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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Cordeila and the Brians are dead, Sabure is severely disrupted by war, but Kujo and Victorique are finally reunited and are assumed to be married and live happily after.}}
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Cordeila and the Brians are dead, Sabure is severely disrupted by war, but Kujo and Victorique are finally reunited and are assumed to be married and live happily after.}}
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Avril
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Avril
* [[Bratty Half Pint]]: Luigi
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: Luigi
* [[Breather Episode]]: Episode 12.
* [[Breather Episode]]: Episode 12.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Several of the various legends and fairy-tales Kazuya and Victorique have to deal with are introduced several episodes before they become relevant, such as the Grey Wolves and Leviathan the Alchemist.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Several of the various legends and fairy-tales Kazuya and Victorique have to deal with are introduced several episodes before they become relevant, such as the Grey Wolves and Leviathan the Alchemist.
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* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Whilst the series as a whole doesn't qualify, the background struggle between the [[Magic Versus Science|Ministry of the Occult and Science Academy]] definitely does.
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Whilst the series as a whole doesn't qualify, the background struggle between the [[Magic Versus Science|Ministry of the Occult and Science Academy]] definitely does.
* [[Eye Scream]]: Roxanne the [[Fortune Teller]] gets killed off this way.
* [[Eye Scream]]: Roxanne the [[Fortune Teller]] gets killed off this way.
* [[Fair Play Who Dunnit]]: Technically all clues to solve the mysteries are given, although Victorique often has to use very outlandish reasoning to piece them together. Which is ''awesome''.
* [[Fair Play Whodunnit]]: Technically all clues to solve the mysteries are given, although Victorique often has to use very outlandish reasoning to piece them together. Which is ''awesome''.
* [[Fake Ultimate Hero|Fake Ultimate Detective]]: Grevil, thanks to taking all the credit for Victorique's deductions.
* [[Fake Ultimate Hero|Fake Ultimate Detective]]: Grevil, thanks to taking all the credit for Victorique's deductions.
* [[Faking the Dead]]
* [[Faking the Dead]]
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* [[Girl in A Box]]: Kazuya finds one in episode 9.
* [[Girl in A Box]]: Kazuya finds one in episode 9.
* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]
* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]
** Victorique carries a pipe and enjoys [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gosick_vol_1.jpg smoking] it in the novels.
** Victorique carries a pipe and enjoys [[wikipedia:File:Gosick vol 1.jpg|smoking]] it in the novels.
** It may be a bubble pipe in the anime; no smoke and no tobacco are visible. Possibly a case of [[No Smoking]], as it's illegal to show underage people smoking or drinking alcohol on Japanese public television.
** It may be a bubble pipe in the anime; no smoke and no tobacco are visible. Possibly a case of [[No Smoking]], as it's illegal to show underage people smoking or drinking alcohol on Japanese public television.
* [[Gorgeous Period Dress]]: Even though the series is set in [[The Roaring Twenties]], Victorique wears old-fashioned [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] style dresses. Possibly explained in that Victorique is said to sound and act like an old woman, and tends to be given old hand-me-downs by her family rather than anything more modern due to her ''interesting'' parental issues.
* [[Gorgeous Period Dress]]: Even though the series is set in [[The Roaring Twenties]], Victorique wears old-fashioned [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] style dresses. Possibly explained in that Victorique is said to sound and act like an old woman, and tends to be given old hand-me-downs by her family rather than anything more modern due to her ''interesting'' parental issues.
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** Victorique usually wears a frilly bonnet. In episode 6 they briefly wore a jewelled turban, though it looked silly on her.
** Victorique usually wears a frilly bonnet. In episode 6 they briefly wore a jewelled turban, though it looked silly on her.
** In episode 21 Victorique tries on a crown (it's prop, not a real one). It's much too big and actually covers her entire face when she's not holding it up. Her whole purpose in trying it on was to make certain that it could contain an entire human head of specific size.
** In episode 21 Victorique tries on a crown (it's prop, not a real one). It's much too big and actually covers her entire face when she's not holding it up. Her whole purpose in trying it on was to make certain that it could contain an entire human head of specific size.
