demons' stock share on Earth, but she follows the agreement to never kill goddesses, though she did once show no problems beating up her own daughter, albeit non-lethally.
** Marller's own schemes sometimes makes her wonder if she's going too far, such as when she rigs Belldandy's goddess license to make her a demon instead, or when she splits Urd's demonic and goddess halves into two separate bodies.
** During the Lord of Terror arc, when Urd sets Fenrir loose on the city, Mara asks if she's maybe going "a little ''too'' far?"
* [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French]]: In the English manga, Peorth seems to believe in this Trope. The intro to every issue (''issue'', not ''volume'', mind you) that has her in it [[
* [[Equivalent Exchange]]: The Law Of Conservation of Happiness. Granting too many happy wishes in a short span of time means that someone has to suffer a bit of bad luck, as Keiichi learned the hard way when an intoxicated Belldandy started granting the wishes of every poor soul in town.
** Also one of the rules of wishes granted by demons.
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* [[Fan Service]]: Notable for ''not'' having much of it. And what [[Fan Service]] there is is very tastefully done, ''especially'' for this genre.
** On the other hand, if [[Technology Porn|detailed imagery of rare cars and motorcycles]] would count as this trope, AMG would almost be [[Hentai]].
* [[
** Well, in the OVA at least, Belldandy's father is The Almighty. But then, the OVA doesn't precisely follow the canon of the original manga.▼
* [[Fertile Feet]]: Belldandy does this in ''Fighting Wings''. Lind grows a flower in her hand, so it might be a common trait.
* [[Fighting From the Inside]]: Whether through demons or [[Stop Helping Me!|well-meaning goddesses]], Keiichi is the victim of [[Mind Control]] quite often, yet always tries (and usually manages) to resist it.
** Also Urd during the Lord of Terror arc.
* [[Fingerless Gloves]]: Belldandy and Urd have these as part of their signature goddess outfit/uniform in the OVA and TV series, as well as Peorth in the TV series and manga.
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** Around the time of the "Mystery Child" arc in the manga, Keiichi became more squeamish around women, and Belldandy more naïve.
** Then there is Mara's ever-growing stupidity. In the early manga she was occasionally an actual problem. Not so in the anime.
▲* [[A Form You Are Comfortable With]]: It's been stated by a demon that, even though she looked human, it wasn't her true form. She then proceeded to show Keiichi what she really looked like, effectively scaring him witless. She then points out that the Goddesses aren't showing him their true forms either, and the fact they look human is just so that people don't feel alienated from them. This causes Keiichi a moment of fright when Belldandy calms him down, but she acknowledges the issue and says that she does not mind. Keiichi then gets over the fear and decides he doesn't really care what Belldandy may really be, because he loved her for who she was, not how she looked.
▲** There are also points that show that goddesses and demons seem to have an actual preference for human forms (i.e. vanity), in addition to not wanting to terrify every human that they meet.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: Belldandy, to the extent she can speak with animals, plants and inanimate objects.
* [[Fun Size]]: Belldandy splits off a [[Super
* [[Gag Boobs]]: Aoshima gets knocked out cold by a pair of these. [[It Makes Sense in Context|Yeah...]]
* [[G
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Skuld.
* [[Generation Xerox]]: Keiichi's dorky dad is even more afraid of gorgeous ladies then his son. So much that it starts to look like an allergic reaction. Makes you wonder how he ever got married...
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* [[Gender Bender]]: Keiichi in one arc, originally titled in English as "Miss Keiichi." Actually spends most of the arc as essentially a guy with breasts and long hair, but does briefly become completely female.
* [[The Glomp]]: Hild does three glomps in a row in her first appearance. Immediately after she arrives she glomps Urd, then Belldandy and Skuld at the same time, then Keiichi.
* [[Golden Moment]]: On at least two occasions in the manga, and one in ''Flights Of Fancy'', when Belldandy feels like less of a goddess ([[Green
* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: Pretty much anytime Marller utilizes Urd's evil half, who then wants to do even more [[Bigger Bad|evil things]] than her. Such as in the Lord of Terror arc, and in Season 2, when Marller manages to separate Urd's evil half from her good half.
