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{{quote|'''Garterbelt:''' ''"There lies a city on the faultline between Heaven and Hell, Daten City. Where humans live under the constant threat of attack from evil spirits. Darkness invades peoples' hearts, and not one person realizes that it is consuming the city..."''

 

Evil creatures called Ghosts are attacking Daten City, a city located on the border of Heaven and Hell, so Heaven sends down two angels (who also happen to be sisters) to stop them. One is an [[Lovable Sex Maniac|incredibly promiscuous]] blonde who can turn underwear into guns. The other is a [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|gothic girl]] with an [[Sweet Tooth|eternal craving for sweets]] who can turn stockings into swords. Guided by Father Garterbelt, [[Scary Black Man|a black priest]] [[Funny Afro|with an afro]] and a variety of sexual fetishes, and their dog Chuck, they fight ghosts in incredibly sexy, exciting, and ''[http://community.livejournal.com/gurren_lagann/567693.html just plain old weird]'' ways.

''Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt'' is an anime created by Gainax for the autumn 2010 season. The anime is drawn in a strange ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]''-esque style, and is probably the weirdest show Studio Gainax has ''ever'' produced, <s> possibly</s> [[Beyond the Impossible|weirder than even]] ''[[FLCL]]'' (and that is ''really'' saying something), though some say it's on par with ''[[Dead Leaves]]''.

 

 

This page comes with its own [[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt/Characters|character sheet]] and [[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt/Shout Out|list of shout outs]].

For the actual [[Stock Underwear]], see [[Stocking Filler]].

 

{{tropelist}}

* [[Absurdity Ascendant]]: This is all over the index. Shall we count the tropes?

** During their final attack against the [[Big Bad]] at the end of the series, the two girls instantly morph from their usual PPG-inspired appearance to their fanservice-y detailed anime appearance.

* [[The Atoner]]: {{spoiler|The reason Garterbelt is a priest, trying to get Panty and Stocking on the right track.}}

* [[Atop a Mountain of Corpses]]: Panty often sits atop a pile made by all the guys she has just screwed.

* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|Attack Of The Fifty Foot Stocking]]: In "The Diet Syndrome."

* [[Car Chase]]: Then it turns into a Truck Chase, and then into [[Up to Eleven|a TRAIN CHASE!]]

* [[Car Fu]]: "Les Diaboliques" explain how defensive driving works for stuffed dogs.

* [[Cat Fight]]: Panty and Stocking in the aptly named "Catfight Club". Panty and Scanty briefly have one in "Les Diaboliques" before returning to a shootout.

* [[Catch Phrase]]:

** "We bid you adieu!" when the Demon sisters make their getaway.

* [[Censor Box]]: Used a few times. In "The Runny", used to cover Panty's naughty bits from the audience as she dangles from a Ghost's tentacle protuberance. In "If The Angels Wore Swimsuits", there's a [[Freeze-Frame Bonus|blink-and-you'll-miss-it]] example near the end, when two starfish Ghosts jump up and attach themselves to Scanty's breasts in order to block the view.

* [[The Chew Toy]]: '''Chuck.'''

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY_Y1qF371M Oh shit.]

** [[Playing with a Trope|Played with]] in the page quote. Panty isn't angry, she's describing [[All Women Are Lustful|her plans for the evening]].

* [[Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere]]: In episode 13 Panty lost her angelic status and regained her virginity as a side effect. Suddenly she notices lots of people making out in cars, then cats and dogs doing it, then a ''vortex'' of said animals and people having (censored) sex.

* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]

** Hell, a lot of scenes are. However, this works because of the already bizarre animation. Especially in "Les Diaboliques".

* [[Cool Car]]: The Anarchy sisters' pink open top Hummer ("See-Through"), and the Demon sisters' G-Wagen limousine (aptly named "G-String"). Both vehicles even manage to [[Car Fu|duke it out with each other]] in "Les Diaboliques".

* [[Covered in Kisses]]: Panty does this to a TON of guys at her film's release party while having sex with all of them at the same time at the end of episode 2.

* [[Crapsack World]]:

* [[G-Rated Sex]]:

** The mutual nose picking scene in "The Runny." Which somehow manages be more explicit than most actual sex scenes.

** A later episode has a scene similar, but with screwing. Literal screwing. As in, with robots. [[It Makes Sense In Context|Yeah...]]

