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* [[A God Am I]]: {{spoiler|Enlil}} gets a wee bit carried away in Chapter 26:

'''I. Am. I...I...[[Lampshade Hanging|may have let the sensation go to my head for a moment there.]]''' }}

* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: {{spoiler|Chapter 31 reveals that the Yggdrasil supercomputer that stored Enlil's memories prior to her takeover of Alicia's body [[Not Herself|basically altered Enlil's personality and memories, dampening her conscience and amplifying her paranoia, aggression, and anger]] so that she would do [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|whatever]] [[Motive Decay|it]] [[Leave No Survivors|took]] to re-establish the Empire. Yggdrasil's stated reason for doing this is that it must preserve the Empire at any cost.}}

* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Fate's Bardiche and Susanoo's Raijin

* [[Angrish]]: Chrono is rendered incoherent by Lindy's constant [[Magnificent Bastard]] schemes and keeping him in the dark.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Some more than others.

* [[Anything That Moves]]: Amaterasu has thus far displayed varying levels of attraction to Arf, Signum, Chrono, Nanoha, Yuuno, and... er... both of her own siblings.

* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: Fate and Susanoo during a brief [[Enemy Mine]] scenario in chapter 8.

* [[Badass Boast]]: Chapter 31, Amaterasu to {{spoiler|Yggdrasil.}}

* [[Badass Normal]]: {{spoiler|'''Shirou'''. Sure, Amaterasu should have already been dead several times over by the time he got to her, and there is no way he could repeat it in a proper fight, but he still managed [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|to knock her out]]. Which is one up on pretty much everyone else.}}

* [[Bad Liar]]: Tsukuyomi. She's capable of ''[[Combat Pragmatist|fighting]]'' [[Combat Pragmatist|deceptively]], but her [[Cloudcuckoolander]] tendencies mean the more time she has to think, the less likely she is to come up with a convincing lie.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Amaterasu finds [[Nice Hat|Vita's]] by [[Oh Crap|immolation]].

'''Vita:''' ''It's the principle of the thing!'' }}

** {{spoiler|When Nanoha reminds Precia that she's wholly responsible for Alicia's condition, the only thing she ever truly cared about, Precia flips out in grand style.}}

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: {{spoiler|In a very, very, subtle way; Enlil herself. [[AI Is a Crapshoot|Yggdrasil]] tweaked the brain-tape uploaded into Alicia Testarossa's corpse ''just'' enough for her to willingly launch a first strike with a weapon the worst [[The Caligula|lunatics]] ever to hold power in the Infinity Empire's history would only use out of desperation.}}

* [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs]]: Amy feared this would happen:

* [[Breather Episode]]: Generally speaking, each major battle that takes place will be followed by a few chapters of exposition, character interaction, and occasional fluff.

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Susanoo, Tsukuyomi, and Amaterasu. It's been implied that 'god' is merely a [[Red Baron|title or nickname]] they were awarded for several ''centuries'' of combat service, during which they were basically undefeated, and they certainly have the skill to back it up, {{spoiler|even without considering the hints that they are currently operating at considerably less than their full power}}. But... to put it bluntly, you wouldn't know it from their personalities.

* [[Crippling Overspecialization]]: Yuuno's defenses prove completely inpenetrable to anything Tsukuyomi can throw at him (much like as against Vita, in the series), but his offensive abilites are too limited and weak to threaten her, either.

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Discussed by Fate, Suzuka and Arisa:

Fate: It's not that simple, Arisa. She also asks what you're trying to do, and then she offers to be your friend. }}

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Discussed for comic effect when Arf and Yuuno are unexpectedly detoured from an on-going battle, but thankfully not used in the fic itself. [[Ascended Extra|If they appeared in the first two seasons, they appear here.]]

** In fact, at least one Author's Note has asked readers to point out to him when he makes mistakes like that so he can avoid making the same one twice.

* [[Dissimile]]:

* [[Dramatic Ellipsis]]: A good indicator that Chrono is about to blow a fuse.

* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: Signum, of all people, has been saddled with "Kitten". On the bright side, only one person calls her that; unfortunately, it's the [[Depraved Bisexual|worst]] [[Anything That Moves|possible]] [[Psycho Lesbian|person]].

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: {{spoiler|The three siblings at the end of chapter 26: all powered up by being in their home dimension, all ready for [[Curb Stomp Battle|payback]].}}

* [[Made of Iron]]: Chapter 20. Signum. Ye gods.

 

 

* [[Making a Splash]]: Tsukuyomi.

* [[Mama Bear]]: Lindy. Sweet mother of God, Lindy.

{{spoiler|'''Lindy:''' '''''"Burn."'''''}} }}

* [[Marshmallow Hell]]: Amaterasu's [[Establishing Character Moment]] is shoving Susanoo into this and only letting him out when Tsukuyomi points out that he doesn't seem to be able to breathe.

* [[The Nondescript]]: {{spoiler|Section Black operatives.}}

* [[Noodle Incident]]: A few casual instances, but a particularly plot-centric one in {{spoiler|Arf's assault of a prisoner she and Yuuno were interrogating, and the beauricratic fallout that ensues.}}

{{spoiler|'''Arf''': He asked me to!}} }}

* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: Amaterasu.