* [[Good All Along]]: {{spoiler|Hagall and her posse take over hell and touroughly humiliate Belldandy, but it's all for Hilds sake who turns out to be their idol.}} Fans of [[Sweet Dreams Fuel|this series]] should have seen this coming a mile away.
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** In the Nifelheim arc, it's even lampshaded when she pulls out tools from a seemingly never-ending supply, searching for bombs until she realizes that she's out somehow. {{spoiler|But we learn later that she did have one in reserve with a blast range of 3000 km}}
** Again in the same arc, Belldandy pulls out a full picnic basket out of nowhere after Keiichi complains of being hunger.
* [[Hands
* [[Harmless Villain]]: Sayoko sooo wants to be [[The Rival]], but she really doesn't have enough of a mean streak. She once says she would sell her soul to best Belldandy, and when Mara calls her on it, Sayoko responds with "figure of speech". The only character she can be regularly mean to is Aoshima (her smarmy cousin).
** Mara herself fails at everything she does largely because of how stupid she is. Not so much in the manga, moreso in the animé.
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* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Belldandy and Keiichi attempt one for each other during the Lord of Terror Arc.
* [[Hilarity Ensues]]: Peorth appears, and Keiichi has a hilarious reaction, as he knows he has enough trouble with Urd and Skuld.
* [[Hoist
* [[Hooker
* [[Hot
** In the OVA, the name of the Nekomi Motor Club motorcycle drag racing team is "Team Burning Gutsy."
* [[Hot
* [[Hot Shounen Mom]]: Hild again. Also Takano, Keiichi and Megumi's mother.
* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: Skuld trying to use magic and summon her angel.
* [[Humans Are Special]]: A chapter of the manga has one of the [[Bridge Bunny]] goddesses visit Earth and go into raptures on tasting "Earth's famous soft-serve ice cream!" (They don't have ice cream in Heaven? Then what's the point of going there?) For that matter, Peorth returned to Heaven with a lot of games and books she'd picked up during her stay on Earth, and was asked ''not'' to do that again, because so many of the other goddesses were distracted from their duties. Apparently we can create entertainment the deities just can't match.
** This happens with ANYONE that hasn't experienced something that turns out to be pleasurable; it's not so much that they don't have equal or superior entertainments in Heaven, it's that they are unfamiliar (due to lack of contact) with human ones - and that carries its own fascination. A suitable Trope for this would be something along the lines of New and Different.
** A more heart-rending example is in [[The Movie]]; see [[Patrick Stewart Speech]] below.
* [[Human Outside, Alien Inside]]: Urd uses alcohol as an "alternate energy source", but seems to suffer no deleterious effects. Skuld is the same with ice cream. Belldandy can [[Never Gets Drunk|drink a distillery and be completely unaffected]], but gets blitzed off of soda.
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Velsper nearly shattered the universe to meet Belldandy again. When she remembers him, he automatically undoes the damage he did, and allows Keiichi and Belldandy to stay together.
** {{spoiler|This may also be the true reason why Belldandy never went all the way with Keiichi, since it's more and more implied that Gods and humans being lovers comes with a harsh set of rules...}}
* [[Ice Queen]]: [[Sugar and Ice Personality|Lind]] is a mild case but she still uses icy magic.
* [[I Love You Because I Can't Control You]]: Two examples, Aoshima towards Belldandy, and later Sayoko towards Keiichi.
* [[Immortal Immaturity]]: In the TV series, Skuld can occasionally venture into [[Bratty Half
* [[
* [[Indirect Kiss]]: Invoked by Keiichi in regards to a can of tea he shared with her while she was under the influence of one of Urd's love potions (which had been botched by Skuld).
* [[Informed Flaw]]: Keiichi's [[Unlucky Everydude]] status as a 'loser' seems greatly exaggerated by modern standards, aside from bad luck with women and oftentimes being a doormat.
** It should be noted that he's shown courage and fortitude on several occasions, such as when Belldandy was kidnapped in the Dream Castle arc, or when he faced down Hild in the Lind arc. And yet he can't say a simple "I Love You" to Belldandy (not without [[Stop Helping Me!|too much help]] from third parties, that is...)
* [[Innocent Cohabitation]] (Although most fans
* [[Instant Illness]]: In the OVA, when Keiichi brings Belldandy to the abandoned temple, he gets a fever and faints immediately.
