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* [[Action Girl]]: Right from the first few words of the theme song, it's very clear that this reboot not only embraces the original "girl power" themes underlying the original ''Sailor Moon'', but extends and expands them.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Rabbit-head imagery appears on just about everything Usagi owns, starting with the umbrella she carries in the opening credits, and even extending to the ''brand logo'' on her laptop computer.
* [[Anime Theme Song]]: Following in the footsteps of the [[Live Action Adaptation]], ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Crystal'' uses a new theme written for it instead of the venerable "Moonlight Densetsu".
* [[Art Shift]]: Compared to the original anime, which disturbs some fans. In addition to a crisper, sharper look (no doubt thanks to modern digital animation) with a hint of pastels in the coloring, the overall art style harkens directly back to the original manga.
* [[Big Fancy House]]: The Tsukino home -- well, by comparison to some of the nearby homes, at least. It seems somewhat larger and actually has a tiny yard on all sides, surrounded by a wall; it even has a garage, suggesting ownership of an auto in a city where such is uncommon.
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* [[Bus Full of Innocents]]: The "Demon 6:00 PM Bus" in episode 3 makes off with one of these every so often.
* [[Clark Kenting]]: There's no reason at all why Usagi shouldn't be able to tell that Tuxedo Mask and Mamoru Chiba are the same person; there's no magic involved in his transformation, and his mask hides less than a pair of sunglasses.
** Lampshaded in episode 7 when {{spoiler|Mamoru's identity is revealed and Usagi wonders how she was ever fooled by almost insubstantial mask he wears.}}
* [[Conspicuous CG]]: Used in the Sailor Senshi's transformation sequences, to make smoother [[Everything's Better with Spinning|spinning and twirling]]. Pulled off relatively well for Usagi and Ami, but [[Special Effects Failure|not so well in Rei's case]]; she looks the most like a 3D model.
* [[Extroverted Nerd]]: Umino.
* [[Finish Him!|Finish Her!]]: What Tuxedo Kamen says to Sailor Moon during the confrontation with the youma in episode 2.
* [[Flashback Cut]]: When Usagi and Ami's hands touch for the first time, Ami gets a momentary flashback to the Silver Millennium. Rei gets one just upon ''seeing'' Usagi the first time, as does Makoto.
* [[Forgotten Phlebotinum]]: Played with -- Sailor Moon's "sonic attack", which in the original anime was used
* [[Free Prize At the Bottom]]: How Ami gets her henshin wand and Usagi gets her disguise pen -- they're both dispensed from the ''Sailor V'' video game when Ami beats the high score.
* [[Golem]]: Instead of being a race of demonic creatures as they were in the original anime, the youma of the Dark Kingdom are some variety of golem, and immediately crumble when killed. Jadeite forms his from clay. They seem to be animated or inhabited by some variety of spirit, though, capable of sophisticated thought and cunning.
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** In episode 3, Ami invites Usagi onto her usual bus to cram school by mentioning "there's a beautiful girl I see all the time on it", implying and assuming Usagi will be interested in seeing the girl, who turns out to be Rei. When Usagi sees Rei for the first time, she gets hearts in her eyes and croons "she's so beautiful..." before following her off the bus, obviously crushing on her.
* [[Life Energy]]: Seems to be drastically reduced in importance compared to the original anime; it's needed, but apparently the power of the Ginzuishou is even better, and finding that is the real priority. Consequently the purposes and goals of some of the Dark Kingdom's plots are changed -- Ami's cram school in episode 2 is running a search for the Ginzuishou, and the "demon bus" in episode 3 is kidnapping hostages to draw the Sailor Senshi into a confrontation.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Mamoru initially appears to have nothing to wear but a single [[Dracula]]-esque tuxedo. His clothing gains a little variety after a couple episodes, but he ''still'' wears a tuxedo in far more situations than most people would.
* [[Love You and Everybody]]: Usagi.
* [[Magical Girl]]: The original [[Magic Warrior]]s series, back again for another go-round with 21st-Century sensibilities.
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* [[Super Strength]]: Makoto already has a reputation for this when she first arrives at Usagi's school -- with some justification.
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Although Luna has conversations with Usagi in all sorts of public locations -- street corners, school yards, buses -- ''no one'' ever seems to find a talking cat at all unusual or worth paying attention to. [[Lampshaded]] in episode 3 when Luna suddenly pretends to be a normal cat and only meowing when Mamoru turns out to be sitting next to them on a bus; he then asks Usagi why she's talking to herself...
* [[Urban Legends]]: Many of the Dark Kingdom's operations seem to become "instant" urban legends -- like the "haunted bridal
* [[Video Game Tropes]]: We see enough of the ''Sailor V'' video game that we can start sussing out its tropes -- it's a multi-level side-scrolling shooter to start with.
* [[Windows Match the Drapes]]: Ami. Also Kuri, one of Usagi's pre-Senshi friends, who has matching dark amethyst hair and eyes.
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