{{quote|"Now I can see ''lots'' of lucky stars!"}}

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Invoked to a degree with Scanty and Kneesocks, since their introductory episode was full-length (instead of the eleven-minute shorts of previous ones), we get hints of an overarching plot, and Panty and Stocking face opponents who can actually keep up with them in a fight.

** Subverted. The show continues to move at its own pace and is no more serious than it was when it began. While Scanty and Kneesocks' continued presence means they're following through on wanting to kill the angels, they haven't opted to fight it out again and resort to (somewhat) typical Western cartoon-style villainous plans to kill them indirectly.<ref>Indeed, "D.C. Confidential" establishes that the Demon sisters had ''always'' employed these types of schemes, much to their boss's chagrin</ref> However, being that the series ''is'' mostly a parody of those Western cartoons, the [[Cerebus Syndrome]] makes a return for the finale {{spoiler|when [[Big Bad|Corset]] appears during the [[Darkest Hour]]}}.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: In "Excretion Without Honor and Humanity".

{{quote|'''Police Chief''': What? You mean the [[Lovable Sex Maniac|hoebag]] covered in shit? And the goth with the [[Rapunzel Hair|stupidly long hair]]?}}

* [[New Job Episode]]: "The Stripping" forces Panty and Stocking through different part time jobs.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]:

** Panty in the final episode when she refused to catch Brief as he's falling after regaining her powers. {{spoiler|He falls right into the Doomsday Machine, his "key" landing perfectly into the slot and activating it.}} [[Sarcasm Mode|Our heroes, ladies and gentlemen.]]

* [[Night of the Living Mooks]]: The episode "...of The Dead".

** Panty is shown clearly taking a dump in "Excretion without Honor and Humanity" and the episode's Ghost is a conglomerate of feces that sucks people down toilets. Also, Stocking is shown on the toilet in "The Buzz of the Beehive".

** In "Les Diaboliques," Panty and Stocking have a whole conversation while both are sitting on the toilet in neighboring stalls.

*** What makes this even more bizarre is that both are in their robot forms at the time. Making this a case of "Everybody Poops"?

* [[Now What?]]: {{spoiler|At the end of "...Of The Dead", everyone is turned into zombies aaaaaaaaaand... that's it, basically. No big deal.}}

* [[Roof Hopping]]: Only used in "Vomiting Point". Usually they drive by car to get from A to B.

* [[Rule 34]]: Though considering the nature of the series, it shouldn't be a surprise that it exists.

* [[Rule 63]]: [[Gender Bender]] fanart of the series is quite common, particularly concerning Brief.

* [[Sadist Show]]

* [[Scenery Censor]]: Considering a lead character uses her easily removable panties as a handgun, this is necessary to keep from crossing the line straight into NSFW territory.

** As a sample, the whole of "Death Race 2010". Panty crashes into some sort of toy store and loses her panties (and by extension, her weapon). Immediately after, she sees them... on the head of the Ghost they're fighting. ''Everyone'' (Even the news crew got several upskirt shots) gets an eyeful, not that she seems to care. The viewers, however, get nothing. Her "naughty bits" are covered by her thighs, or her boots, or in one instance, light reflecting off the camera lens.

** In "The Diet Syndrome", we get Panty saying "Peek-a-boo" over and over as she keeps lifting and dropping Stocking's shirt, which hid a body-weight loss machine. Cue Stocking's [[Noblewoman's Laugh]], [[Laughing Mad]] version.

* [[The Schlub Pub Seduction Deduction]]: Averted in "Ghosts: Phantom of Daten City". Stocking just has ''really'' bad taste in guys.

* [[Transformation Sequence]]: Technically, only the weapons transform (since for their transformation both the main girls and the Demon Sisters instantly change outfits ''before'' it happens and once they're done they're just wearing whatever they were wearing earlier anyway), but it still has the flashiness of a traditional [[Magical Girl]] transformation so it counts anyway. To top it off, it takes the [[Fan Service]] aspect [[Up to Eleven]] by including [[You Can Leave Your Hat On|pole-dancing and striptease]].

** [[Transformation Is a Free Action]]: Most of the time it might be justified, since that pole-dance is rather [[Distracted by the Sexy|distracting]], but in "One Angry Ghost" the judge [http://randomc.net/image/Panty%20&%20Stocking%20with%20Garterbelt/Panty%20&%20Stocking%20with%20Garterbelt%20-%2008%20-%20Large%2032.jpg interrupts Panty mid-sequence] and it shifts back to the show's normal art style.