* [[Instant Runes]]: Particularly obvious, in [[The Movie]].
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* [[Large Ham]]: Senbee (usually with [[Gratuitous English]]), Tamiya and Otaki (especially when they're making Keiichi do stuff) do this occasionally.
** Hild tends to be overly dramatic as well.
* [[Laser
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Sora Hasegawa. In fact, in the manga, her nickname was once "[[Incredibly Lame Pun|The Chef Assassin]]".
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Most characters besides Belldandy, Urd, and Skuld only have two or three outfits.
** Keiichi has all of three outfits: his jeans, white t-shirt, and leather jacket; His racing gear; and that green and yellow striped suit.
*** He has another outfit in the movie.
*** Hilariously, when one of those Love Potions caused Skuld to be infatuated with him, she spoke adoringly of "Aah, that face, rigid with alarm! Aah, these clothes you never change!"
* [[Long Runner]]: As of November 2011, it's been twenty-three years. The American version produced by Dark Horse Comics, which debuted in 1995, is their second-longest-running comic ([[
* [[Love Epiphany]]: Two examples. Skuld begins to develop feelings for Keiichi in the last episode of Season 1. Sayoko also begins to realize her feelings for him as well in episode 2 of Season 2.
* [[Love Hotel]]: In a go-all-out attempt to finally get Belldandy and Keiichi in the same bed, Urd forces the couple to hide in one of these with the help of a rainstorm. {{spoiler|of course, Belldandy STILL doesn't get it and Keiichi just buys an umbrella instead.}} [[Shipper
* [[Love
* [[Love Potion]]: In an early chapter Urd brews one with the intent of tricking Keiichi into taking it to speed along his relationship. She ends up accidentally swallowing it. (The whole chapter brings some [[Fridge Horror]] since the love potion was essentially a date-rape drug that might have made Keiichi try to force himself on Belldandy...)
** There've been plenty of others; see the entry for Brother-Sister Incest above. And Urd once messed with Peorth's head by pretending another accidentally-swallowed potion had made her fall in love -- with Peorth.
* [[Magical Girlfriend]]: Belldandy definitely in the OVA, early manga, and most of the first season of the TV series. Elsewhere, it depends on your definition of "girlfriend".
** Skuld eventually becomes a puppy version of this trope to Sentaro. He doesn't seem to be aware of her true nature tough.
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** Apparently, the wordless tones heard in the anime are the programming language in [[A Form You Are Comfortable With]], since Hild speaks of the reunification spell having "verses" rather than "movements".
* [[Magitek]]: The universe is controlled by a magic computer, and spells are often referred to as "programs".
* [[Magic Versus Science]]: In the more literal sense, anytime Keiichi fights something supernatural, he can usually weasel his way to victory using his keen intellect and/or science.
** More than likely a type 2 (Magic is Cheating) because magic lets a deity/magical being alter the "program" of reality. Despite this demons and goddesses can use regular physics and science just as well. The Muscle bound demon knows a lot about musculature and how to relax tensed/overtaxed muscles. Skuld regularly designs machines that do things for her a mundane spell could accomplish. (more like Type 1)
* [[Magnetic Girlfriend]]: More literal than usual, most of the girls that turn up are supernatural beings that end up there ''because'' three goddesses are living with Keiichi. Except for Sayoko, who only became interested in him because Belldandy was upstaging her.
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* [[Master of Illusion]]: Hagall can project illusions into her opponent's mind that [[Your Mind Makes It Real|become real to them]].
* [[Maximum Fun Chamber]]: One chapter of the manga has Skuld going to great lengths to hide a misdemeanor from Urd out of terror of a "terrible punishment." The punishment turns out to be {{spoiler|being forced to repeatedly build devices that do nothing useful.}}
* [[Mayfly
** Many times in the manga, one of the main reasons Keiichi didn't more persistently pursue a relationship with Belldandy is because he's afraid of her not being willing to return to Heaven when she has to. Although this fear was justified in the OVA, where Belldandy ''was'' forced to return, [[Genre Savvy|in the manga, Keiichi may be thinking of this Trope:]] [[Fridge Brilliance|when he dies, Belldandy will continue living, unable to let go of his memory.]]