* [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]]: Kujo is on the receiving end of one in {{spoiler|Episode 23 from a [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] who even [[Kick Them While They Are Down|kicks him for good measure]].}}
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Kujo is on the receiving end of one in {{spoiler|Episode 23 from a [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] who even [[Kick Them While They Are Down|kicks him for good measure]].}}
* [[No Social Skills]]: Victorique never really had a chance to develop them, resulting in her characteristic bluntness and making such things as [[Dull Surprise|her attempts at]] [[Noblewoman's Laugh|polite laughter]] a... memorable experience for all present.
* [[No Social Skills]]: Victorique never really had a chance to develop them, resulting in her characteristic bluntness and making such things as [[Dull Surprise|her attempts at]] [[Noblewoman's Laugh|polite laughter]] a... memorable experience for all present.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Pulled off by ''{{spoiler|[[Upperclass Twit|Grevil]]}}'', of all people, in Episode 10. If Episode 11 is any indication, {{spoiler|Grevil}} has always been fairly bright... just not as bright as Victorique. He's still quite dumb with various weird conclusions he makes. He's smart in very narrow fields, and {{spoiler|police work}} is not one of them, despite his good eye for detail -- when he bothers looking in the first place.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Pulled off by ''{{spoiler|[[Upperclass Twit|Grevil]]}}'', of all people, in Episode 10. If Episode 11 is any indication, {{spoiler|Grevil}} has always been fairly bright... just not as bright as Victorique. He's still quite dumb with various weird conclusions he makes. He's smart in very narrow fields, and {{spoiler|police work}} is not one of them, despite his good eye for detail -- when he bothers looking in the first place.
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* [[Parental Abandonment]]: {{spoiler|Victorique's mother was forcefully separated from her after birth. Her father, meanwhile, took this to the point of actual abuse until Grevil stepped in.}}
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: {{spoiler|Victorique's mother was forcefully separated from her after birth. Her father, meanwhile, took this to the point of actual abuse until Grevil stepped in.}}
* [[Phantom Thief]]: {{spoiler|The Second Kuiaran.}}
* [[Phantom Thief]]: {{spoiler|The Second Kuiaran.}}
* [[Phone in Detective]]: Very common for Victorique, due to the restrictions her family have placed on her movements. In fact, it's implied to be the exclusive method by which she helped out Grevil before Kazuya came along. She's literally this in the Jeantan case, due to being bedridden with sickness.
* [[Phone-in Detective]]: Very common for Victorique, due to the restrictions her family have placed on her movements. In fact, it's implied to be the exclusive method by which she helped out Grevil before Kazuya came along. She's literally this in the Jeantan case, due to being bedridden with sickness.
* [[Ping Pong Naivete]]: Victorique is solving a complex crime with second-hand information one moment, and not knowing that one can get a carriage for hire the next.
* [[Ping-Pong Naivete]]: Victorique is solving a complex crime with second-hand information one moment, and not knowing that one can get a carriage for hire the next.
* [[Police Are Useless]]: Not helped by having an [[Upperclass Twit]] as their acclaimed chief investigator. Averted in the Jeantan case.
* [[Police Are Useless]]: Not helped by having an [[Upperclass Twit]] as their acclaimed chief investigator. Averted in the Jeantan case.
* [[Prophet Eyes]]: Used, naturally, whenever someone's making a prophecy, though it's really more of a case of their eyes rolling up in their heads.
* [[Prophet Eyes]]: Used, naturally, whenever someone's making a prophecy, though it's really more of a case of their eyes rolling up in their heads.
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* [[Say My Name]]: Kujo has the tendency to shout Victorique's name about ten times an episode.
* [[Say My Name]]: Kujo has the tendency to shout Victorique's name about ten times an episode.
