39,327
edits
Carnival Phantasm: Difference between revisions
m
Mass update links
m (Dai-Guard moved page Carnival Phantasm (Anime) to Carnival Phantasm over redirect: Remove TVT Namespaces from title) |
m (Mass update links) |
||
Line 6:
So, [[Mood Whiplash|let's ignore all of that]] and focus on the characters involved having fun!
Based on the official Type-Moon gag manga ''Take Moon'' by [[Kannagi|Eri Takenashi]], ''[[
There are 3 'Seasons', with the first released mid-August 2011, the second released at the end of October 2011, and the third getting its day at the very end of the year. Included on the final disc release was the OVA "Fate/Prototype", a short animation showing off concepts and designs meant for the original incarnation of ''[[Fate/stay
As this is essentially a spinoff of both ''[[Tsukihime]]'' and ''[[
----
=== ''[[
* [[A
* [[And That's Terrible]]: The reaction to Gilgamesh's [[Game Breaker]] episode mentioned below.
{{quote| '''Rider''': <gasp!><br />
Line 35:
*** {{spoiler|''[[Subverted Trope|OH]], [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|WAIT]]''...}}
* [[Bait and Switch Credits]]: Done by the Tempest: Ilya's Castle game.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Somehow, someway, Sakura already knew Shiro's [[Two-Timer Date|plan]] in Episode 12, given her [[Stalker
* [[Beach Episode]]: Episode 2, centered around the Tsukihime cast enjoying themselves at the beach.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Lancer still doesn't like the word 'dog', which distracts him during a card game with Archer.
Line 50:
{{quote| '''Gilgamesh''': Your things are my things!<br />
'''Caster''': [[Even Evil Has Standards|He's the oldest bully in human history...]] }}
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Lancer is abused constantly and dies nearly every episode with the cameo in the Phantasm Moon skit being one of the [[Buffy-Speak|Butt Monkey-est]] moments in the whole show. He even gets dragged into completely unrelated scenes just to be abused throughout the series, ''especially'' in the second season. It may be a reference to Lancer's E-grade Luck from his [[Fate/stay
** While Lancer is the definite buttmonkey for the show in general, especially in the ''[[Fate/stay
** Shinji is one to a lesser extent as he very rarely appears without getting defeated or kicked around. Lancer simply one-ups him in that he appears more often. Once again, blue hair.
** {{spoiler|[[The Cameo|Waver Velvet]]}} gets to share a moment of this with Lancer {{spoiler|in the season three finale as they are both lifted up by Berserker}} with Saber Lion biting on Lancer's arm.
* [[The Cameo]]: Aoko Aozaki in her Mahou Tsukai no Yoru form shows up briefly in an advertisment on the back of a book Arcueid was reading.
** The opening also showcases a whole bunch of Type-Moon characters that never made it into the episodes proper such as Caren Ortensia.
** ''[[
** If you look ''very'' closely to the right side of the first time we see the audience in the first episode, you can spot [[Fate/stay
*** These three, along with [[Fate/stay
** Arcueid herself constantly pops up in Fate sections, usually completely unruffled by the chaos occurring around her. Some are easier to spot than others such as being a customer at the cafe in episode 8.
** The finale of season two also has [[Fate Extra|Red Saber]] popping up during the Tiger Dojo.
** Season three's finale has brief glimpses of cast members from essentially every Nasuverse continuity, even ones that [[Angel Notes
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "This is all within my calculations." by Sion, minor variations of which are used to end the Back Street Alliance gags at the end of the second through fourth episodes as well.
* [[Cat Smile]]: Done by the male protagonists of all people. It's also the Neco Arcs' default expression .
Line 84:
* [[Day in The Limelight]]: The second season seems to have a lot of these;
** Episode 5 follows [[The Berserker|Berserker]] as he attempts to get batteries for Ilya. In the process he singlehandedly wins the 5th Holy Grail War as well.