* [[Meganekko]]: Sora Hasegawa, the only female member of NIT's auto club
* [[The Messiah]]: Belldandy.
** Keiichi is the main character and he's nothing like that at all, [[Nice Guy|although he's pretty close]]. It's why he was given a wish from Belldandy in the first place, and it's been noted several times that his pure heart is what Belldandy (and some of the other goddesses) finds most attractive about him.
* [[Mid
* [[Middle of Nowhere Street]]: Nekomi.
* [[Mind Control Eyes]]: Belldandy, in the movie. Keiichi, in all the series, whenever he gets put under divine or demonic influence -- Urd's potions, the influence of the Demon-God of Poverty, etc.
* [[Moment Killer]]: ''Just'' when you think Keiichi has the nerve to admit his deep love for Belldandy (or vice-versa)...
* [[Motorcycle
* [[The Movie]]: ''[[Ah! My Goddess: The Movie]]'', logically enough.
* [[Mundane Wish]]: When Tamiya unintentionally summons the demon Mara, who offers him a wish, he thinks she's an ordinary human who sneaked in and tells her to "get the heck out". She tells him that's an uninspired choice for a wish and then vanishes.
* [[Nice Guy]]: If you read the synopsis above, then you'd know that if Keiichi ''wasn't'' one of these, there'd be no story in the first place. And many girls ''adore'' this genuinely [[Nice Guy]], too.
** Having Belldandy around all the time works wonders on anyone's personality. Keiichi was a little crude early on in the manga, but that didn't last long once Bell started to gently steer him in the direction she wanted.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Lind showed up while K1 and the goddesses were out and got into a confrontation with Hild, damaging the house. Then, although she'd admitted she wasn't any good at damage-repair magic, she tried anyway. When the others came back and saw the ''distortion'' her attempted repair had caused, [http://www.mangareader.net/161-10716-10/ah-my-goddess/chapter-249.html their horrified comments upset her a great deal]. Especially since even ''Hild'' [[Even Evil Has Standards|said the demons had gone too far]].
** This trope also comes into play anytime Skuld or Urd does a plan involving Keiichi and Belldandy, and the other one finds out about it and attempts to foil it somehow.
* [[Ninja]]: Kodama, Hikari, and Nozomi, tiny ninjas transformed from rats by Mara.
* [[Ninja Maid]]: {{spoiler|Chrono, a goddess who happens to be an assistant the the Valkyries, is sent to earth by Peorth to deliver an item for Belldandy, wearing a maid's outfit.}}
* [[
* [[No Export for You]]: The ''Ah! My Goddess: Fighting Wings'' anniversary special DVD. Not a big loss since it's a [[Broad Strokes]] adaptation of the Lind arc anyway (but still a loss).
* [[Not So Different]]: Urd and Hild can sometimes come off this way.
* [[Not So Fast Bucko]]: Keiichi Morisato: More then twenty years of blue balls and counting.
** {{spoiler|This has recently been revealed to be a plot point; when Keichi made his wish, his sexual desire was sealed by Heaven to prevent him from pursuing the opportunity.}}
* [[Not
* [[
* [[Older Than They Look]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/161-10614-1/ah-my-goddess/chapter-147.html This] is Keiichi's mother Takano. This is '''not''' a flashback; it's her current appearance. Does she look old enough to have college-age children? Her husband looks '''his''' age (if not perhaps older than his age). ▼
** This is justified in that it really ''isn't'' what it looks like, and never ''would'' be.▼
▲* [[Older Than They Look]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/161-10614-1/ah-my-goddess/chapter-147.html This] is Keiichi's mother Takano. This is '''not''' a flashback; it's her current appearance. Does she look old enough to have college-age children? Her husband looks '''his''' age (if not perhaps older than his age).
** Keima was pointed out to appear to be a little too old to be Hotaru-no-suke's son in Colors' encyclopedia. It's also noted that there is mystery surrounding both of their appearances that probably ties in with some the bigger mysteries and main themes of the series.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Done by everyone (<s>save the Almighty One</s> <s>and Hild</s>) at least once.