* {{spoiler|[[Scary Black Man]]: Leviathan the Alchemist is shown to be this, although it had nothing to do with his being African, but with the fear people had of the mystery of his mask and his alchemy, which was revealed by Victorique to be false. The clothes he donned and the ruse he perpetrated to try to discourage further exploitation of his home country by Saubre's royalty.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Scary Black Man]]: Leviathan the Alchemist is shown to be this, although it had nothing to do with his being African, but with the fear people had of the mystery of his mask and his alchemy, which was revealed by Victorique to be false. The clothes he donned and the ruse he perpetrated to try to discourage further exploitation of his home country by Saubre's royalty.}}
* [[Schedule Slip]]: Episode 10 was delayed a week, and episode 11 was delayed until the 1st of April because of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami 2011 earthquake and tsunami] in the Tôhoku region of Japan.
* [[Schedule Slip]]: Episode 10 was delayed a week, and episode 11 was delayed until the 1st of April because of the [[wikipedia:2011 T%C5%8Dhoku earthquake and tsunami|2011 earthquake and tsunami]] in the Tôhoku region of Japan.
* [[Screaming Birth]]: {{spoiler|Victorique's. Highly justified, given that the birth in question was [[Kick the Dog|an obstetrician's nightmare]].}}
* [[Screaming Birth]]: {{spoiler|Victorique's. Highly justified, given that the birth in question was [[Kick the Dog|an obstetrician's nightmare]].}}
* [[Secret War]]: Between [[Magic Versus Science|the Ministry of the Occult and the Science Academy]], two powerful political factions battling over control of the government.
* [[Secret War]]: Between [[Magic Versus Science|the Ministry of the Occult and the Science Academy]], two powerful political factions battling over control of the government.
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** Looks like Avril now has a thing for Kazuya according to Episode 13
** Looks like Avril now has a thing for Kazuya according to Episode 13
* [[Shorter Means Smarter]]: Victorique and Luigi.
* [[Shorter Means Smarter]]: Victorique and Luigi.
* [[Shout Out]]
* [[Shout-Out]]
** A girl with long golden hair trapped at the top of a tower by the person who raised her until a boy stumbles upon her. [[Rapunzel (Literature)|Remind you of anything?]]
** A girl with long golden hair trapped at the top of a tower by the person who raised her until a boy stumbles upon her. [[Rapunzel (Literature)|Remind you of anything?]]
** Victorique uses a pipe when she's thinking in a way similar to the popular conception of [[Sherlock Holmes]], although in the anime she just holds it in her mouth instead of actually ''smoking'' anything.
** Victorique uses a pipe when she's thinking in a way similar to the popular conception of [[Sherlock Holmes]], although in the anime she just holds it in her mouth instead of actually ''smoking'' anything.
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* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: A common fate for criminals outed by Kazuya and Victorique. {{spoiler|Harminia}} is particularly notable for starting her breakdown ''before'' this - clearly, {{spoiler|plotting to destroy the village that's been your home for most of your life}} is [[Captain Obvious|somewhat detrimental to one's mental wellbeing]].
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: A common fate for criminals outed by Kazuya and Victorique. {{spoiler|Harminia}} is particularly notable for starting her breakdown ''before'' this - clearly, {{spoiler|plotting to destroy the village that's been your home for most of your life}} is [[Captain Obvious|somewhat detrimental to one's mental wellbeing]].
* [[The Watson]]: Kazuya
* [[The Watson]]: Kazuya
* [[What the Hell Dad]]: Albert De Blois towards his son, Grevil. {{spoiler|With his daughter, Victorique, though, [[Abusive Parents|things are considerably worse]].}}
* [["What the Hell?" Dad]]: Albert De Blois towards his son, Grevil. {{spoiler|With his daughter, Victorique, though, [[Abusive Parents|things are considerably worse]].}}
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: {{spoiler|Victorique as of the final episode.}}
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: {{spoiler|Victorique as of the final episode.}}
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: Kujo, so far, demonstrates an admirable degree of restraint even in the face of likely death. When the lives or freedom of innocents hang on subduing a female villain, on the other hand...
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: Kujo, so far, demonstrates an admirable degree of restraint even in the face of likely death. When the lives or freedom of innocents hang on subduing a female villain, on the other hand...