** Episode 6 gives us the previously ignored Sakura and to a lesser extent Rider going into some... [[Rape
** Episode 7 partially focuses on Caster, Soichirou, and Assassin finally appearing instead of the cardboard cutout.
** Episode 8 is about Saber. All of them.... except Lilly.
Line 94:
Bazett: '''[[Screaming Woman|"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH~!!!!!"]]''' }}
* [[Demoted to Extra]]
** ''Not'' Satsuki Yumizuka, who in fact gets a decent chunk of screentime considering her low overall importance. She has a dedicated slot concerning her and the Back Alley Alliance at the end of the episodes during Episodes 2 through Episode 4. Rather, the person who got hit with this trope the hardest is ''Sakura''. One of the three main heroines of ''[[
** Assassin is STILL at the Temple Gates being forgotten about as the opening points out. He is represented by a [[Mythology Gag|cardboard cutout]] everywhere that's not the Temple Gates (including the beginning -and- ending credits). He's unable to leave the shrine gates, so he can't appear much in the series. {{spoiler|Until later he participates in the race... with the gates riding on his racecar.}}
** Bazett has been in the opening and closing the whole time before she finally shows up in Extra in a moment which clearly defines that being [[Butt Monkey|Lancer's]] Master affords her the same status as her Servant.
* [[Disappears Into Light]]: Taiga actually encourages this when the characters are fighting Ilya at the end.
* [[DVD Commentary]]: Each episode has an extra running commentary track in the form of either a [[Fate/stay
* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]: Saber Alter names herself as such in episode 8.
* [[Epic Fail]]: Remember that date plan Shiki and Shirou had in Season 1? The one that they themselves thought was impossible? {{spoiler|In the very final episode, you get to see them ''try'' to pull it off. And fail. ''MISERABLY''.}}
** {{spoiler|Shirou failed almost from the get-go. [[Clingy Jealous Girl|Sakura]] [[Stalker
** {{spoiler|Shiki almost pulls it off...but then Sion comes and ruins everything.}}
* [[Expressive Hair]]: In the EX Season scene where the Emiya household are discussing what to do with the money Caren left them, Saber's ahoge changes to match her mood and expressions.
* [[Fan Service]]
** Aside from the [[Beach Episode]] of the ''[[
** {{spoiler|Bazett}} makes her appearance in clothing that leaves very little to the imagination, accompanied by camera angles that leave even less.
** And Saber Extra/Red Saber, who's damn proud of it.
Line 112:
* [[Fish Out of Water]]: At one point, Arcueid enrolls herself in Shiki's school in order to spend more time with him. This backfires quickly - not only do the demands of work and his schoolmates keep Shiki from her anyway, she's hopelessly unused to the regulated and regimented lifestyle of being a student. She quits school after a single day and gets herself hired as a janitor instead.
* [[Foil]]: The series outright admits that the only thing [[The Scrappy|Shinji]] has going for him is that he makes the people around him look good.
* [[Freeze
* [[Funny Background Event]]: In the second episode (the beach volleyball competition), after Ciel crashes into Nanako trying to save the curry plate, the camera pans back to Sion and Akiha commenting on what just happened. Just a little beyond them, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Hisui can be seen brainwashing Miyako with her classic finger-spinning motion]]. Internal [[Shout-Out]] and [[Mythology Gag]], anyone?
** Don't miss the Mt. Rushmore of Fate villains in the background during the second stage of Tempest: Ilya Castle.
* [[Gag Series]]: The entire show is based around throwing the quirky cast of [[
* [[Game Breaker]]: [[In
* [[Game Show]]: The first episode involves the Fifth Holy Grail war being turned into one of these.
* [[Gratuitous English]]: Taiga is just full of them.
Line 122:
{{quote| '''Shiki:''' Are you sleeping??}}
* [[Gretzky Has the Ball]]: The rules of beach volleyball are stated to not be in play even before starting, which is fortunate. Even if Ciel did manage to keep the ball in play and not rescue the curry, her team would have lost the point anyway because she was the last one to touch the ball despite it bouncing off her face. (Official rules of Volleyball state that the same player may not touch the ball twice in a row during a play.)
* [[Grievous Harm
* [[Grotesque Cute]]: Grail-kun has a cute voice and looks like a fun representation of all the world's evil while spewing out liquid darkness. In episode 11, he "helps" Lancer avoid his deaths, while watching from afar like a strange stalker.