** Hild gets a rapid series of these when [http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/1578/hildohcrap1.jpg Belldandy] [http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7600/hildohcrap2.jpg asks] [http://www.mangareader.net/161-10647-22/ah-my-goddess/chapter-180.html a favor]. Her expression when she pops out from beneath the manhole cover is especially funny on the queen of demons.
** Even the Almighty isn't immune -- he was {{spoiler|wearing Gate's body}}, and Keiichi saw through the deception. Cue sudden expression of shock, '''fumbling''' attempt to shore up the lie, and K1 demanding the truth. Before admitting it, the Almighty remarked, "You're a formidable man yourself." Belldandy '''hadn't''' spotted it.
* [[Omake]]: "The Adventures of the Mini-Goddesses", featuring everyone super deformed, abusing Gan-chan the rat. Spawned its own series of anime shorts.
* [[One
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Keiichi and Urd often feel like this, sometimes mutually.
* [[Ontological Mystery]]: Volume 36 of the manga, following some mass amnesia.
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* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: In [[The Movie]], Celestine, {{spoiler|though Belldandy talks him out of it.}}
* [[Reality Ensues]]: In one episode of the TV series, [[Tim Taylor Technology|Skuld upgrades the output on Keiichi's bike to about 113%]]. Even Megumi was quite impressed, until she pointed out the futility of said upgrade, as the chassis of the bike wouldn't be able to withstand so much power. Indeed, once Keiichi (forcibly) tested out his bike, it nearly sent him into orbit explosively.
** This took a whole page in the manga, where it is explicitely said (by Megumi) that inserting a turbo before the carburettor is difficult - but the brakes can't take it.
* [[Relationship Ceiling]]: The majority of fans believe Belldandy and Keiichi's relationship can't really progress without altering the premise—though in the earliest manga chapters, the relationship moved, albeit at a slow pace; that is, it's not like the premise hasn't been altered before. Averted in the OVA.
** And it looks like it finally went the full distance in Chapter 278 when Belldandy changes the game by having Keiichi end the wish contract and invoke a new one which effectively makes them a married couple.
* [[Robo Cam]]: When showing Banpei's point of view.
* [[Rock Me, Asmodeus]]: Inverted with Mara, who can't help dance until she drops whenever she hears rock 'n roll.
* [[Roof Hopping]]: Belldandy does so, but with telephone poles.
** She did the standard version [http://
* [[Sacred First Kiss]]: When the Gate -- who looks like a young girl -- forces Peorth, Urd, and Skuld to kiss her as part of her quest for [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?|knowledge]], Skuld moans that she hadn't even kissed Sentaro (a mortal boy in whom she's shown significant interest) yet.
* [[Same Content, Different Rating]]:
** The original (flipped) English version of the manga was rated "Ages 8 and up", whereas the newer right-to-left edition is rated "13+". There are only three considerable differences between the two: The format, the number of references to Japanese culture (the right-to-left version has more) and the crudeness of the wording... [[Unfortunate Implications|and, if anything, the original was more crude than the newer versions]].
** Part of this is probably that bookstores/publishers don't think young children could handle a "backwards" book and multiple foreign references; most of the rest is likely because the original editions came out before the manga publishers standardized their age ratings.
* [[Satan]]: Hild, though she seems like less an ultimate evil and more an annoying trickster.
**
* [[Schmuck Bait]]: ''Angel's egg. Do not touch! Skuld: This means YOU!! Don't even look at it!'' It's even placed on a nice little pedestal in the middle of Urd's room. {{spoiler|It takes Skuld only five seconds to
* [[The Scrounger]]: Early in the series, Otaki was referenced as being one, producing rare motorcycle parts out of nowhere.
* [[Sempai
** Tamiya and Otaki's behavior is heavily implied to be a result of how they were treated by ''their'' sempai in the Motor Club, who eventually returns.
* [[Sexy Santa Dress]]: Urd wears one in an episode of ''Flights of Fancy''.
* [[Shipper
* [[Ship Tease]]: Since Keiichi functions well as a part of a [[Moe Couplet]], the manga has a few chapters that explore potential relationships with the other goddesses, with one also being a case of [[She
* [[Shout
** English version only, in the original, K1 listens to The Carpenters (''Sing'' and ''Top of the World'' are the songs). Changed due to the impossibility of getting the rights to publish the original lyrics. Luckily it all worked out since Sweet's "Missing Time" happens to fit the plot perfectly.
