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* [[A Boy and His X|A Girl And Her Cat]]: Kiki and Jiji.
* [[Adorkable]]: Tombo.
* [[All Witches Have Cats]]: All witches have a cat as a guide and mentor. Kiki's personal cat is the usual black variety.
* [[The Abridged Series]]: [http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/comedy/watch/v19471340bPpb7n6q Kiki's Delivery Service: The Abridged Movie]
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Some things from the book--like why Kiki's mother hung bells in the trees around their house--are never explained in the film.
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** The name of the town Kiki settles in, Koriko, is never mentioned in the film itself.
* [[Alpha Bitch]]/[[Spoiled Brat]]: Two of them, both with ''very'' brief screentime. The first one is a snobby older witch Kiki encounters while flying, and the other the [[Rich Bitch|rich grandaughter]] of Madame (who shows up in the credits sequence as a friend of Kiki and Tombo, so she presumably [[Lovable Alpha Bitch|got better.]])
** It is clear that the grandaughter isn't all that snobby at first sight. She [[Pet the Dog|doesn't protest when her friends compliment Kiki's independence]] and might share that sentiment with them too.
* [[Animal Jingoism]]: At first, Jiji is scared of the dog Jeff, but later on comes to like him.
* [[Animal Talk]]: Jiji can talk to Kiki, but also to other cats, and birds.
* [[Artistic License: Biology]]: In one scene, Jiji is shown sweating. (Although cats do have sweat glands, they're mostly in the pads on their feet.)
* [[As You Know]]: The opening scene features a conversation for the purposes of exposition between Kiki's mother and an older witch about how all witches have to leave home at the age of 13, to undergo a year of training on their own.
* [[Author Appeal]]: Flying sequences, precipitous heights, the beautiful but thoroughly anachronistic Handley Page biplane airliner.
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* [[Death Glare]]: When Kiki first meets Tombo and finds him annoying. Later on, she and he become good friends.
* [[Determinator]]: Kiki, especially in the climax of the film. She gets a borrowed broom to lift off simply by focusing hard and telling it to fly.
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Tombo, who combines this with [[
* [[Don't Think, Feel]]: The advice Ursula gives Kiki, which allows her to save the day at the end.
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Or in Kiki's case, flies like crazy. (She gets better.)
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* [[Ravens and Crows]]: The birds that attack Kiki for getting too close to their nest. Later on, she meets Ursula and discovers the birds are tame.
* [[Reclusive Artist]]: Ursula, who [[The Hermit|lives in a cabin in the woods.]] Subverting the trope, she's quite friendly and later visits Kiki in town.
* [[Rule of Three]]: When Kiki almost crashes her broom into a train.
{{quote|'''Jiji''': All right, first: don't panic! Second: don't panic! And third: did I mention not to panic?}}
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Wouldn't be Miyazaki without it.
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* [[Talking Animal]]: Jiji, though the movie implies that Jiji actually can't talk, it's just that Kiki can understand and talk to him. {{spoiler|Made more obvious when she loses this power later in the movie.}}
* [[Talking to Himself|Talking To Herself]]: Kiki and Ursula are both voiced by [[Minami Takayama]] in the Japanese version.
* [[They Should Have Sent a Poet]]: As Kiki swoops into the main setting.
* [[Title Drop]]: The sign outside the bakery that's put up to advertise Kiki's delivery service.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Kiki and Ursula (who even has [[Tomboyish Sidetails]]).
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: The American trailer showed the climax of the movie wherein Kiki {{spoiler|saves Tombo after getting her powers back}}. But it's a [[Slice of Life]], so is it really a spoiler?
* [[Tsundere]]: Kiki is type B. She only seems to lapse into Tsuntsun mode when Tombo is pestering her, yet when he invites her to a party, she instantly wants to go. Jiji lampshades this mood swing ("I thought you didn't like him!")
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: Yes, in a kid's film. Kiki keeps things down the front of her dress while flying her broom.
* [[The Voiceless]]: Osono's husband, the baker. The one line he has is to note the blimp outside, which is about to crash.
* [[We Need a Distraction]]: Tombo rescuing Kiki from the traffic cop.
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: The ending credits show what happened with Tombo's aviator's club, Jiji and Lily, etc. in the immediate aftermath of the film.
* [[Witch Species]]: Witchcraft appears to be inherited through the maternal line, and while it's normal for each town or city to have a resident witch, it's not universal. By the time of the film, many people seem surprised that witches still exist if the reaction to Kiki's arrival in Koriko is any indication.
** There doesn't seem to be any prejudice against witches. Kiki comes in for some catty remarks from muggles, but they're mostly about her unfashionable dress. {{spoiler|In the end credits, a little girl walks by dressed in imitation of the new local heroine.}}
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