* [[Wife Husbandry|Husband Husbandry]]: Aoko has apparently been pulling this on Shiki.
Line 132:
* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Someone who can change into the shape of a beast must make a pretty tasty meal; just ask [[Cloudcuckoolander|Arcueid]].
* [[In the Blood]]: EX Season showed us that Caren inherited just a little bit more of her father's sadism than she would like to admit.
* [[In the Name of
* [[Ironic Echo]]: Inter-Works example. At one point Arcueid gets seriously pissed off at Ciel 'stealing' Shiki away, but Shiki reminds her that Ciel saved his life once, so he can't be cold towards her, and that Arcueid should treat her better. This is an echo of what happens in [[Tenchi Solution|Ciel's Good End]] of ''Tsukihime'', where Ciel's attempts to make Arcueid go away is foiled by Shiki reminding Ciel that Arcueid was the one who saved him from Roa in the end, so he can't be hard on her.
** Also within the same episode: when Arcueid transfers into Shiki's class, she drags Shiki away from Ciel when the bell rings, throwing Ciel's previous line (with appropriate changes) right back at her.
Line 140:
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Inverted. Babble the Nodding Cat makes a Ramen that tastes ''so delicious'' that eating it is akin to the sensation of falling in love... Even though it looks so toxic and hideous the Directors could not show it onscreen without censor-blurring it.
** Arcueid's attempt to make okonomiyaki from a very vague description also counts. She didn't even butcher the pig and octopus (Which she thought was a squid when she caught it) before trying to cook them.
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: This show is so cheerful and heartwarmingly cute that you can hardly believe it originated from two of the most violent and depressing sagas in the [[H
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Acknowledged by the closing credits, which have all the characters form a "chain" of people, where in most cases, every character has some kind of relation to the two ones next to him, with varying degrees of how obscure that connection is.
* [[Lover Tug of War]]: In Beach Episode, three-way one between Arcueid, Ciel, and Akiha. [[A Man Is Not a Virgin|Shiki]] is perfectly fine with this, and [[Luminescent Blush|grins happily]] while he unconvincingly "protest":
Line 158:
* [[Murder Is the Best Solution]]: At least Grail-kun seems to think so, if his "Hero Creation Kit" and "Friendmaker" are anything to go by. This is another [[Mythology Gag]], as the Holy Grail in FSN was a [[Jerkass Genie]] that would interpret any wish as slaughter.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: All over the damn place, considering this is a crossover gag manga/anime OVA.
** Perhaps too many to list, so here's a particularly obscure one. During Episode 4, the Neco Arcs are playing Fate/Stay Night... and reaching [http://fsn.seorinwastaken.com/archive/114.html this] bad ending. That specific bad end is considered ''by the game itself'' to be among the hardest bad endings to get, as it [[Unwinnable
** An interesting one to [[Fate/Hollow Ataraxia|Hollow Ataraxia]] is during the Holy Grail Grand Prix where Rider and Shinji's vehicle is a "Mamachari" or Granny's Bike. in Hollow Atraxia Shirou and Rider argue over whether Rider should take Bike No. 1, which is implied to be a speed bike or Bike No. 2 the aforementioned Granny Bike.
* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]: Rin, in episode 4. While assuring Shirou that, because she's a genius, recording a TV show will be easy for her. The results are [[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilarious]], especially when she realises it's a Blu-ray player and she doesn't know what to do. {{spoiler|1=Or rather, is told by Archer that it is a Blu-ray recorder. She thought it was a MegaDisk.}}
Line 164:
* [[Noodle Implements]]: Len, what is the seaweed/chikuwa/snack food for?!?
** [[Makes Sense in Context|...is that Kansai style???]]
*** [[Makes Just
* [[Oh Crap]]: Upon realizing that Shirou has a Blu-ray player, and not a VCR, Rin is struck dumb with horror.
** Caster gets an epic one in episode 5 when she turns around and sees {{spoiler|Berserker about to land on her from above.}}
Line 170:
** Even Saber has a few of her own: one when she gets caught trying to nap with Shirou in episode 3 and another when she sees Gilgamesh is her next customer in episode 8.