** Curiously, the series references ''[[
** There's an explicit Shout
** There's also a Shout Out to ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'' when Keiichi's mother visits for the first time. One of her guesses as to why Keiichi is living with a lot of women:
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'''Keiichi:''' What kind of story is that? }}
** Urd was recently{{when}} shown changing the TV's channel -- to ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]''.
** Skuld is a ''[[Star Trek:
** A shout out to ''[[
** At least one of Tariki Hongan's residents is an ''[[Ultraman]]'' fan, as we also see the TV tuned to an episode in another installment of the manga.
** When Troubadour (voiced by [[Dan Green]]) shows up, he gets jealous of Keiichi and [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|challenges him to a duel]].{{verify|reason=There were duels before Yu-Gi-Oh! Are we certain that this isn't a reference to something Older Than Television?}}
** The English dub of the first TV episode has one spouted by Tamiya when he repairs a random bystander's bike.
{{quote|
** When asked by Skuld why she wore such an uncool red mask, Morkulaffi answered that they got intel that wearing red masks and helmets made you [[Mobile Suit Gundam|three times faster]].
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: Lind, the polite and proper ''Valkyrie'' that works for the Almighty.
** Belldandy too, if she weren't so gosh darn nice.
*** She becomes not so gosh darn nice during the "Lord of Terror" arc.
* [[Single
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man|Single Goddess Seeks Good Man]]: Belldandy and Keiichi's relationship is quite possibly one of the greatest examples of this wonderful trope.
** Works in the second season with Sayoko; she [[Green
* [[Skinship Grope]]: Done by Urd to Skuld at one point, with Keiichi hearing everything and misinterpreting it (apparently not by much). It's also done in a lighter form in the episode where Skuld temporarily becomes an adult: she brags about her body but is shot down by Urd affirming her status as the big sister.
* [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: Mara and Sayoko are never safe from having a can of whoop-ass opened on them when the former's [[Zany Scheme|Zany Schemes]] are exposed and fail; or when the latter goes too far in her bitchery. Usually a good [[Shock and Awe|electrocution]] at the hands of Urd.
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: When Hild first shows up, some sort of creepy music plays, and most of the characters being frightened of her... in contrast to Hild acting excited like an overbearing mother-in-law to meet the main characters.
* [[The Speechless]]: The goddesses' various angels. They can laugh, cry, and can [[Magic Music|vocally harmonize for the use of spells]], though.▼
* [[Spell My Name
** A few others did this, of course: Urd vs. Uld (correct name: Urð, or possibly Urdr), Skuld vs. Skurd (Correct name: Skuld), Lind vs Rind, etc. Most of these are obvious if you actually check the Norse myths they're based on: The Japanese names are the nearest equivalents to the Norse ones possible given Japanese lacks some of the sounds.
** The effect may be restricted to English audiences, but "Belldandy", taken as a compound word, is evocative of both bells-- generally "happy" instruments, rung in times of celebration and such, and "dandy", an old-fashioned, light-hearted adjective meaning "high-quality", which goes '''much''' farther in describing the character than "Verthandi".
** "Mara" vs. "Marller" - While some fans (mainly purists) use "Marller", most English translators choose to use "Mara" instead. This is, by far, more appropriate: [[
** And of course, the great ''Ah!'' vs. ''Oh...'' debate. This one was settled by [[Word of God|Fujishima himself]]; according to [[The Other Wiki]], and a snippet in Volume 2 of the right-to-left English version, the title was due to the way the Japanese put the accent on "Oh" instead of "God" when saying "Oh my God!" in English. So it's two titles for the price of one: a [[Gratuitous English]] [[Stealth Pun]] in Japan, and its rough English translation is a straight-up pun. A literal [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Worldwide Punomenon]]-- Works out nicely.
* [[Spit Take]]: In the anime's third episode, the mother of a little girl whom Keiichi helped out in the first episode treats Keiichi and Belldandy to lunch at a fast-food joint as thanks — when the little girl starts asking too many questions... and Belldandy [[Can Not Tell a Lie|starts giving too many answers]].
