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Following the emergence of a new type of [[Lost Technology|Lost Logia]] called Relics, Nanoha, Fate and Hayate seek permission to form "Section Six", an elite group of mages comprised of powerful veterans and talented rookies.

 

 

Then there's Vivio, a orphan of the same "Project F" that [[Cloning Blues|created Fate]], who Nanoha and Fate decide to adopt as their own child. When Vivio is suddenly kidnapped by Jail, who intends to use her as the lynchpin of his ultimate plan, Section Six must mobilise to save her and stop Jail's plans once and for all.

Unlike the first two seasons, this one had a full 26 episodes [[Twelve-Episode Anime|instead of 13]]. It had the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|largest cast so far]] and [[Genre Shift|shifted the tone]] to a [[Darker and Edgier|darker]], more sci-fi/military feel.

 

 

 

* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: The site of a battle.

* [[Alien Sky]]: Mid-Childa has a lot of moons.

* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: The assault on the Riot Force 6 HQ.

* [[Amazon Brigade]]: Riot Force 6 in general, not counting Erio and Zafira.

* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Zest, Cinque and Erio. Fate's Impulse form Barrier Jacket combines this with [[Badass Cape]].

* [[Beam-O-War]]: The only time in the franchise where it's played straight is Nanoha's [[Curb Stomp Battle|"fight"]] against Dieci.

* [[Beam Spam]]: Played with - the anime and manga warn that dismissing battle strategy in favor of zerging enemies puts an unhealthy strain on the body.

* [[Chameleon Camouflage]]: Teana's Optic Hide spell works this way.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Friedrich, Caro's ''normal'' dragon.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Yuuno, Chrono, Lindy, Zafira, Shamal, Arf, and arguably even Hayate suffer from this.

* [[Deus Exit Machina]]: During the press conference, Nanoha, Fate and Hayate are required to turn over their devices to the Forwards in order to go in. This costs them valuable time when Scaglietti's forces attack.

* [[Everyone Is a Super]]: Once they get off a certain [[Insignificant Little Blue Planet]]. Mid-Childa is populated by mages, making magic use mundane. Of course, the heroes' [[Stuff Blowing Up|signature type of magic]] is still second to none.

* [[Exact Time to Failure]]: The last few episodes end with how much time is left before Scaglietti's plan succeeds.

* [[Genre Shift]]: In ''StrikerS'', the series branches out into a more sci-fi fantasy/military genre.

* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Vita, Teana [[Expository Hairstyle Change|until the epilogue]] and Vivio.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Whatever you make out of Nanoha and Fate, they pretty much ''are'' life partners after ''StrikerS.

** Subaru and Teana, since training school. Subaru is sad when they get different assignments near the end (Subaru goes into an elite rescue squad while Teana becomes Fate's Enforcer aide), but Teana reassures her.

* [[Killer Rabbit]]: Friedrich - Caro's baby silver dragon. He looks like a misshapen chicken in his "sealed" form, but you probably don't want him spitting fireballs in your direction.

* [[Koan]]: "To defeat someone stronger than you, you must not be weaker than that person." This gets a few interpretations, but is never conclusively explained.

* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: The Wolkenritter's [[Heel Face Turn]] and Fate's adoption into the Harlaown family.

* [[Loophole Abuse]]: The TSAB doesn't allow too much raw power on the same squad. Nanoha, Fate, and Hayate together are way over the stated power limit. Their solution is to have power limiters to artificially keep their collective rank under the stated limit. See the rest under [[Power Limiter]].

* [[Medical Horror]]: Some of Scaglietti's more depraved experiments jump right into this. Especially his end-of-season escape plan.

* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: Caro's dragons, [[Friedrich Nietzsche|Friedrich]] and Voltaire

* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: Ended with the beginning of a mock battle in which the four forwards faced Nanoha, Fate, Vita and Signum, but none of it was shown.

* [[108]]: Genya Nakajima commands the Ground Forces' 108th Battalion.

* [[People Jars]]: Jail Scaglietti loves these. They contain unfinished cyborgs {{spoiler|and Lutecia's comatose mother}}.

** A four-level limiter is applied to the Forwards' own Devices so they can ease into the power they receive. One level typically gets taken off before each major battle.

** Lutecia also gets one as part of her sentence, reducing her rank from S to D.

* [[Prophecy Twist]]: A vaguely worded prophecy mentions the "destruction of the ship of law that guards the stars". Everyone assumes, given the seemingly easy conclusion of an earlier part referring to a disastrous terrorist attack, that this refers to even worse things to come if they're not averted. Turns out, {{spoiler|it's referring to the ancient warship the [[Big Bad]] manages to excavate, thus prophesying that they'll manage to stop it}}.

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Fate, Dieci and Nanoha.

* [[Rank Inflation]]: In season 1, the scale goes up to AAA. By ''StrikerS'', [[Glass Cannon|Hayate]] is ranked ''SS'', and Nanoha, Fate and Signum are all S-rankers.

* [[Saintly Church]]: Belkan Saint Church.

* [[Ship Sinking]]: Fate/Chrono already took a blow after Chrono's mother adopted Fate at the end of ''A's'', but it and Nanoha/Chrono is only finally sunk when Chrono {{spoiler|marries Amy}}.

* [[Shooting Gallery]]: Subaru and Teana go through one of these on the first episode for their B-Rank qualifying mage exam.

** Granted, the gadgets fly and are killed by spikes rather than falling, there are many of them, and it takes place on a ridge rather than a bridge so it's possibly just a coincidence but if it isn't a [[Shout-Out]] the scene seems oddly out of place (especially considering Zafira's general quietness).

* [[Sound Off]]: The Ground Forces trainees in the manga, in a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]''.

* [[Title Drop]]: Fate explains the designation/title of "Striker" to the Forwards.

* [[Train Job]] / [[Traintop Battle]]: In episode 5 the Gadgets attempt to steal a Relic form a train and the Forwards get their first chance to kick ass.

* [[Treachery Cover-Up]]: In ''Sound Stage X'' it's mentioned that many parts of the Jail Scaglietti incident were classified, presumably including Jail's {{spoiler|origins and connection to the Bureau, which had created him}}.

* [[Unconscious Objector]]: Subaru demonstrates the ability to fight even while knocked unconscious. However, this has less to do with her determination and more with her AI-equipped magical Device seamlessly taking control of her body while she is out cold.

 

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