** Shiki and Shiro constantly in episode 12 whenever there's a hiccup in their [[Zany Scheme]]. Given the potential that their lives are on the line, it's completely justified.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: For the entire Tsukihime cast; they went with the ''[[
** It's more like Type-MOON acknowledges the ''[[
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Satsuki seems to be the only member of the Back Alley Alliance who can avoid entering [[Cloudcuckoolander]] territory.
* [[Out-of-Character Moment]]: In the Ilya's Castle segment, Saber becomes a high-pitched fast-talking loon, while the rest of the characters stay relatively in-character. This is specially hilarious during the ''Mushroom Trip'' and ''Die, Lorelie'' stages:
Line 180:
"You're not human!" }}
* [[Punch Clock Hero]]: Phantasmoon is more than happy to fight the Trauma Monster Ilya - at least until she learns that Kaleido Ruby is there to fight, and that technically it's ''her'' fault that Ilya is loose to begin with. Phantasmoon promptly [[Someone Elses Problem|loses all interest]].
* [[Really Dead Montage]]: [[They Killed Kenny|Lancer]] gets one when Berserker [[Grievous Harm
{{quote| '''Lancer:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|WAIT WAIT WAIT! WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!?]]}}
* [[Rule of Cute]]: Whenever the [[Super-Deformed]] modes kick in, not to mention whenever we ''finally'' get to see the characters we've come to love over the last 10 years ''being'' happy children with fun childhoods.
Line 199:
* [[Shotacon]]: Neco Arc Destiny is either this, or [[My Biological Clock Is Ticking|desperately wanting more children of her own]], based on how she acted around those children in episode 10.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** At the end of the quiz show in the first episode, Berserker "dies" standing with his right hand up in the air just like [[Fist of the North Star
** Taiga's movement freezes at the end of second episode in the middle of a [[Street Fighter|Shoryuken]]. Or is it a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Taiga Uppercut]]?
** In the same episode, [[Guilty Gear|"Potemkin" and "Gal Undo"]].
Line 205:
** Lancer's dislike of Dogs can be seen as a shout out to how his [[wikipedia:C%C3%BAchulainn#C.C3.BA Chulainn.27s death|Noble Spirit died.]]
** To ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]'' in the fourth episode, when the affection statuses of each Shiki and Shirou's respective haremettes are shown with blinking bombs.
** Tohsaka, in a rare double reference, "[[Spider
** The finale of ''White Princess Phantasmoon'' is a reference to the final battle in ''[[Brave Raideen|REIDEEN]]''. Also, the enemy is Tamami from [[Mahoraba]].
** [[
** To [[South Park]] of all things changing the infamous [[They Killed Kenny]] into "Lancer Died!" "You aren't human!"<ref>Explanation: In the Japanese-dubbed version of [[South Park]], the "YOU BASTARDS!" part is translated in Japanese as "You aren't human" instead.</ref>
** The Extra episode features a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrNz74zRlkI veiled reference] to the NES version of ''[[The Legend of Zelda (
** Episode 9 has an ''[[E.T. the
{{quote| [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Shin-Ji Go-Home.....]]}}
** Episode 9's Holy Grail Grand Prix intro has some similarities with Fuji TV's F1 Grand Prix intro during the 90's.
** In that same episode, Berserker [[Transformers|transforms]] into the Berser-car.
** Episode 11 is a shout out to the [[Final Destination]] franchise, with Lancer trying to avoid all his deaths {{spoiler|and failing anyhow.}} Complete with custom credits!
*** The end credits use the same "flowing blood" style as the opening credits of the 2004 version of ''[[
*** And the way he averts his death by car is by saving a kid who was playing ball too close to the street. Basically, a reversal of the first chapter/episode of [[Yu Yu Hakusho]].
** One of the movie tickets that Shiki has for Arc in episode 12 is for [[Michael Jackson]]'s This is It!
** The Warning screens for Ilya and Akiha in episode 12 are right out of the Darius games. And does the close-up of Sakura's face imply she has a Persona?