** He does it again in the first episode of Season 2 when Belldandy compares Skuld and Urd with Keiichi and Megumi after the two goddesses get into yet another argument outside the temple.
* [[Spy Catsuit]]: When she's racing, [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|Belldandy of all people]] prefers to wear really tight racing leathers with heart motifs.
* [[Status Quo Is God
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: The two motor club guys do this sometimes. Some of the goddesses and demons do this once in a while as well.
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Skuld relies on bombs before her magic develops. She also has a habit of putting self-destruct routines in her machines. She also just, in general, ''enjoys'' having this happen.
* [[Super
* [[Supporting Harem]]: There's never any question that Keiichi and Belldandy are the only canon [[OTP]], but that doesn't stop Skuld, Urd, Peorth, and Mara from being [[Pretty Freeloaders]].
* [[The Sweat Drop]]
* [[Swirling Dust]]: Sort of -- all of Keiichi's possessions instead of dust.
* [[Take a Third Option]]: Urd manages to convince the tiny female ninjas to do this by exploiting [[Loophole Abuse]] via [[Exact Words]] {{spoiler|(Be killed by those who pursue them or kill all those who pursue them) So when the entire clan gets defeated by Belldandy is to leave the clan (and Mara employ).}}
* [[The Tease]]: Urd.▼
* [[Theme Naming]]: "[
* [[There Is Only One Bed]]: When Sayoko passes out after drinking and Mara takes her home for the night, [[Hilarity Ensues]] when they wake up together and Sayoko assumes Mara took advantage of her.
* [[Third Person Person]]: Hagall has referred to herself this way a few times.▼
▲* [[The Speechless]]: The goddesses' various angels. They can laugh, cry, and can [[Magic Music|vocally harmonize for the use of spells]], though.
▲* [[The Tease]]: Urd.
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: To quote another lovable animated female, "Well, ''doy''".
▲* [[This Isnt What It Looks Like]]: Keichi finds himself in this situations frequently, one notable instance is when a ninja girl that came to kill Belldandy slipped into his bead and he didn't notice till he woke up, the situation is basically him saying "this isn't what it looks like," and Belldandy saying "Ok."
▲** This is justified in that it really ''isn't'' what it looks like, and never ''would'' be.
▲* [[Third Person Person]]: Hagall has referred to herself this way a few times.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Tamiya and Otaki, the heads of the Motor Club.
* "[[This and That]]": Used by Urd in the "instructional" video she gave Keiichi (in the English dub, it's "[[Rule of Three|this, that, and the other thing, too]]") in TV Episode 8.
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** Skuld is closer to [[Yandere]] in the anime, given that her actions could seriously harm Keiichi, and she's doing it for the sake of a somewhat disturbing fixation on Belldandy.
** Sayoko may also qualify; in the earliest chapters of the manga, she tried to get Keiichi into her hooks, solely to prove her superiority over Belldandy. She not only settled down; when she finally had Keiichi wrapped around her little finger later in the series, what does she do? ''She returns the sweater Belldandy made for Keiichi'' (which she stole to keep Belldandy preoccupied) ''and tells him to wear it home.'' Without actually telling him she stole it, of course.
* [[Two Scenes, One Dialogue]]: One chapter has something along the lines of:
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(cut to Hild, on Earth)
Hild:'' ... "the greatest Daimaikaichou ever!" I'm sure that's what she's saying right now.'' }}
* [[Unexpected Genre Change]]: The Lord of Terror arc. Wasn't this supposed to be a cute and sweet [[Slice of Life]] romantic comedy? Sorry, we put that concept on the shelf for a while, it's time to save the world.
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* [[Unknown Rival]]: Belldandy towards Peorth, the former never thinks of the latter as such, which only ticks Peorth off more.
** Possibly Belldandy towards Sayoko as well, since the goddess never seems to have any ill will towards her despite all her attempts to break her and Keiichi up.
* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]: In the manga, Belldandy, Urd and Skuld always wear different clothes on each day of story time. By contrast, Peorth's clothes stopped changing after they achieved maximum [[Stripperiffic
** Belldandy mostly dresses in [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]-style housedresses early on in the manga, but becomes considerably more of a fashionista later on, particularly after she starts working at Whirlwind alongside Keiichi.