* [[Troperiffic]]: Let's put it this way: the first episode was ''already'' [[Beyond the Impossible]] for a [[Widget Series]]. It's only going to get weirder from here. ''Much'' weirder.

** And now there's apparently going to be a ''second'' season. Considering [[Gainax Ending|what we got for an ending]], all bets are off on what's going to happen next.

** Then, in Nothing to Room, there's [[Beyond the Impossible|"a cocksucker"]].

* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]s

* [[Vagina Dentata]]:

** Fastener (Evil Chuck)'s head, with the oblong shape and that vertical zipper in the middle, has a very suspicious shape...

* [[Villain Ball]]: Scanty & Kneesocks get struck by this for the entirety of episode 8. "...Of The Dead": Starting a [[Zombie Apocalypse]] with an army of zombies {{spoiler|immune to weapons of both Heaven and Hell and sticking around to enjoy the show resulted in both of them [[Hoist by His Own Petard|being zombified]]}}. Gets even better {{spoiler|in ''1 Angry Ghost'': Putting the heroines on a [[Kangaroo Court]] on murder and expecting them to be too lazy to punch holes in the prosecutor's accusations and manipulating Panty into [[Digging Yourself Deeper|pissing off both jury and the judge]] was a [[Batman Gambit|workable plan]]. If not for the fact that their "[[Card-Carrying Villain|witness]]" [[Chaotic Stupid|would flip out and yell proudly "SURE, I DID IT!" when pressed]] and, you know, for the simple fact that ''[[Too Kinky to Torture|ordinary electric chairs don't work too well on angels]]''!}} [[Villain Ball|Seriously, when your not-so-bright victims can tell your plan sucks, you have no excuse.]]

** People are already drawing parallels to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsol63jydEE certain other characters]

*** As if that weren't enough, some of the stuff splatters onto Panty's face while she watches in awe.

** "High School Nudical" involves Panty taking other guys' underwear and turning them into guns and... Brief's is a shotgun...

** The soundtrack cover depicts Panty and Stocking with drops of white something all over their faces and naked upper bodies. The rest of the art suggests it's actually water, but ''come on.''

* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]/[[Waterfall Puke]]:

* [[Wasted Song]]: Several. This is particularly notable in the case of the three [[Theme Music Power-Up|Power Up Theme Music]] tracks:

** "Fly Away" is much longer than the show ever uses it for and actually ''does'' have lyrics besides "Fly away now!"

** "{{spoiler|Corset}} Theme" plays for about 20 seconds in Episode 13, directly before the girls' [[Theme Music Power-Up]]. The full song goes for a full 4:35, has short vocals, and is ''really'' catchy.

** Additionally, the track that plays during [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhBToyFyLrs Garterbelt's living-through-history montage] wasn't included on either soundtrack release.

** And once more with Episode 13, where {{spoiler|Stocking returns, the [[Big Bad]] is seemingly defeated, then Stocking wonders if the Heaven weapons can kill angels. She proceeds to chop Panty into 666 pieces, reveals she's actually a demon, and then leaves with the still-alive [[Big Bad]] that popped out of Brief's penis.}}

* [[Wham! Line]]:

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Angels vs. Demons in a match of volleyball in "If The Angels Wore Swimsuits". It eventually escalates to the point where both sides are forced to use their powers.

* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: Pop quiz: {{spoiler|It's the [[Darkest Hour]]. Your partner in crime-fighting has been [[Put on a Bus]], you've been left depowered, and the friendly neighbourhood [[Big Bad]] has kidnapped the closest thing you have to a [[Love Interest]] in order to open a gate to Hell with his penis}}. So, what do you do? If you have any idea what this show has been like previously, you should know that Panty's answer is {{spoiler|fuck a guy.}} The best part? {{spoiler|[[Deus Sex Machina|It turns out to be EXACTLY the right thing to do]].}}

*** The ending. HOLY, SHIT, THE, [[Gainax Ending|ENDING]] of this season!

* [[Wild Take]]: Done by Brief after {{spoiler|Stocking cuts Panty into diced bits.}}

** Not to mention that they had just {{spoiler|plowed through the wall with their car.}}

* [[World of Ham]]

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