*** Either that or a [[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure
** There's also an internal one in episode 12 when Shirou walks by a poster for Phantasmoon Season 2.
** The ''Seihai-kun'' segments in the last Season stylistically resembles a typical episode of [[Doraemon]].
** Rin watches ''[[The Ring]]'' with Shirou in episode 12.
** The stages in the Tempest: Ilya's Castle special were all based on challenges found in the ''[[
** [[Archie Comics|Archie]] would be impressed by Shiro going as far as ''three'' {{spoiler|(okay, that was technically even ''four'')}} dates in one episode.
*** Note as well the similarities between Rin and Veronica, as well as Saber/Sakura and Betty.
Line 235:
* [[Soft Spoken Sadist]]: Caren discovers that she really enjoys hitting [[Butt Monkey|Lancer]] with large wads of money.
* [[Spoiler Opening]]: There are some fairly obvious ones, such as Rin's [[Walking Techbane]] moments and Berserker's new [[Butt Monkey|Noble Phantasm,]] but there are parts where the credits show a series of blink and you'll miss it still shots of the current episode and future moments. Such as Saber dressed in [[Meido]].
* [[Stalker
** Episode 12: {{spoiler|Sakura to Shirou during the zany scheme to date everyone.}}
* [[The Stinger]]: The season 3 finale has {{spoiler|Ayaka Sajou, the female protagonist of the original draft of ''[[Fate/stay
* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: Sakura kicking Rider around just to make her point.
** Rider gets Shinji to feel this way by doing a sadistic version of this that keeps getting him hurt every time he tries to be a [[Jerkass]], basically an animated version of a doujinshi with the same plot. Bonus points for milking his perception of how useless she is and weaponizing it.
Line 245:
** ''I'm so excited about our date that it looks like I'm acting suspiciously!''
* [[They Killed Kenny]]: Poor Lancer gets this treatment.
* [[Throw the Dog
* [[Troll]]: Archer ''could'' remind Rin that programming a Blu-Ray Recorder is extremely simple, but after she refused his assistance he prefers to simply hang back and watch her flail about while enjoying himself immensely, up until the very last moment. Rin [[Destination Defenestration|is not amused]].
** And then there's Shinji, who is an actual Internet troll.
Line 265:
** Saber's birthday gift to Shirou in Episode 8. Naturally, [[Big Eater|a cooking implement]], but the whole reason she started a part-time job was just to do this.
** Lancer and {{spoiler|Bazett}} share a lovey-lovey moment before {{spoiler|Caren Ortensia}} [[Moment Killer|yanks him away]] in the Extra Episode.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Almost everything in this show, to some extent, but the crowning example has to be the beach volleyball game, which ends up getting spoofed as a ''[[
** From Episode 1, the Holy Grail War...as an EPIC [[Game Show]].
*** Berserker... IN... A POLO SHIRT.
Line 272:
** A [[Spin-Off]] arcade game featuring the Fate cast assaulting Ilya's castle? Fund it!
*** Not only that, but the character select screen has the Fate heroes and Servants as 8-bit [[Final Fantasy]] style sprites!
**** Even better: It's based on an actual mini-game from ''[[Fate/hollow
** In the Holy Grail Race, it looks like Gilgamesh is about to win until...Shirou and Saber come back on the Lion, with Shirou pumping in his term deposit into the machine like a maniac, and telling Saber they will be eating next to nothing for a month. And then, when it looks like they won't make it, Shirou projects Caliburn, and cuts through the finish line first. Their wish? {{spoiler|Give them their money back.}}
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: White Len.
* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: Caster attempts to do one when Issei exposes her Saber fetish to Kuzuki. It fails, only for him to start praising the figurines she made because of their high quality, {{spoiler|and then propose to her}}.
* [[X Meets Y]]: The [[Nasuverse]] taking a holiday in the universe of [[Haruhi
** A lot of people have been calling this series the [[Nasuverse]]: [[Full Metal Panic|Fumoffu]], and with [[Rule of Funny|good reason.]]
* [[Yandere]]: Sakura, Episode 12.
| |||