* [[Not So Stoic]]: Tsukuyomi is ''very'' bothered with Nanoha's attempts to become friends with her, and finds herself responding despite herself. Her stoic demeanor finally cracks when Nanoha manages to accurately dissect her feelings, and she ''almost'' ready to let Nanoha to leave instead of incapacitating her... then Chrono and Yuuno [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|had to screw it all up]]. She's not amused with this.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Vita has this reaction in Chapter 21; when Signum says that Amaterasu is the most dangerous opponent, Vita says rather dismissively that if Signum hadn't been hurt when she fought Amaterasu, she would never lose one on one. Signum replies that she's not sure about that, actually.

** {{spoiler|Precia}} in chapter 25.

** Everybody except for {{spoiler|Enlil, Susanoo, Tsukuyomi, and Amaterasu}} in Chapter 26.

* [[Psycho Lesbian]]: Amaterasu seems to have focused her, ahem, [[Anything That Moves|intentions]] on Signum. During their battle in Chapter 22, she takes the battle seriously, almost decapitating Signum in her first attack; a few moments later, she tells Signum, "I won't rest until you acknowledge my feelings for you and agree to become my personal kitten!" Signum is '''not''' amused.

* [[Really Gets Around]]: Amaterasu.

* [[Right Back At Ya]]: {{spoiler|Lindy finally electrocuting Precia this way.}}

* [[Right Hand Versus Left Hand]]: The TSAB's inner workings. Rather, to borrow a description used for [[Halo|the UNSC's Office of Naval Intelligence]], "here, the right hand doesn't even know the left hand exists".

* [[Sex Is Violence]]: If you're someone whose caught Amaterasu's eye, and the only way she'll encounter you is on the battlefield, well, she has no problem invoking this trope as a means of flirting.

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: As of Chapter 22, Amaterasu is a supporter of Susanoo/Fate. Susanoo isn't very happy about it, and Fate <s>probably won't</s> didn't appreciate it either.

* [[Ship Tease]]: Conspicuously and deliberately absent {{spoiler|until recently}}. The author has gone on record stating how amusing he finds the fact that there are so many people out there who spend so much of their time obsessing over the love lives of completely fictional characters.

** In recent chapter, Amy gives her "[[Precision F-Strike|Go to hell]]" toward Amaterasu after she's flirting too much with Chrono. Amaterasu even lampshades it.

** In recent chapter, Amaterasu is just too happy to tease Yuuno, pet him on the head and play tour-guide to fulfill his archeological enthusiasm. Nanoha ''isn't amused.''

* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Some of the stuff Enlil does to Precia in Chapter 30 is just silly.

** No, Ammy, there's nothing weird. You just slipped on your foot because the floor is slippery and you accidentally hit your head, making you unconscious, that's all. {{spoiler|There's no one hitting you in the head with [[Frying Pan of Doom]].}} And no, Shiro is just your usual daddy baker. {{spoiler|There's no way [[Triangle Heart 3 ～sweet songs forever～|he was a skilled bodyguard with beyond military training before retiring]]}}, certainly he didn't have ability nor courage to attack you {{spoiler|[[Papa Wolf|although you try to strangle his daughter]]}}.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: {{spoiler|Chrono at the end of chapter 5.}} The author also loves to let characters start enjoying peace, smooth sailing or a good mood, only to be utterly screwed next sentence. Or even in the same sentence.

 

** The inversion also works, characters expecting action come in short course... [[Breather Episode|while nothing happened for several days]].

* [[The Nicknamer]]: Susanoo

* [[The Unfettered]]: Nanoha described in Chapter 25.

 

 

 

 

 

* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: Amaterasu, just before Nanoha unleashes a desperate, brand-new attack.

* [[Troperiffic]]: If it's a meme or trope associated with the Nanoha series, you can bet the author will take it an run with it. Considering he has admitted in author's notes that he is aware this page exists ''and'' he occasionally edits it, that's probably to be expected.

* [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee]]: Lindy seems to be [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] enough about this.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|Enlil had a big one after Lindy shot down her proposal to make the TSAB stand down and allow the worlds it administrates to come under her rule, while implying that Enlil would be no better than a tyrant by forcibly taking over the worlds that didn't want her interference. After coming to the "realization" that Al Hazard's name isn't considered remotely threatening anymore, this is Enlil's response:}}

* [[Villainous Valor]]

* [[Volleying Insults]]: Susanoo and Vita get into a good one in Chapter 24, culminating in the former [[Crowning Moment of Funny|dubbing the latter]] [[Buffy-Speak|'Smally McSmall']].

* [[Warrior Therapist]]: Discussed; see [[Defeat Means Friendship]].

* [[Weak but Skilled]]: Chrono.

** {{spoiler|He learnt his style from Lindy. Now imagine how much better Lindy is. Or just read chapter 25. Damn.}}

* [[Wham! Episode]]: The very, very end of Chapter 29 turns the entire story on its head with the following words -- such a subtly-played twist that Moczo himself stated that [[I Knew It!|only two people called it in advance.]]

{{spoiler|"After all," Enlil said, as the stunned Fate watched her own lips curl into an amused smirk. "We're practically sisters."}} }}

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Susanoo likes finding these and considers Signum, Fate, Nanoha, Vita ''and'' Chrono to all fit.