** This is actually explained in the manga (albeit as a small side note and not spoken by the characters). In a chapter where Banpei wants to go out while the others are gone, it looks for the goddesses' clothes but finds none, and eventually settles for Keiichi's. In a side note on the page, it is explained that the goddesses summon their clothes using magic.
* [[Unlucky Everydude]]: Keiichi was this early in the manga. It took a while before he was really portrayed as a legitimate [[Nice Guy]].
* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: Celestine.
* [[Valkyries]]: Lind's group, the [[Title Drop|Fighting Wings]].
* [[Very Special Episode]]: The one chapter/episode where [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Skuld gets and loses her angel has the feeling of a ''Goddess!'' version of a VSE involving a teenage pregnancy]], and the baby being a preemie and dying. {{spoiler|Thankfully, Noble Scarlet returned during the manga's Lind Arc, and during the TV special following ''Flights of Fancy''}}.
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: Where Skuld apparently keeps enough explosives to take down a battalion.
** [http://www.mangareader.net/ah-my-goddess/266/7 Belldandy], of all people. When K1 stopped to think about holding an object that'd been stored '''there'''...
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** Urd herself utilizes Marlla's weakness against her in a similar fashion, rock music, which causes the demoness to dance uncontrollably. Banpei also used this against her, following up with much more effective rockets and later holy objects to get rid of her from the temple.
* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: Keiichi. He attracts Belldandy, a goddess, into his life; then her half-goddess half-demon sister Urd who attempts to bring them closer together; then her younger sister Skuld who attempts to break them apart. Later, even more supernatural beings come into his life, including [[Satan|Hild, the sexy devil]].
* [[Wham! Episode]]: After more than twenty years of the status quo, chapter 285 appears to turn everything upside down. See [[Awful Truth]] and [[Cerebus Retcon]].
** The fandom, wich is normally completely laid back, erupted in chaos when the contents of this chapter were revealed. For the first time ever. The wham was just that big.
▲* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: Urd is basically the daughter of the Almighty and the devil. Or rather, her mother is Hild, [[Satan|the ruler of Hell]], and while it is debatable whether it is stated outright, it is at least heavily implied that her father is <s>God</s> The Almighty.
▲** Well, in the OVA at least, Belldandy's father is The Almighty. But then, the OVA doesn't precisely follow the canon of the original manga.
* [[When She Smiles]]: Lind becomes a lot less chilly and intimidating.
** The "Belldandy smile" (TM) is a superpower in its own right, capable of melting glaciers and convincing even the most militant feminists to have some tea and cookies.
* [[Whip It Good]]: Urd breifly wields a pair of whips in the first season of the anime, and in the second season she swings a chain around like a whip while on her way to confront Hild. Peorth once used her vines as a whip when trying to help Keiichi overcome his [[Cannot Spit It Out]] problem.
* [[White
* [[White
** In the occasional flashback, though, she was an ''adorable'' little girl (so was Belldandy, too, but that kinda goes without saying).
** When Belldandy unlocks her [[Power Limiter]], her hair turns silvery. Belldandy was also portrayed with silvery hair for the first 40-50 chapters of the manga.
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** {{spoiler|When Urd wonders if Hild had trained Hagall and her posse specifically to overthrow her to create a loophole into demon law that would allow her to reset her term as queen of hell (and prevent her own death wile at it), Hild doesn't really admit it but is very proud of her minion's work anyway.}}
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Despite being a [[But Not Too Foreign|''Norse'' Goddess]], Belldandy embodies this trope to the fullest.
* "[[Years Too Early]]": Urd says Skuld is a hundred years too early to call an angel (and, by implication, defeat her), and in a later episode, Mara says that the demons guarding the [[Sealed Evil in
* [[You Cannot Grasp the True Form]] - The form of the goddesses and demons on Earth are not their real forms, and they can take on any form they want according to the demon in chapter 267. When she tries to reveal her true form to Keiichi, it shows up as an [[Eldritch Abomination]] type of being and he almost loses his mind.
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* [[Your Mind Makes It Real]]: When Hagall [[Master of Illusion|projects an illusion]] into her opponent's mind, it becomes real to them.
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